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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/new-to-appian/21987/rule-input-submit-boolean-but-always-mapped-to-process-variable-text</link><description>May I know how to set process variable to be boolean in process model, plus it always return to be null value and failed to write to database by using process model.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86122?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:40:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b6700206-0eaa-4e91-a237-10f935bc6ea1</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632386420366v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I delete the &amp;quot;aaa&amp;quot; value, but it is still not let the values process through, so I don&amp;#39;t think that is the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86117?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:10:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:12e03cc7-3a79-435a-8687-4f7913b72bb2</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I know, but why username doesn&amp;#39;t receive any responding values since I already let ri!username.username,ri!username.password&amp;nbsp;write in saveInto?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86116?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:03:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:5b1be1b8-0254-485e-ad5b-389091eecc24</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;there you see its just updating the variable submit and &amp;quot;aa&amp;quot;. not the variable &amp;quot;username&amp;quot; , so the value stays NULL -&amp;gt; this means you try to save a null value which crashes your process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86115?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:58:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:18a4c59a-c601-4124-8c7a-f2a50cab704d</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632383902162v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86114?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:56:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:5a403ce1-0d8d-4330-bf7f-fe7605582d19</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;buddy, do the academy courses. this are appian terms. not computer science terms -&amp;gt; they are for free. :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://academy.appian.com/#/curricula/4ec18f7b-604e-4473-b476-87279969c946"&gt;https://academy.appian.com/#/curricula/4ec18f7b-604e-4473-b476-87279969c946&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86113?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:55:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d8540794-074d-4d1a-b113-305e8021382d</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632383714246v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86112?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:159670db-46de-45ae-ae0f-58b0a308f9b9</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;please if possible show a screenshot of the process history (very left tab of the same window)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86111?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:52:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d6b76925-3edd-49e0-b009-7a73441faa34</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;the node wants to store a process variable. -&amp;gt; This process variable has to get the value itself form the form. So the form needs to &amp;quot;transmit&amp;quot; the value from the textfield to the rule input of the SAIL Form and the user input task from the SAIL form rule input to the process variable. -&amp;gt; so i would suggest you check if the start node is properly maintained and transfers the variables properly to the process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86110?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:50:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c699b74c-5872-41d7-8743-88eb17286d8f</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;but i do know what is constant for software development:)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86109?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:50:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:bddd6f6f-a2d9-44ca-ba1e-d6b52db71071</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;my major is not computer science, and i never heard any instructor of mine even said &amp;quot;sail form&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86108?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:46:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b4c0242d-3970-4a4b-87a7-ee88a877b430</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;No offense, but did you do the academy courses.? There are terms epxlained like sail form, constant etc,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86107?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:46:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:db408754-8fff-45f0-b06d-9ceaea9eb7a0</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632383196545v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86106?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:44:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:034a6624-41d2-4df1-90bb-26093644b2e9</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It didn&amp;#39;t report any variables in the process, just said you can&amp;#39;t input any null value some etc similarly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86105?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:42:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:87fb41d7-6e89-4e64-b5f4-441ed3ed3045</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;tell me what is sail form? sorry English is not my first language though i went college in the USA,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86104?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:40:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c49513f5-8e93-4a99-8d60-e72fbda20b77</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;did you check if your sail form is delivering the variables to the process? What is the process history telling you regarding variable updates?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86103?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:39:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:159b0003-de43-4393-8a26-7acf03625b43</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;then please tell me why there always null value for the data input?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86102?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:37:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e06a0e72-161f-4d91-b00a-266961bcb366</guid><dc:creator>Richard Michaelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;it was not about that you should give up. Its about that we shouldn&amp;#39;t have the same discussion three times of the same author. :) we can support you well, if there is &amp;quot;only&amp;quot; one thread.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86097?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:21:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:41d9ad03-cc90-42b2-b373-fa829d9ef276</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s ok,I already give up on it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86096?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:19:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:37721409-1349-447d-8573-9d842b9b588c</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Do you think it is a good idea to start just another thread about the same issue we already talk about in at least two other threads?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86091?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 02:21:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:57f3ea0c-9f9c-4d23-b4e2-9564c95202b8</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632363537991v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632363595197v2.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632363625781v3.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/pastedimage1632363683679v6.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86089?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 02:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d3516710-8623-425c-810f-6f4138c23261</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Mine never work&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86088?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 01:46:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:9f6fdb7d-f648-4a45-8c2d-f2d7ad4074cb</guid><dc:creator>immortalvirgil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know why my process model always report the data to be saved can&amp;#39;t be null, not sure which part I missed which been stagnate me for a month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86079?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:30:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:01f784ce-87bd-495c-b366-cc126af74e28</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Your post is very unclear - could you try re-phrasing, and/or simplifying?&amp;nbsp; What is your use case / what are your step-by-step expectations / what issue(s) are you experiencing with each of those steps when you try?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: rule input submit(boolean) but always mapped to process variable(text)</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/86074?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:39:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:2b858e5c-945a-47b9-8418-3bd45d79dfc5</guid><dc:creator>vimalkumars</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can refer to this to get a hands-on on process models&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.3/Process_Modeling_Tutorial.html"&gt;docs.appian.com/.../Process_Modeling_Tutorial.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>