local variable not updating in site

RE: local variable not updating in site

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:00:51 GMT

Appian is about building records and processes and then attaching UI to them. Appian is no pure UI toolkit.

RE: local variable not updating in site

arshbirs0001 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:26:05 GMT

Can't it be done without using Form submit, can't it be possible without using Any process model? I am using this in just a basic interface

RE: local variable not updating in site

Pedro Simões — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:23:30 GMT

arshbirs0001,

"Since the file isn't uploaded until form submit, you can't access any data from the file until they submit. One thing you could do is to create multiple forms that are activity chained"

I strongly suggest you check an existing thread on this topic. It seems to be the exact same use case as yours:

https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/17439/is-it-possible-to-get-document-id-of-uploaded-file-a-fileuploadfield-within-same-interface-without-submitting-a-form/77389#77389

RE: local variable not updating in site

arshbirs0001 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:22:50 GMT

Yes

RE: local variable not updating in site

Richard Michaelis — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:21:54 GMT

just to understand it better:

you upload an excel file, the ID of the file will be stored into ri!input
ri!Input will be updated but local!testdata won't update its value?

RE: local variable not updating in site

arshbirs0001 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:19:34 GMT

I am using a!localvariables()

RE: local variable not updating in site

Richard Michaelis — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:18:41 GMT

Are you using a!localvariables()? load()? with()?

RE: local variable not updating in site

arshbirs0001 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 08:57:04 GMT

I have local variables as

local!one :{ readexcel (ri! input - file will be uploaded and ri!input will include the document ID ) }

a!gridlayout with data local!one

But interface loads with empty grid layout , when I upload the file it doesn't show any changes in grid layout

RE: local variable not updating in site

Pedro Simões — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 18:22:36 GMT

Hi arshbirs0001, how are you changing the value of ri!input? Are you testing that interface at the parent-level in Interface Designer?