Rename the local document

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Hello Team, 
 I have a requirement to rename the local file with dateandtimestamp on some condition. 
 Input file name - test.csv 
 expected renamed filename - test.csv_16072025 
 I am using "Edit Document Properties" smart service and it is renaming the file name. so the output is like test_ 16072025.csv. 
 Unable to get the extension renamed. How to achieve this? can anyone suggest here?

Shubham Aware · Accepted Answer

You cannot achieve test.csv_16072025.
Appian requires proper file extensions for file type recognition. The system will always try to maintain a valid extension.

Why can't you use "test_csv_16072025.csv" as you can't change file extension.

Harsha Sharma · Answer

The value after dot should be a proper extension. Your current output is good as per standards and meets the requirement mentioned in your question! Thus, while there are no ways to rename extensions, its not a good use case to tweak extensions. 
 vijayan544557 said: I have a requirement to rename the local file with dateandtimestamp on some condition

Harsha Sharma · Answer

Makes sense! As a workaround, try and make use of the description attribute of the document. If your use case is to move files like these to archival, instead of relying on name, change description to save the value ' test.csv_16072025' using Edit Documents and archive using this field if business agrees

Rename the local document

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