How to update by clicking link

RE: How to update by clicking link

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:44:46 GMT

Any potential solution for this (using reasonable OOB functionality) will require 2 clicks, as far as I can tell.

In the simplest example I can think of, the user could be required to click an initial link/button to enable downloading (this would be able to execute arbitrary code to do DB updates / etc), then only after they've clicked that for a given file / group of files perhaps, the download link(s) become active.

RE: How to update by clicking link

Stewart Burchell — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:22:01 GMT

If they only want to see if a document has been downloaded you could use the fn!getdownloadersfromgroup().

If the file hasn't been downloaded the result will be empty, otherwise it'll return the list of users who have downloaded the file. Strongly recommend you provide the narrowest-scoped group to this function (rather than, say, 'All Users' which is the whole list of Users in your environment).

RE: How to update by clicking link

liangl7510 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:42:51 GMT

The business user want to see the status, to make it more which files have been downloaded in the list

RE: How to update by clicking link

Stewart Burchell — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:28:29 GMT

Download action is already logged in the logs. Where are you intending using this information? Who needs to see it? When? Why?

RE: How to update by clicking link

liangl7510 — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:23:17 GMT

we want to record user download action, change the status in DB accordingly

RE: How to update by clicking link

Stewart Burchell — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:16:39 GMT

So not exactly as you describe. But you could run a process that sends the file to an email address and then does the data update.

Why are the two requirements linked? What is it about the file download that is inextricably linked with the need to update some data?

RE: How to update by clicking link

Stefan Helzle — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:50:32 GMT

Appian does not directly support this "requirement". I put the word in quotes because IMHO, the real requirement is the file download and data update, but not the link.

The Appian UX design guide advices to use links for navigation and buttons for taking action.