Hello everyone,
We are currently working on integrating an external tool (let’s call it ExternalTool) with Appian. This tool sends data to Appian via an API, and we would like to know:
Is it possible to store one or more fields (such as "ReferenceCode") directly into the Appian database at the time the API call is received, without requiring any user interaction or manual processing?
If anyone has experience with this kind of direct data persistence from external APIs, your guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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safaa_friha said: This tool sends data to Appian via an API
Wants to know how Appian is receiving a data?If External calls Appian API:Create a Web API in Appian to receive the data. Use a!writeToDataStoreEntity()/a!writeRecord() directly in the Web API to save to database.If Appian calls External API:Create an Integration object to call the external API, then build a Process Model that uses the Call Integration smart service to fetch the data followed by a!writeToDataStoreEntity()/a!writeRecord() to save it to the database. Schedule this process to run automatically using a Timer event for periodic data fetch and storage without user interaction.