Auto-Close a New Window/Tab After Process Completion

Question

I have an interface with a link(Open URL ex. https://) that opens a new tab/window. The new tab/window initiates a process, and I would like this window to close automatically once the process is completed. Is there a way to achieve this in Appian? Any guidance or code examples would be appreciated.

Kumar Agniwesh · Answer

I doubt that this is possible to close the window/tab automatically. closest to this can be to trigger an exception flow after certain time so that Process instance can be completed if you are worried about process instance not getting completed.

Kumar Agniwesh · Answer

Ya we have a similar useCase, where users need to complete part of process on different application. We have achieved in Probably you can use https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.3/Web_Content_Component.html . Or you can fetch the details using a webApi and get the users to complete the task in Appian itself if possible. Or when users complete their job on other website, it can trigger a webApi and that can refresh the Appian process instance to let them continue with next steps

Stefan Helzle · Answer

That is not something we can control from Appian.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

No. 
 The only thing Appian has that's sorta similar is launching a Record Action in a pop-up ("dialog box"), which will go away after the action is over (or after the initial user reaches the end of activity chaining), though I assume this doesn't satisfy your requirement if you're opening an external URL for some reason.