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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/39418/notify-parent</link><description>Hi all, 
 I have one question regarding the way that Appian works with processes and how to notify parent interfaces. 
 So in my case a I have a grid field on the parent page that has a list of open document processes and for each row I&amp;#39;ll have a edit</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149800?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:43:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c570acd1-8a87-440c-95c3-2c0b93983eda</guid><dc:creator>David Jimenez </dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;But when the process finishes, the user is &amp;quot;redirectd&amp;quot; to the first one and the page is refreshed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149799?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a2ce0bfb-4cc3-4666-a7d5-3bdc047291d4</guid><dc:creator>Fl&amp;#225;vio Miranda</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I used this approach, but this navigates the user away from the page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The other solution would be implementing the form in the same page as the list ( but if the client accepts this solution then that will not happen)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149753?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:08:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:63e8a9c4-f75f-4ee1-8b47-00262ec47278</guid><dc:creator>David Jimenez </dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Try using a startProcessLink and using an start process form for editing the interfaces.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149747?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:25:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c9e580f3-5640-4d23-82cf-0f6de7381691</guid><dc:creator>Fl&amp;#225;vio Miranda</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="50400" url="~/discussions/f/general/39418/notify-parent/149741"]processing [/quote]
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the parent interface is to have a list of processes in a table, and when the user clicks the edit button the edit form interface will be displayed like a one page app, upon completion/cancellation of edition then the parent interface shows again the list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this case the actions will be chained together and attended by the user that triggered the edit button.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this flow:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;List of Process &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Edit Process &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Back to List and repeat&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would use a record action, but then there would be a page navigation to a new page within the same tab. Would there be a work around that would allow me display/hide an interface on the parent when the user submits a form?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BTW thanks for the time spent explaining&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Notify parent</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149741?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:41:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05b00445-1fe8-4af9-8fbe-038f802e420c</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What are you wanting your interface&amp;#39;s behavior to do and under what conditions?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Generally if you use a!startProcess() it&amp;#39;s either to run some synchronous but unattended processing (have some node(s) do some chores for you with no further user interaction needed in-process) and pass any result data / files / status back to the calling interface via the &amp;quot;onSuccess&amp;quot; parameter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or alternatively, it can launch something that&amp;#39;ll be user-facing (i.e. a task) which will be assigned to them and they can complete at their whim, but from the point-of-view of the launching interface, this will be inherently asynchronous (regardless of what setting you use in a!startProcess()), and the calling interface will only be able to get any info that happens up until when the task is assigned, at least without doing considerably more work (querying running instances, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>