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marcot0005
marcot0005
February 24, 2023
Question

Check if a document exists in Appian

  • February 24, 2023
  • 13 replies
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So I have an interface that has links to documents that have been uploaded. However, the documents don't exist until after they've gone through a process model (or rather they're a temp file that you can't reference at that time). What I'd like to do is disable those links if the documents haven't been put into the system yet, but I am not sure how to check to see if the document exists in the system yet or not. Is there a function or something that can test a doc id to see if it's valid or not?

13 replies

abhayd3663
abhayd3663
February 24, 2023

findcontentbyattribute(
  searchAllContent: true,
  contentType: "document",
  attributeName: "name",
  searchCriteria: "docName"
)

findcontentbyattribute() is part of Content Tools plug-in, It should be available to most env. please do deploy if not.

marcot0005
marcot0005Author
February 24, 2023

I need to search by id as the name is not unique

abhayd3663
abhayd3663
February 24, 2023

getcontentobjectdetailsbyid(id)

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nareshs945
February 24, 2023

you can also use the below logic to find the object exist in the system

a!localVariables(
  local!objectDetails: if(
    a!isNullOrEmpty(ri!objectId),
    "No object with this ID has been found",
    getcontentobjectdetailsbyid(ri!objectId)
  ),
  if(
    tostring(local!objectDetails) = "No object with this ID has been found",
    false,
    true
  )
)

marcot0005
marcot0005Author
February 24, 2023

Thanks, but this gives me true even though I can't download the document yet. It somehow exists, but when I click the link I get a "Error 404 - Page Not Found"

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ujjwalr0002
February 25, 2023

Hi, Marco

The document must be active published check the below link for more info.

https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/25775/error-when-use-function-document

marcot0005
marcot0005Author
March 3, 2023

Yes I know, the issue was to be able to look at a document ID and tell if it has been published yet or not. getcontentobjectdetailsbyid() allowed me to do that

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adeleb9274
March 8, 2023
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davidj137213
davidj137213
Brainy
February 23, 2024

Use getDocumentsFromFolder in the root folder.

harshitb6843
harshitb6843
February 23, 2024

Its a spam. 

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