Locate an specific subfolder and delete the documents included in it and delete this subfolder

RE: Locate an specific subfolder and delete the documents included in it and delete this subfolder

Mathieu Drouin — Sat, 10 May 2025 15:30:19 GMT

Here's an example of how you can use findcontentbyattribute to find folders. But I agree with Stefan, much better to store in the database if you can.

a!localVariables(
  local!nameToSearchFor: "Artifacts",
  local!results: findcontentbyattribute(
    searchAllContent: true,
    contentType: "folder",
    attributeName: "name",
    searchCriteria: concat("*", local!nameToSearchFor, "*")
  ),
  a!forEach(
    items: local!results,
    expression: a!map(
      id: folder(fv!item, "id"),
      name: folder(fv!item, "name")
    )
  )
)

RE: Locate an specific subfolder and delete the documents included in it and delete this subfolder

danielg424213 — Sat, 10 May 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Thanks Stefan. I'll check your answer to solve my problem.

RE: Locate an specific subfolder and delete the documents included in it and delete this subfolder

Stefan Helzle — Sat, 10 May 2025 10:46:02 GMT

Appian identifies folder by a numeric ID. When creating folders, I highly recommend to store that ID somewhere in a record. This makes any deletion operations very simple.

If you maintain an existing folder, and someone else made such decisions in the past, the plugin "Content Tools" with the function "findcontentbyattribute" can find folders by name.