Process variable data type

RE: Process variable data type

tommerr5996 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:49:28 GMT

Good to know, thank for the info😁

RE: Process variable data type

Peter Lewis — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:46:32 GMT

One thing to know about custom data types is that they can be deleted from the Appian Designer, but they technically will still always exist in Appian (a version will continue to exist after the object is deleted). The reason is for the exact reason we're seeing here - if you had an existing process model that uses that CDT, those processes will continue to use the old version of the CDT.

However, since it doesn't exist as a design object, you can no longer select it for new variables 🙂

RE: Process variable data type

tommerr5996 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:43:31 GMT

Okay it was my mistake, I mistook the record type for a data type because everything was working fine eve though the data type which is based on the record type doesn't exist.

when I created it everything worked fine. although I still don't know how everything was working fine while using a data type that doesn't exist...

RE: Process variable data type

tommerr5996 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:22:46 GMT

yes they work perfectly fine, that's why I am so confused

RE: Process variable data type

Abhay Dalsaniya — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:21:42 GMT

Are you able to search and open these CDTs ?

RE: Process variable data type

tommerr5996 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:18:21 GMT

good to know about the ^1

but I tried every way to search for it and neither "DA_TRANSACTION" nor "DA_AUDIT_LOG" exist at all.

RE: Process variable data type

Abhay Dalsaniya — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:15:27 GMT

- Start typing "DA_....." and it should provide the suggetion.

- The ...^1 indicates the CDT is changed and PV points to the old/previous version.