RE: How to let button submit but not clean the local and rule input value?

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:37:25 GMT

In general, and I think we've told you similarly in your other recent threads on this topic, you will need to handle this in a process flow, not on a site interface. By that I mean, if you're allowing the user to upload some files in the start form of an Action, then if you want to continue using the results of those file uploads, then you should be starting a process where your user is chained into subsequent User Input Tasks, which of course can then make reference to the Process Variables containing your uploaded document IDs, extracted data, etc.

Instead, what it sounds like you're trying to do is have a user upload some files in an Action start form, but then immediately direct them back to static Site pages but still see the uploaded documents (it's still not super clear what your intended UX steps are here though so forgive me if I'm mixing some of this up). The problem is, as far as I can tell, you're trying to do stuff in an order that Appian simply has no direct way of supporting. Once agian I very strongly suggest you start with more simple actions and build from there, going forward in complexity only when you gain sufficient understanding of the less complex stuff.