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I need to create a dynamic DOCX document that includes a table with 12 columns, where each column automatically adjusts its width. Already I create the same but able to showing only 8 columns. The remaining 3 columns exceed the page width, so they aren't visible, although I have not define width anywhere in the code. Please help me to fix it.

Hi,  I'm researching about the plug-ins development and I've seen in the documentation that a local installation of Appian is required to develop and test any type of plug-in. For instance, in this page it says the following:  "In order to individually build a custom smart service plug-in, a licensed local installation of Appian is required. Appian Cloud customers who have a local installation must develop and test the custom smart service locally and coordinate with Appian Technical Support to deploy it on their site." Why is a local installation necessary? Is it because the Appian JAR (<APPIAN_HOME>/_admin/sdk/appian-plug-in-sdk.jar) has to be added as an external dependency in the IDE? The JAR file can only be obtained from a local installation? Thanks in advance

Hiii, I want to add the Total Cost . It show the data in below format. I am using sum function to add the data but it is not working. List of Dictionary - 7 items Dictionary Total_Cost19000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost18000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost15000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost7000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost9000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost13000(Number (Integer)) Dictionary Total_Cost1500(Number (Integer))

Hi! We had to migrate from Appian on cloud to on premise. Is it normal to successfully connect when using a Web API with a get (hello world) but not when using a post (upload a document)? On this case I've got a 403 - Forbidden error. 

Hi! We had to migrate from Appian on cloud to on premise. Now I can't find the system logs, where are those on the on premise version? 

Hi , We have a requirement of Loading Data into a new Table / View from 4 different tables (These 4 tables don't have Record , those are old tables They have CDT) .  In terms of Performance and New features of Records which approach will be better ? 1. Use Store Proc ( Creating a new table > Select required columns from 4 different tables > Insert into new table )  But in this case , everytime if our 4 tables get updated in Prod, We have to run this Store Proc        2. Create a materiliazed view .  but I guess in this case also , we have to update our view if there are entries in those 4 tables       3. Create a normal view from 4 tables  But Record Sync and other data fabric features won't work here I guess Can anyone please help here ? Thank You in Advance

I am using appian version 24.4 and made a user filter for a record that is populated by a lookup table. I deleted a couple of rows from the table because they were unwanted, but they still show up in the filter. If I look at the table in the db or the record for the lookup table, both show that the entries are missing, but no matter what I do, the deleted rows show up in the dropdown.  This is the table: This is what the dropdown shows: "In draft" shouldn't be there and there is a duplicate which was removed, but both remain. I saw a similar post Here but I am not sure it's the same bug or not and the post seems to suggest that this issue was solved with version 24.1. Any help would be appreciated 

Previously I was working on a project to customize Case Management Studio for Use Case 1. 3 months later, that project is on hold and I now want to use CMS for a completely different use case. I realize that I can create a new case category to handle the new use case and mark the previous one as inactive. However, I have made some changes to the Base module as well and want to make sure that doesn't create any problems in the future. I have also configured data fields in the "All Cases" data section that I can view in my new case category (Which is not ideal, since it does not apply to the new use case) What would be my best options to make sure I have a clean slate for the new use case - 1. Is it recommended to clone an instance/app of CMS using npm apn-app-manager?  2. Should I continue working in the same instance with a new case category Appreciate your advice on this!

Hi community, I have a question about a functionallity that appears on the SAIL Design System Documentation. https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/25.1/sail/ux-site-branding.html#dialog-shape In this page, we can see a section that says that the dialog shape can be configured, but not how to achive it. Could someone guide me? Thanks in advance.

Is it possible to integrate Appian Enterprise Co-pilot inside a page/interface of a web app instead of opening it through 9 dots menu button?

My base url :  Base URL https://testbucket.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/   (where s3 testbucket is bucket name) relative path : /myfiles/star.pdf ( where /myfiles is folder)

Hello All, I have a 2 column layout. in left section I have a tree with multiple node like shown in below. Category1 Interface1 Interface2 Category2 Interface3 Interface4 Interface5 In right section I have to display the selected node's interface. For example if "Interface1" node is clicked then it should call an expression rule which returns the interface name to be loaded for that node. Now as expression rule returns string value, I am not able to render that interface in right section. Please note  - Each node has associated interface and entire list is maintained in records. On tree node click that expression rule finds the interface name for selected node. Kindly help if there is any other way to achieve this? Thanks in Advance.

We have a column in the Appian database table with data type as 'long text'. We want to facilitate storing and retrieving string around 8000 characters size in this table column. This will be a master data and will not be fetched in interfaces. (Also it may not always be 8000 in string length) But we will fetch this column in the expression rule for some evaluation and running rules. We are noticing that this column with long text is getting truncated in the expression rule when we retrieving the data. Our Record Type does not show any option to select "Extra Long Text" when creating a Record Type from this database table. This documentation indicates that we should be able to map the varchar or text to 'Extra Long Text' https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/25.1/about-data-sync.html Am I missing anything here?

Hi all, I am using the function a!startProcess() to trigger a process model from my interface. Is it possible to use the onerror parameter to show a custom message on the screen when the process fails to start or breaks for some reason. If it is possible can you please guide me how to achieve it ?

I have(had) an issue with a Selectable Editable Grid and I don't know if this is a bug or not. BUSINESS USE CASE I actually have two grids.  The Use Case here is to have the user assign a speaker to a parish for a parish event. One grid shows unassigned approved speakers and the other shows parishes that do not have a speaker.  There are two local variables that are loaded with this data; speakerEvents and parishEvents.  The user selects the Speaker, then selects the Parish before submitting the data. Here is the JSON for one of the grids. a!gridLayout( label: "Unassigned Approved Speakers", labelPosition: "ABOVE", emptyGridMessage: "There are no Unassigned Approved Speakers for this Event.", headerCells: { a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Speaker"), a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Type"), a!gridLayoutHeaderCe

Hi, I am trying to generate a CSV file from HTML(convert HTML to CSV plugin), but in the plugin's smart service, there is a parameter called 'CSS query' (text type). I am confused about what to put in that. Can anyone help with this? You will see this parameter in data --->input section

Hi All, Anyone who used Azure blob storage for storing unstructured data, could you provide some insights on its ease of integrations, maintainability and performance. Also, are there any other alternatives (apart from sharepoint and Appian document repository) for storing unstructured data?

The client has AWS Db with JWT AuthenticationThere is no JWT Authentication provided in appianHow can I connect with their AWS DB now ?

I am not able to enable the RPA agent from my system, I have followed all the instructions mentioned in appian documentation like JAVA_HOME setup, Certificates everything. One time it got enabled and and after that I am not able to enable it again so I have tried uninstall and install several times but no luck. Please see the attached log 2025-04-09 09:25:19,418|INFO|com.novayre.jidoka.client.JidokaClient.parseArgs:447|Using the default reset after long connection fault value: 0|main|0|242/4,096|2025-04-09 09:25:19,418|INFO|com.novayre.jidoka.client.JidokaClient.parseArgs:449|Using the default connection timeout value: 600|main|0|242/4,096|2025-04-09 09:25:19,418|INFO|com.novayre.jidoka.client.JidokaClient.parseArgs:450|Using the default lock runnable value: true|main|0|242/4,096|2025-04-09 09:25:19,418|WARN|com.novayre.jidoka.client.JidokaClient.readConfigurationFromPropertiesFile:652|An optional property has not been read: configuration.log.level|main|0|242/4,096|2025-04-09 09:25:19,

I have create a record type using a view, Which has more than a million data.But in performance im getting the below error "Expression evaluation error [evaluation ID = a8853:4ed82] at function a!recordList_ui_design: An error occurred because the record types source is currently unavailable, or the query reached a timeout or memory limit.. (APNX-1-4198-000)"

I want to generate an excel document by using "JSON To Excel Converter" in process model. Even though I am passing JSON correctly I am getting the below error error:

A task is assigned to a group.One of the user from the group accepts the task and be idle (do nothing, performs no action).After one hour the task should be reassigned back to the group.Please help here on how to acheive this?

I have two or more dropdown component and I hope that these dropdown components can share one choice list. For example I have a list like {choice 1, choice 2, choice 3, choice 4,...} In dropdown 1 the choice list should be  {choice 1, choice 2, choice 3, choice 4,...}, when I choose choice 1 in this dropdown, the choice list of other dropdown should be  {choice 2, choice 3, choice 4,...},  when I choose choice 2 in dropdown 2, the choice list of other dropdown (expect dropdown 1 and dropdown 2) should be {choice 3, choice 4,...} Can appian do like this?

Hi there! I am using this process. When CSv file is generated, it starts from row number 2. Can anyone please guide me how to set row 1?

I need to start a process using an email trigger. Is there any way to configure this process model using the Process Model Properties dialog? Thanks in advance.