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We have a requirement for comparison of same record type data and get the difference of the data & columns. We are aware of "CDT Diff Utilities" which does the same operation and gives the expected output. However we are looking for similar way of plugin availability or workaround to achieve the desired functionality. Note: We are not looking for manual comparison of the record fields and the data, as we need to perform the comparison across all record types in the application and it will be become very tedious process to achieve by manual comparison.

I am looking for some guidance on generating large PDF documents in Appian.We have an existing site page that displays more than 13,000 records. As part of an export feature, we retrieve the data, generate XML content, generate a word document and then convert it to PDF (using Advanced Document Templating plugin). Currently, the export process retrieves around 3,000 records. Each record contains several large text fields (around 5 - 6 columns) so the overall amount of content is quite large. The word document is generated successfully and is about 768 KB in size and has approximately 5 million characters. The issue occurs during the word to PDF conversion. The conversion starts, but it appears to consume significant resources and causes the environment to become unavailable.  My questions are: 1. Are there any known character limits for Word to PDF conversion plugin?2. Are there any alternative plugins or approaches that are better suited for large documents? I understand

Hello, I have built a chatbot in appian. I have two objects in my interface. First is a text box, which takes user question. And, the second is a button user clicks to send question to AI bot and get response. Currently, when text box loses focus, a local variable called isProcessing is turned to true(So the user can be shown that processing is occurring). And, when the button-press returns with AI response, the isProcessing is turned to false, and the AI response is shown to user. I want to have it so that when the text box loses focus, the local variable isProcessing is turned to true, as well as data being sent to AI bot. And, then when AI bot returns, the isProcessing is turned to false, and result shown. Is this possible? Thanks for your time.

I am currently preparing for the Appian ACD101 exam and came across a question that I am not completely sure about.Questions: How do you refer to the metadata of a process model object within the process model expressions? For example: the creator, name, or description.A- Process Properties, referred to in process model expressions using the pp! domain. B- Process Variables, referred to in process model expressions using the pv! domain. C- Process Model Properties, referred to in process model expressions using the pm! domain.Which option is correct, and how would you explain the reasoning behind it? I would appreciate any insights from those who have studied this topic or have recently taken the ADC101 exam.

Hi, Is there any way to integrate with Microsoft authenticator app from Appian to get the current One-time password code? Thanks, Sudip

Hi , I am facing an issue in pdf generation. that sometimes  frech and spanish letters getting eliminated from the document generated , letters like à, é. ó. I am using clean fucntion before passing the sentences to do document template.  If I don't use clean the generated document dont even getting saved in the process output even for english templates. Below is smart services I use to get the pdf generated.  This is how it appear in the grid  This is how it looks when printed, Is there any way to fix this.

Hi community, I'm using Advanced Document Templating plugin for a document generation where i have multiple chapters, and in each chapter i have have a conditional statement that if in the passed list are values then show a table else show a text "No data". This a similar structure to the one that i'm using The way that i'm implementing it is like the following in the document.xml Chapter 1

Hi Everyone as I was working in a scenario for HTML To PDF Conversion 2.1.6 Input  : Søren Mārtiņš İbra12m Núñez Guðrún Dvořák ŚmitaOutput : Søren M#rti#š #bra12m Núñez Guðrún Dvo#ák #mitaBefore that for the charset I have fixed it in webApi headers: {a!httpHeader(name: "Content-Type",value: "application/json; charset=utf-8")and it has been fixed.Now the issue happening after generating the PDF

Hi, while querying data using query record type in one specific field (which is an integer type, mostly the values will be 1, 2 or 3) is returning null even the value is present in the database. While using query entity value is returning and in record data preview value is displaying but in the query record type alone it is returning null one time and returning value on clicking test value again. It's a sync record type and there is no sync failure, and no changes were made in database table structure and in CDT. By syncing the record manually this issue is resolved but I want to understand the root cause.Thanks.

Has anyone tried the plugin EML to PDF converter ? How does it work? From my process model it is saying completed by I can not see the completed/ converted file anywhere in the designer 

I am using Community Edition and  following the Appian Developer path. In for Step-By-Step # 5 I encounter a problem with selecting the database for the "Vehicle" Record Type. I followed all the steps1-4 and facing above change in Step 5. Appreciate any help/suggestions 

Hi Everyone, I’m facing an issue while generating a PDF from a dynamically generated Word document. Requirement: Capture multi-line text from an Appian UI Paragraph Field Populate it into a DOCX template using DOCX From Dynamic Template Convert the generated DOCX to PDF using PDF From DOCX Both smart services are from the Advanced Document Templating plugin Issue: The DOCX file is generated correctly and preserves all line breaks as expected. However, when converting the DOCX to PDF, the line breaks are not rendered in the PDF output. What I’ve tried so far: Replacing char(10) with the XML equivalent 
 Tested multiple variations, but the issue still persists Implemented solutions suggested in the references below (Links referenced below) Link 1: https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/28870/line-break-docx-from-dynamic-template Link 2: https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/28812/next-line-not-working-when-converting-from-do

Hi Champs, I am using docx from dynamic template smart service to create dynamic document. It's working with simple table. Now I want to try with if else condition in my template. I am not sure the syntax to use to work with it.Can someone please guide how to do it if we have if/else condition . Regards, Shyam

Hi all, I've started the new developer learning path which launched 2 days ago. When I attempt to navigate the ACME SPORT EQUIPMENT RENTAL SOLUTION application I get the following error: "Record type is marked as synced, but its data has not yet been synced or its existing synced data has been invalidated. Contact your system administrator"I have gone in and checked this record type specifically and others related to it and they all have the same issue. The sync history shows a failure and I am unable to run a manual FULL SYNC. Attempting to change the data source on the record type I get the following error: "The data source cannot be reached or its configuration is invalid. Please contact your system administrator."I have reached out to communityedition@appian.com and am awaiting a response. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas or if I find a solution I'll come back here to post my progress in case it helps anyone in the future. 

So i have 3 fields in a record table namely A,B,C and also 3 groups namely A,B,C. So my doubt here is, is it possible to set security to the fields separately. For example if i place a user in group A, then i should see only the A field and the other B and C fields should not be visible to me. If it is possible, can anyone guide me how i can achieve it.

Hi all, I am following the Appian Developer path and for Step-By-Step # 5 I encounter a problem with selecting the database for the "Vehicle" Record Type. I do not see any database tables. When I go to the reference app and want to see record type source configuration I get: "The data source cannot be reached or its configuration is invalid. Please contact your system administrator." I am using us.appian.community edition. Could you please let me know how to resolve this issue? thank you.

You have set up SAML for single sign-on (SSO) in your cloud environment. Which three options could you enable in the Attribute Mapping section of the Admin Console to sync with a user's profile in Appian? (Choose three.) Options: A- 'Create new users upon sign in.' B- 'Group Membership Synchronization.' C- 'Remember Me on web and mobile.' D- 'Reactivate deactivated users upon sign in.' E- 'Update user attributes upon sign in.' Can anyone help to get the correct of above question?

Hi Everyone I'm currently facing an issue while exporting data from a specific table that contains more than 50 columns. I'm using the Export Data Store Entity to Excel plugin, but it throws an error during the export process. Has anyone encountered a similar issue or found a workaround to export data with more than 50 columns successfully? Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I'm currently working on a case management project in Appian and exploring the potential of the Data Fabric Chatbot as a conversational interface for employees to manage their work. While the chatbot works great for querying and retrieving data. But today, I'm wondering if Appian has any plans to evolve it into a fully actionable interface in future releases. User: "Give me all my open cases" Chatbot: Returns a list of open cases assigned to the user in the table. User: "Open the high priority case" Chatbot: Opens the case in a side panel or new screen User: Uploads a document, fills in the required details, and submits Chatbot: Confirms the case is completed This would basically make the Data Fabric Chatbot a one-stop shop for employees — no more jumping between screens just to find and complete a case. Everything handled right there in the chat.

Whenever a user encounters any error in the UI, Appian shows pink box error. I do not want to show the Appian default pink box error, I want to show a custom error to the user which has no technical details. How can I achieve that in Appian?

Hi, I have a grid fiield which is selectable. I am showing the filtered data in the grid. When the data is filtered the id will vary with row numbers like if id 2 and 5 is shown in first 2 rows it won't match with actual row number and the row is not getting highlighted after selection but the values are getting saved. The row is getting highlighted only when the row number matches the identifier. I have just used foreach loop and added extra parameter row number and mapped with fv!index. I have used this in identifier. The row is getting highlighted now but when there is a large number of data I am facing performance issue due to foreach loop. Is there any alternate way to achieve this ? a!forEach( items: local!data, expression: a!map( uin: fv!item.uin, uinDescription: fv!item.uindescription, totalAmount: fv!item.totalAmount, rowCount: fv!item.rowCount, rowNumber: fv!index ) ) /* Grid field code*/ a!gridField_25r2( label: "E

We are looking to implement user interaction tracking within our Appian applications. Specifically, we want to capture granular data like field-level interactions and form engagement.The analytics solution must be local (on-premise / self-hosted). Has anyone successfully integrated a local analytics or product usage tool with Appian to achieve this? We have looked into Matomo, but found the implementation overhead too high. Inserting integration calls across every field and interface requires too much manual effort and maintenance. Thank you in advance!

Hello All, I am using Version 26.3 and while additing new AI Skill, i am getting blank screen everytime. I cleared cache, restarted browser and system but with no luck. Even tried with other bowsers also. Within my organization, the same is working fine for few but there are few who are facing issue similar to what i have been facing. Please suggest. Br, Kunal

Hi All,My actual requirement is when a user is uploading a file if incase the filename contains any special characters as @/& we need to replace it with  "_"  automatically without any user action and show it on the interface with the renamed filename. But when I was trying with parameter filenames of fileupload() function it wasn't working as expected. So I tried with hardcode a file name as "Sample" but still if I upload a document, it still shows the original file name its not getting updated to"Sample" so kindly help me with the requirement. I have attached the screenshot for reference.

Hi Appian Community, I’m currently investigating Appian internal errors (APNX) in an Appian Cloud environment. I found a KB-1107 that references ErrorCode*.properties files under a path like: <APPIAN_HOME>/ear/suite.ear/resources/text/java/com/appiancorp/suiteapi/common/exceptions The issue is that, even though I have administrator permissions in my Cloud environment, I can’t find any way to access that error code list or those files. I’d like to ask if anyone in the community can help clarify this: Is there any customer-accessible list of internal error codes for Appian Cloud environments? Is there any way to review those codes without filesystem access to the server? Has anyone worked with those property files or found a useful reference for support/troubleshooting? When Appian only shows an issue identifier, is there any public reference to interpret or map it? I’m not trying to expose anything sensitive, just trying to understand the correct