Export to Excel in Records working in Tempo but not in Grid

The message

It says expression evaluation error at function if parameter 2 line 73 invalid symbol found comma.

is a hint to a possible syntax error in the code. Can you share that code?

a!gridColumn(
label: "Org - Position Desc",
sortField: 'recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition',
value:
a!richTextDisplayField(
value: {
a!richTextItem(
text: fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition'],
color: if(
a!isNullOrEmpty(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields']
),
"STANDARD",
if(
contains(
trim(
split(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'],
";"
)
),
"orgPosition"
),
"#FFBF00",
"STANDARD"
)
),
style: if(
a!isNullOrEmpty(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}As.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields']
),
"PLAIN",
if(
contains(
trim(
split(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'],
";"
)
),
"orgPosition"
),
"STRONG",
"PLAIN"
)
)
)
}
),
width: "NARROW_PLUS"
),

the entire grid columns contains the Rich text display fields with colors and style. My quick question to you is will export functionality depends on the entire interface present or only on the a!gridField data. Reason why i am asking is if it is with the entire interface i have multiple interfaces which i need to check. if it is a grid field then i have copied the entire set into the recordlist and clicked on export from tempo... but that works... not sure what is the issue.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.4/record-list.html#add-an-export-to-excel-button

This mentions some restrictions. I would try to remove any special formatting and try to export this. If this works, go back to the complex formatting step by step.

I'd also suggest trying to pinpoint the problem - often I do this by commenting out part of the expression to get to a state that works correctly. Then, you can slowly start to add configurations back in until you identify where the problem occurs. If you then can find a specific line that is causing the issue, let us know and we can help you troubleshoot it further.

thanks and Peter Lewis I tried commenting each column and then started to uncomment each grid column. Till the uncommented the below code everything is working fine.

After this code only the error started to come in the excel

.Expression evaluation error: Expression evaluation error at function 'if' parameter 2 [line 73]: Invalid symbol found (comma)

From this  i can rule out my question asked above, The export excel is only looking at the grid Field code.

Now when i copied the same code in the record list and exported it is working absolutely fine.

I also removed the richtext Field and called only the fv!row[record]s.fields.orgPosition, It exported. it is only getting this error only at the richtext Display field.

Not sure where is the error. Can you please help. 

a!gridColumn(
label: "Org - Position",
sortField: 'recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition',
value:
a!richTextDisplayField(
value: {
a!richTextItem(
text: fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition'],
color: if(
a!isNullOrEmpty(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.{updatedFields}updatedFields']
),
"STANDARD",
if(
contains(
trim(
split(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'],
";"
)
),
"orgPosition"
),
"#FFBF00",
"STANDARD"
)
),
style: if(
a!isNullOrEmpty(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.{updatedFields}updatedFields']
),
"PLAIN",
if(
contains(
trim(
split(
fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'],
";"
)
),
"orgPosition"
),
"STRONG",
"PLAIN"
)
)
)
}
),
width: "NARROW_PLUS"
),

Just to highlight if this helps that my first column in the grid is a tag field. which is also with colors when exported it just exported as a plain text.

If that is your exact code, something seems wrong about your record field references. You have two different ways you're currently referencing your fields:

'recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.{updatedFields}updatedFields'

'recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'

I believe the second of these is the correct one because it includes "fields" between the record type UUID and the field name. Can you try to update these record fields references and see if that fixes your issue?

Hi Peter Lewis I did check the code probably its the copy paste issue and i still tried by saving it as fields.updatedFields. but still it is throwing me the same error. Not sure what is the issue. Any other thoughts pls

Hi Peter Lewis and i did change my query for a one grid column like this and tried and it worked, but

i replaced my contains parameter with search and tried and it worked. But why is contains not working i am not able to figure it out. Any thoughts on this please.

a!gridColumn(
label: "Org - Position Desc",
sortField: 'recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition',
value:
a!richTextDisplayField(
value: {
a!richTextItem(
text: fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{orgPosition}orgPosition'],
color:
if(search("orgPosition",fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'])>0,

"#FFBF00",
"STANDARD"
),

style:
if(search("orgPosition",fv!row['recordType!{d806002b-c5b8-4f1f-b67e-f5ffa63826a4}s.fields.{updatedFields}updatedFields'])>0,
"STRONG",
"PLAIN"
)

)
}
),
width: "NARROW_PLUS"
),

In the past, I have been in situations in which I had an error and while trying to solve it, I change too many things at the same time. At the end I had working code, but could not really tell what the initial problem was.

In the meantime, I made it a habit to investigate and improve my code after I got it working. Then I try to understand what the initial problem was and why I came to a certain conclusion in the first place.

TLDR: Both, search and contains should work.

Yeah For me it was concat() function which concatenated two record fields ,that was failing the export grid to excel, I just removed that function and used "&" instead of it, which eventually resolved it.

Yeah For me it was concat() function which concatenated two record fields ,that was failing the export grid to excel, I just removed that function and used "&" instead of it, which eventually resolved it.