Hi, I am searching for a particular node across all of my process models(.

Mahesh Sanga over 10 years ago

Hi,
I am searching for a particular node across all of my process models(.xmls) in "models" directory to know the list of Process Models (PM), where the node is being used. but AFAIK, the node's UUID property changes from PM to PM. So i'm using the node name as my search criteria, As a search result I got a huge file. It is tedious to search through this huge file, I am curious to know is there any other way to search for a node where it's been used across the system(across all PMs)?

TIA.....

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0 Eduardo Fuentes
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

If your node is a sub-process then you could make a search based on the UUID of the model that the sub-process node triggers otherwise the approach that you are using is your best option, or if the node has something in particular to identify it (e.g. a very specific name) use that to narrow down the search.
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0 Mahesh Sanga over 10 years ago

Thanks Eduardo
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0 Mahesh Sanga over 10 years ago

@Eduardo Does a node's UUID change from PM to PM?
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0 Eduardo Fuentes
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

Yes, because once you drag and drop an activity it needs to be identified as unique, the UUID of the node is what makes that specific node you dragged and dropped unique which is different from the node type which is the one that will be the same across models for instance, a User Input Task is of type: internal.17 as you can see from the Model Documentation
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0 Mahesh Sanga over 10 years ago

@Eduardo, I am searching for Rename User smart service, It does not have any internal. <number> instead it is represented with activity class com.appiancorp.a2.plugins.userServices.RenameUsers. So Do I need to search on this instead of name?
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0 Eduardo Fuentes
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

Correct, since this is a plug-in it will have a different name which is the key of the smart service, in the case of the RenameUsers it is:
com.appiancorp.a2.plugins.userServices.RenameUsers
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0 Mahesh Sanga over 10 years ago

Thank you Eduardo. Now we sorted out!
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