Capture XML and PDF

sarathbabus1 over 8 years ago

Hi,

i am having basic doubts, I am wokring on Case360 BPM, for this tool input will be XML and PDF or only XML and it will place in specific folder and then system will pick the xml and read the value from thexml and then store in process fields or Input from UI level

But in Appian, i know from User input form we can trigger the process instance

but in appian how we can capture the input which is coming as XML and PDF

can any one help me on that based on that i have to do some POC

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0 Puspendu Pal over 8 years ago

Hello ,

There is basically two ways you would be able to do this kind of use cases:
1) Pull - You use a start even timer to wait for certain interval and query your data source/folder to look for new cases (XML and PDF) and do what ever is necessary in case new case exists.

2) Push - Expose an Appian process as web service and make the external system invoke your Appian process instance when a new case is created.
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0 Shyam Bommakanti
Certified Lead Developer
over 8 years ago

@sarathbabus another option for pushing data to Appian is to use WebAPI. Gives you lot more control.
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0 Shyam Bommakanti
Certified Lead Developer
over 8 years ago

For quick reference: docs.appian.com/.../Web_APIs.html
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0 sparshs over 8 years ago

You can expose your process model as webservice to fetch the xml from any system . Second approach you can tell user to upload the xml in the system and then use the uploaded xml in your application.
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