Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:06:23 GMT

[quote userid="59361" url="~/discussions/f/general/34308/saving-documents-into-appian-when-the-button-submit-is-false/130957"]Use this function:[/quote]

Sadly this function still doesn't work on Task or Start Forms, which though it may make sense given the main Appian-specified use case, is still unfortunate due to how (with careful usage) it woud allow a lot of extra flexibility even in traditional locations where it'd be great to finally be able to persist files to the Appian FS prior to submitting a task.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Konduru Chaitanya — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:25:08 GMT

I agree! There is not much control in that I guess.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:01:49 GMT

In that case, you can wait till the user clicks on Submit to OSC and then the documents will be uploaded automatically.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Mayuri Mestry — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:00:02 GMT

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:21:29 GMT

Mayuri Mestry Why don't you just submit the form, and re-open the same interface, if required?

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:18:44 GMT

No. The whole purpose of this is to start off the process.

What do you try to achieve with this upload?

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

VarunTejaGurrapu — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:12:32 GMT

You can use a!writeRecords in submit button saveInto for uploading files into db, then a request id is generated (do onSuccess configuration), pass that request id through rule inputs into process model if you need it for whole data need to be saved in DB.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Mayuri Mestry — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:57:53 GMT

Hi Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) , Yes this interface is in Process Model and using this function throws error "a!submitUploadedFiles() cannot be evaluated in this environment.". Any other way we can have this implemented?

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:05:25 GMT

You can use a!submitUploadedFiles() function as Stefan said, but please note that if your interface is in a process model (which I assume is because you mentioned about submit: false()) then this function won't work. It works either on a site page, on a standalone interface that is not plugged in a Process.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Konduru Chaitanya — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:56:15 GMT

Could you please update your reply for better readability.

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:50:40 GMT

In my applications, I save various meta data to the database when uploading files. This makes managing files much easier on the long run.

Use this function:

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.1/fnc_system_a_submituploadedfiles.html

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Mayuri Mestry — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:50:23 GMT

uyiu

RE: Saving documents into appian when the button submit is false

Konduru Chaitanya — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:40:21 GMT

Hello Mayuri Mestry

Could you please share the code snippet of your Upload field and the submit button.