RE: How can I save an uploaded file into a Data Model ?

Jinger Pan — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 02:13:07 GMT

Thank you so much for your guidance😀

RE: How can I save an uploaded file into a Data Model ?

Indhujab — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:09:43 GMT

Hi,

Do you want to store the extension of the document (Ex: .pdf, .txt) as document type? If yes, you can use document function as mentioned below and use it in your a!save().

document("test_doc","extension")

RE: How can I save an uploaded file into a Data Model ?

Harsha Sharma — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:03:53 GMT

Hi Jinger Pan
the function a!documentFolderForRecordType() works when you have Record type to manage documents in your application. Also this function returns the folder where the document should be stored and thus should be used in the 'target' attribute of the file upload component which is missing in your code currently.

There are 2 ways to Manage documents in Appian

1. Using Record types

2. Using folders

Using Record types you will need a separate record type which has document and record id columns to store the document. You can find a detailed documentation and steps here. a!documentFolderForRecordType() works for this management option and not when you use folders.

Using folders, we create a folder within the Knowledge center of application where we want to documents to be stored when a user uploads it in interface.

Here is a working example to store documents using folders. Here is a tutorial to follow to learn about working with documents and records using folders

a!localVariables(
  local!file,
  local!submissionSuccessful,
  local!errorCode,
  {
    a!fileUploadField(
      label: "File Upload",
      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
      saveInto: local!file,
      value: local!file,
      /* Replace this with a constant of type Folder in your environment */
      target: cons!AS_DOCUMENTS_FOLDER_POINTER
    ),
    a!buttonArrayLayout(
      buttons: {
        a!buttonWidget(
          label: "Submit",
          style: "SOLID",
          /* If you don't use a!submitUploadedFiles(), the signature will not be uploaded */
          saveInto: a!submitUploadedFiles(
            onSuccess: a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, true),
            onError: {
              a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, false),
              a!save(local!errorCode, fv!error)
            }
          )
        )
      },
      align: "END"
    )
  }
)

So identify the way you want to establish document management then implement accordingly. Feel free to ask if you encounter any challenges.