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What is the most common use case for an Appian application? A. A reporting tool that uses complex aggregation across different systems. B. A workflow that requires extensive database data extraction, transformation, and loading. C. A workflow for multiple groups that needs to be accelerated while reducing mistakes. D. A backend process that requires management and no user interaction.

I am using write record smart service, sending record fields but not primary key as it is a auto generation. when I am trying to retrieve the primary key, the primary key is not updating in the pv variable. Can anyone helps why it is happening.

Hi All, is it possible to show the user input task in a specific site of the application or a link with no other tabs, I do not want to show Tempo itselft ( Like where it shows new,report etc).  Is this possible? Thanks in advance

I have requirement to call service now API before every manual deployment. Appian support team should not be able to deploy package in Production if change ticket from service now is not approved or not in  start time and end time window. I have achieved the integration by calling service now API but I am not able to restrict the "DEPLOY" button on Appian Production screen based on the check. Is there any way we can restrict the deployment here?

Hello, I'm currently testing the Selenium Appian API and we have this component (richTextField) from the Rich Text Editor Component plugin used to style sent emails. I cannot populate the field even though the verifyFieldIsPresent method returns true, I've tried using the populateFieldWith method and Selenium findElement directly without success. Thank you so much!

I want to pass data as template in email service . in that template i'm passing an expression rule but in the email i'm not getting the value .just getting the column name as below 

Hi All, I have a requirement where I need to merge 2 selected rows in read-only grid and merge them into one row and the displayed name will be the first selected row. Where the whole data related to both selected records will be merged into one.

Hi All I am using getLastLoginDateTime function which is in the below plugin  [mention:f77937a217d845edaa4c53ff358f0f09:f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07]  But facing weird issue.  below are the code snippet It is working fine without typecase but while typecast it is showing errorNote :- loginDateTime has date and time data type and it is not working for 2-3 users and for rest it is working fine even while typecast.

Hi Team, Currently am writing data to table from stored procedure. Can someone help that what is the best way to improve its performance, Since in Healthcheck its coming as High Risk.  Number of records added is around 4Lakh. 

how many times we can take exam for one registration.  if so how many times? how many days in gap we can take the exam. 

I am a beginner with Appian. In the interface, I input values for each field of a record type and save them to process variables. In the process model, I want to reference the same record, subtract a specific field from the corresponding process variable, and perform the following actions: If the result is 0 or below, I want to send an email without changing the value.If the result is 1 or above, I want to save the calculated result in a process variable and send an email.Can you guide me on how to achieve this in Appian?

Hi, i'll give any date it has to subtract with today and give me number of days difference ex: inputdate -today= no of days difference, 04/07/2023- today = 7 days which functions i can use to achieve this? suggest me

I want create new application through bot  while we are creating  a new  application what configuration we should give. while we are creating application name through   bot application name   is not updated   we taken id in selector  in interaction we used update value in a x we taken new variable  If any one knows the solution please reply ... ThankYou

How can we achieve CSS like linear/radial gradient background image in Appian?

Hi Appian Community, hope you are doing wellI have the following use case, The solution should be intelligent enough to capture the payslip documents from the end user and extract the data from the payslip document. As with Appian 23.4 release the AI skill has became much more smarter and works like a charm for documents that have similar structure. But, in this particular use case each user can have a different format of payslip that will be uploaded to the system, although all the payslips will be pdf and will be a structured document, but again can vary in terms of format. What is the best way to train the model so it can capture data from these payslips. Also, in case it is not possible can you please suggest a workaround as well.Regards

I have tried with Web Content Component it will embed page with provided source url but it will ask for logon and password again.

Hi, While getting data from DB using in WebAPI, getting Z appended only in the datetime field as below. WebAPI: a!localVariables( local!Details: rule!XXX_DetailsView( batchSize: http!request.queryParameters.batchSize, startIndex: http!request.queryParameters.startIndex ), a!httpResponse( statusCode: 200, headers: { a!httpHeader(name: "Content-Type", value: "application/json") }, body: a!toJson(value: local!Details) )) It's a simple GET API. NOTE: rule!XXX_DetailsView - This is queryEntity used to get data from View. Anyone can advise, what could be the reason, and how can we remove this extra 'Z'.

how to check the user is active or deactivated

Hi,I want to use VLOOKUP formula in write into worksheet excel action in Appian RPA. The catch is I am passing all excel related values from interface to the bot (so all variables are set having values for lookup value, table range,  column index etc.), therefore if I want to write the formula it should be in quotes like this --> "VLOOKUP(A1,Sheetname!A2:C12,2,FALSE)", this may work for hardcoded values but if I want to put my variables in this formula, it may not be possible as this is within quotes. For e.g. I can't replace A1 above with pv!lookupvalue as entire formula works within quotes.So how do I construct this formula in RPA to get these dynamic values from variables?

Hi TeamI have an existing report, "All Tasks", which is an ARF file, of course.I am able to configure filters on the report to customise the report.My requirement is to show the report in a UI so a team lead can see what tasks have been, by whom, whether it is complete, and the duration of the task. Downloading the report and converting it to Excel is not an option - the requirement is to view the report on my site.I have an interface with a read-only grid that returns exactly the information required.Is it possible to add filters to a report backed UI?If so, how do I go about it?Thanks and blessings Stephen

Hi, I saw that it is not possible to encrypt an email through the appian smart email service. Although I believe I know the answer to the next question, I would like to ask. is it possible for appian to encrypt an attachment in a zip file and then send it? can it send attachments?  or I need to encrypt the file on my own and then attach it to the email and send it? thanks

I'm using the Deployment API, specifically to import a package. In the documentation, there is no reference on how to add a package to a specific application. It's unclear then why it displays the following error: ``` INFO Inspecting the package 'Test.zip' of the external deployment.ERROR Failed to find an application [uuid=424242placeholder2424] for the external deployment [uuid=424placeholder42424]. ``` Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Good morning,I would need, for an automation, to connect to the Chrome browser already opened by another robotic task; among the available actions, I cannot seem to find any option.Could anyone help me with this?

I am a beginner with Appian. In the interface, I input values for each field of a record type and save them to process variables. In the process model, I want to reference the same record, subtract a specific field from the corresponding process variable, and perform the following actions: If the result is 0 or below, I want to send an email without changing the value.If the result is 1 or above, I want to save the calculated result in a process variable and send an email.Can you guide me on how to achieve this in Appian?

Hi, I am trying to integrate a web api in Appian enviornment but getting error that The connection is not secure even the web api is secured by SSL certificates.  Apart from this, I am able to access web api in postman without any errors. Please suggest me what should I do to fix this.