Folder ID

RE: Folder ID

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:50:29 GMT

[quote userid="79813" url="~/discussions/f/new-to-appian/24964/folder-id/96652#96652"]When you are creating the same folder name with multiple times there you have to retrieve with folder ID.[/quote]

This doesn't really make much sense from a procedural perspective. 2 issues:

why would you create multiple different folders with the same name? While there's no requirement for folder name uniqueness in the Appian filesystem (since the name is really only an alias for the Folder ID), it only stands to add extra confusion for anyone trying to navigate the filesystem later.
this still doesn't answer Stefan's question of why you specifically need to access the Folder's ID in-process, seeing as how the folder-type PVs stored in-process are still just an alias for the folder ID.

RE: Folder ID

Arul — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 03:36:50 GMT

Now i got the Folder ID with using tointeger() and documentwithfolder ruleinput in expression rule and used in process model. Thanks for your support.

Its a client requirement. When you are creating the same folder name with multiple times there you have to retrieve with folder ID.

RE: Folder ID

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:05:59 GMT

The use a tointeger() on that process variable. Or take the document() function to the the "id" attribute. Do not get confused by the the fact that this function expects a number as input. As I said, Appian internally only stores the number and will pass this number to the parameter.

May I ask why you absolutely need that number?

RE: Folder ID

Arul — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:02:17 GMT

I have tried. But i need the folder id which in the attached image.

RE: Folder ID

Arul — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:11:05 GMT

Thanks Stefan..

RE: Folder ID

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:53:23 GMT

This is the folder id. Behind the scenes Appian stores a folder always as its ID. Then it displays it to you using the name. This is fine, just use it for whatever you planned.

RE: Folder ID

Arul — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:51:48 GMT

Hi Stefan,

I am getting folder name when i am using the target in the output.

Is there any possible to get the folder id?

Thanks for the reply..

RE: Folder ID

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:16:42 GMT

The folder is provided as a variable on the data->outputs tab.