Hi, Is there a way to link to an Action outside the Appian Actions ta

Hi filipep941, I don't think it is possible in Appian currently and definitely you can't link 'directly' except from an Action or a Related Action.

As already stated by you, yes, Start Process Writer won't do the working if a 'link' is desired.

This is definitely possible, as it is currently used here for the "Start a new Health Check" link: forum.appian.com/.../Appian_Health_Check.html

However, we need to know how to generate the URL to the Action in a manner that is environment agnostic.

Actions have persistent URLs in recent version of Appian, but the URLs values vary depending on the environment. In other words, you can link to an Action but there isn't currently any way that I know of to make an Action link "deployment proof."

You could use a constant that takes a different value per environment to build this link and just set the value as a post deployment configuration. Some downsides to this approach include:
1) It's not compatible with the mobile apps - clicking the link on a mobile app will open up the device's web browser.
2) It increases deployment complexity - any time the constant is imported, it needs to have it's value reset.

Thanks, Andrew. I wonder if we could use any APIs to create a plugin that could be used to get the URL at runtime, much the same way we can use urlforrecord().

I just struck an issue where the "persistent" Appian link (i.e. one like this:
/suite/tempo/actions/item/koBxGM8stYKy4FpKvYhFvDysN2PLgP15LUFZOXgQ-gMgw0Gp5j9OozYJZJwZVOd4gq1cJPWKGqelu0bkuS76Vj7-GKIoXcHvT-YA) Didnt persist after a version upgrade from 7.8 to 7.9. Are their any other ideas?

Hi all,

Have you found a way to create this link?

Thank you very much