Can we create Constant with ANYTYPE data type and provide with value under rules

piyusha over 9 years ago

Can we create Constant with ANYTYPE data type and provide with value under rules tab.

I am not able to create it. As per documentation , CONSTANT is not having ANYTYPE data type but while creating from rules tab it is giving the option of ANY TYPE but not taking any values....

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0 priyaj over 9 years ago

Hi Piyush,
Can you elaborate a bit more on "not taking any values"
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0 Stefan Helzle
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over 9 years ago

I also tried to create a constant of type ANY. In what format do I have to enter data? I tried something like this "{a:1,b:2,sub:{c:3,d:4}}" which is the normal syntax for creating adhoc data structures.
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0 piyusha over 9 years ago

@priyaj.. I need to create COnstant with data type Any type with some value. I tried it by giving value in following format => "test". But it is giving invalid value message.
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0 Stefan Helzle
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over 9 years ago

On this page forum.appian.com/.../Data_Types.html the any type is described on the very top. To work around this, you could create some constants of simple types and an expression which creates an ad hoc data structure (see my example above) using this constant values. I think this is the way I would go.
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0 piyusha over 9 years ago

thanks
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