Hi All,
I'm currently working my way through the Appian developer path training. I'm using a sandbox instance of Appian provided by my employer, so I can no control over platform versions.
After being able to work around general UI changes between screenshots on the PDF and what we are using I've finally ran into a blocker which I'm none the wiser about.
Page 61 of the PDF, towards the bottom of the page, describes setting a record title for a summary page. It uses the syntax:
rv!record[recordType!VFM Vehicle.fields.licensePlate]
But when I come to input this into the "Record Title" input box I get no type hinting.
One of the differences that I have had to make is the name of the type, it's no longer "VFM Vehicle" but "DMB_VFM_Vehicle" but I still get an error when trying to view the summary screen.
Here's the error I am getting:
Could not find variable 'recordType!DMB_VFM_Vehicle' (APNX-1-4291-001)
This to me suggests that either "recordType" has been deprecated or it cannot find my CDT which has worked in all previous exercises.
Any ideas where I should begin looking to resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
In an attempt to try an make it simplier it also seems like "rv!record" is not a defined variable
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Hello,
To clarify, are you saying that in the record title expression box you are not seeing rv!record autosuggested?
Hi after chatting with one of the senior developers today it seems like there was a difference in versions between the developer path and the environment. So rather than using rv!record I've been told to just use the rf! directly.
If possible this thread can be closed now
Hi dextermb and others,Just to clarify, the new variable rv!record and record type field references are new in Appian 20.3. You only use them for new record types that were created in 20.3 or record types that have been updated (https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.3/Record_Type_Object.html#updating-the-record-type) since upgrade to 20.3. Existing record types continue to use the rf! variables until they go through the update flow I linked above.
You can access the latest version of Appian in order to complete the Skills Practice guide by signing up for an Appian Free Trial: https://www.appian.com/platform/free-trial/.
Alternatively, you can see how to configure a record in previous versions of Appian by going to docs.appian.com.