Hello,
We have a requirement in our application to have a grid with advanced grouping/sorting/filtering capabilities, bulk editing, paginated editable grid to handle thousands of records. These features are not fully achievable using the in-built grids that Appian provides.
We are trying to if we can use a 3rd party library (such as Ag Grid) which has the capabilities we are looking for. However, as per this article we see that there are license restrictions on using proprietary libraries. I am not sure if Ag Grid falls under such restriction.
As an alternative, if there is already such a plugin available in AppMarket please do suggest.
Thanks in advance.
Rahul.
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Can you share a bit of the background of this requirement? In my experience people propose designs in Appian which lean on designs they know and are used to. But this does not mean that this is the best way to do it.
If still want to go this way, and are aware that once you delivered an "Excel"-like UI inside Appian, everybody wants that, I suggest to follow the plugin development process outlined here:
https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.2/component-review-process.html#pre-approval
I would encourage you to use the built in grids as there is a lot of built in integration with Records that you will lose if you go with a custom grid. Faster to develop, easier to maintain and I think you will have even have better user experience.
If there is something the grids don't do, probably best to do an enhancement request.
Apologies for delayed response. We are sticking to the in-built capabilities of the grid and implemented a custom pagination bar for the editable grid that Appian provides.
Thanks and Mathieu Drouin for your time.