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Hi all,I have a requirement to send a Excel file generated in Appian to an external system via SFTP (Send File) Plug in.Current Implementation:1. I am using the export data store entity to excel smart service to generate an excel.2. The generated Excel file is successfully created in Appian Documents and stored in a process variable.3. In the next node I am using SFTP send file plugin to transfer the file to an external system.4. The SFTP connection details(hostname, port, authentication details) were provided by the external team.SFTP Plugin Configuration:  I have added this in a expression rule for file transfer configuration input.  type!FT_config( serverHostName: "typ-test-abc.com", serverport:0000, timeout:20000, usePerUserCredentials:false(), scsExternalSystemKey:null() )  Document to send: process variable containing the excel document generated by the export data store entity to Excel smart service.  Remote File Path : Currently left Blank  Is

I have a Rich Text Icon component that is used to download a PDF document. When the user clicks the download link, a background process is triggered using a!startProcess() to fetch the document based on a primary key. The process takes approximately 5–10 seconds to retrieve the document and return it to the interface. During this processing time, I would like to display a banner message above the icon, such as: "Your document is being fetched. Please wait until the download icon appears." I attempted to implement this using a local variable and a Dynamic Link. In the saveInto, I included both a!startProcess() and an a!save() to update a local flag variable that controls the banner visibility. However, I observed that the local variable is not updated immediately when the link is clicked. Instead, it gets updated only after the process started by a!startProcess() completes. Is there an alternative approach or recommended pattern in Appian to display a loading or processi

Hi Team, I would like to know if there any such control like below in Appian. Any suggestions please.

I need to filter data in a record type but the field I want to apply filter on is extra long text it's throwing error . My actual requirement is I have to show the data in grid with serach options. In the grid data  800 rows are there so I am trying to use custom filters since I cannot use searchbox becase I am not using record data as data source that's because if the grid column need to display exra long text content it should inly use the query record type . so basically I am facing issue with extra long text but i need it because my data have characteres more than 9000 to 12000 . They all bascially html templates .Is there any way I can have option to filter the data not exact data but matches the query .

Hi All, Could you please provide me the link to the Hands-On Practice - Build an Application - Step 3? The training PDF is not loading at all on my PC and I have tried multiple browsers.  Best Regards, Abhi SAFARI : CHROME: /resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_12_2D00_24-at-3.28.20_2F20_PM.png /resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_12_2D00_24-at-3.28.37_2F20_PM.png

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Hi All, I have a use case where we have to search for values in numerous constants if it matches a specific email domain. Just applying the search box value isnt productive as it doesnt provide the results with actual constant values, also gives descriptions which is not useful in my case. 

We are trying to automatically delete the execution instances of a Robotic Task, regardless of whether the executions were completed, cancelled, or failed. We have configured the Automatic Process Clean-Up setting by enabling the option "Delete completed or cancelled executions including artifacts (days)" and setting it to 1 day. However, the execution instances of the Robotic Task are still not being deleted automatically after this period. Is there another configuration or step required to ensure that these execution instances are removed automatically? Thank you in advance for your help.

Hi Appian Experts, Need your help regarding the data visibility. There is a scenario where our business users are not able to see the full name of a service account in a grid that is getting data from a database via a Sync disabled record, whereas the Application designer can see the full name of that service account via a following code. We have added the service account in the business group, still it didn't works.  if( or( a!isNullOrEmpty( ri!user ), not( isusernametaken( ri!user ) ) ), ri!user, user( ri!user, "firstName" ) & " " & user( ri!user, "lastName" ) )

Hi Champs, I am using docx from dynamic template smart service to create dynamic document. I have few section which are dynamic in the template based on which it will either show and hide the whole section. As this section would also part of Table of contents. I want to update TOC dynamically. is it feasible with the plug in? Regards, Shyam

Appian Experts,  I have a question regarding AD Synchronization. We have our SAML setup to "Update user attributes upon sign in". This works perfectly fine when a user is Added/Removed from a specific entitlement in AD that is mapped to a group on Appian and that users logs in to Appian.  However, the issue arises if the users is removed from an entitlement in AD group and he never logs in again to Appian. The user remains part of the group and get task assigned till someone manually removes the user from the group in Appian.  I am pretty sure a lot of us here in the Community has encountered this situation. Can any suggest an automated way to Sync the users in AD to the groups in Appian w/o logging in. Thank you,  Janaki Ram

I am using the Advanced Rich Text Editor component (Vuram) and have set the maximum size limit to 4000. When testing, I noticed that the component shows 100% usage when I enter around 3700 plain text characters, even without any formatting.  My assumption is that the component stores the content as HTML and the size calculation includes not only the text I enter but also the HTML tags generated by the editor. When I checked the source, the total HTML content length was around 3989 characters, which is very close to the configured limit of 4000.Is my understanding correct, or am I missing something? Has anyone else experienced this behavior or knows how the size limit is calculated?Any insights would be appreciated.Thanks!

I am showing  few fields from the DSE in a grid and i set a advanced search to filter from the result shown in the grid , now after i set the filter i have to click on the export to excel and it should generate the excel document . the export should have only the fields that i show in the grid and not all the DSE, i have the filtered result to pass , but the function we have support only to export from DSE and not the custom. i tried with PM . but it get stored in Appian folder which does not suffice . can any one suggest how we can export the custom grid with the filtered list as export to excel or csv . Thanks  

I am a little puzzled here. I need to check if a dateTime value is past a given hour of the day. But there is an issue, since it has an unpleasant behaviour : since we updated to summer time, it is wrong by 1 hour ! In my record type (and user interface), the dateTime will display "6/8/2026 5:48 PM GMT+02:00", so I assume my timezone has a two hours offset. However, when I use function "timezone()", it gives "60", which would be adequate (and it did for a while!) when we would still be with winter time. Why doesn't timezone() give 120? How is this possible ? Is it a known bug ? (we are using release 25.3).  Do I have to create a specific constant with the right hour and remove the days to allow calculation? Here is what I have now:  a!localVariables(  local!dateBegin: now(),  local!heure: hour(local!dateBegin) + timezone()/60,  local!minute: minute(local!dateBegin),  local!isAfter17h: or(    local!heure > 1

1. The extracted document contains a table with over 300 rows, but the reconciliation screen displays only 100 fields because the related record type query is limited to retrieving 100 items. Do you have any suggestions on how we can reconcile all the rows? 2. The "Highlight Value in Document" feature on the reconciliation screen is not working properly. I’m using AI Document Center version 3.1. Is there any known reason why this issue occurs? 3. Sometimes, when a document has a large number of rows, the extraction model does not extract all the data. For example, if the document has 600 rows, it only extracts about 350 rows. Are there any limitations on the document extraction model? 4.The extraction process is taking a considerable amount of time. Are there any best practices or configuration changes to improve extraction performance? Environment Details: AI Document Center Version: 3.1 LLM: 4.5 (Reasoning)

Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue with transferring my Appian certifications, Academy Online achievements, and badges from my current organization account to my personal account. I have already reached out to multiple teams, including Appian Technical Support, Appian Community, Academy Online support, and the Certifications team. I was informed that the request would be resolved within two working days. However, it has been longer than that, and I have not received any proper response or update despite multiple follow-ups. Has anyone faced a similar issue before? If so, could you please guide me on how to get this resolved or whom to contact for faster support? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Has anyone worked with Microsoft Publisher (.PUB) files in Appian? Our requirement is to allow users to upload .pub files and extract specific data from them for further processing. AI Capabilities are not enabled.Is there any Appian-native approach, plugin or integration that supports reading/extracting content from .pub files? or is conversion to another format (ex PDF) generally required before processing.

We are trying to send emails with attachments using the MS Graph sendMail API. We're seeing an issue where the document is not being converted to Base64, see screenshot below. Is the issue that we're starting with a json and converting to dictionary? This was done because if we define the dictionary directly, the key "@odata.type" is not recognised properly because of the period. Thanks!

we are looking to use the MS Graph API to create and send emails our issue relates to an odd behaviour we are experiencing when attaching large files. All attachments under 3mb work as expected. Per MS documentation when attaching >3mb we should use the "Attach Large Files" API. Per that process we get a session and then chunk the upload, when we start the upload the API immediate terminates. Has anyone been able to successfully attach a file > 3MB by breaking into smaller chunks and send an email. A similar plugin MS Graph Utilities uploads something larger files by breaking into chunks into One Drive/SharePoint but is there something similar which attaches it to an email?

I created email template in word and needed to add the logo image so I added it using insert and uploaded the template as document in appian, after I used this template in send email node in process model so while I am opening the mail I am not able to see logo image. some error come as "linked image cannot be shown. File may be moved or deleted. Verify that link points to correct file and location" Can anyone help me in this issue.

Hello everyone, In the recent update (version 26.1), we received a feature that allows us to create sync-enabled record types using a view as the data source. However, the Sync smart service is not working with this type of record. Is this an Appian limitation? If yes, how is a sync-enabled record useful in this case? I am aggregating some information in a view and displaying it on the site, and I need up-to-date data. Therefore, I cannot rely on incremental or manual sync. Could you please suggest an appropriate approach?

Hello: I am trying to create a RecordType synchronized with a web-service.  One of the data objects obtained doesn't always have the same number of sub-data points (see nutrients in the image).  In order for me to store the nutrients values, right now, I am creating 20 columns (assuming a max) and using a forEach to store each value.  Is there a better way to do this? Thank you.  

I have a record that stores text with HTML formatting from a Styled Text Editor Field. In one of my interfaces I pull that text from the record and display it with a rich text display field. Is there a way for me to put the text in such that it keeps the styling? I've been using stripHTML() on the text but that just removes everything which is not what I need.

Hi All, I want to compare the record type and a map that have similar data  , I want to compare if it is same then create a list of that fields name. Thanks

Hello everyone, I want to understand how a grid field works when using a sync-enabled record as the data source. Let’s say I have 100 records. If I display 10 records per page, there will be 10 pages in total. Now, when I click on the Next icon in pagination, will the grid make a separate call to the database to fetch the next set of 10 records, or will it use Appian’s cache memory to display the data?