Hallo community,
I am fairly new to Appian but spent a fair share of time with training and playing around with different use cases.
Unfortunately I cannot get to understand how to correctly create a record type without the need to create a CDT and Datastore first.
Since I have to configure a datasource (in my case: Database) I identified two options:
Option 1 - Create a new table in the databsae
In the process of creating a data model of the record type ("Tell us about your data"), I then select as datasource the newly created table
Option 2 - Create a CDT and Datastore first
Then again, in the process of creating a data model of the record type ("Tell us about your data"), I then select as datasource the newly created table
Disadvantage: Once I create Actions for this Record type, CDT, Datastore and Data store entity are created new again and i Have duplicates in my application or completely ignore the wizard and configure the actions manually.
Is there any other way (besides choosing a different datasource like Salesforce or WebAPI) or recommended sequence in creating this record type?
Thank you for any hint.
Boris
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Hi, If you have to retain the naming convention for your tables in the Cloud Database, create a table in Database and reflect the same in Appian. You would have to choose CDT and select the option, "Create from existing database Table". In this way you can follow two naming conventions for Database and camel casing for CDT.
In Tell us About your Data, directly search for the table you created.