Is there a way to have a file link generated when implementing the SQL to Excel node?

RE: Is there a way to have a file link generated when implementing the SQL to Excel node?

Alex Weller — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:06:52 GMT

Mike, my apologies if I was not clear. The solution I recommended is for adding a link to a form in process for the user to download the generated document. I was also pointing to a document, not a folder.

RE: Is there a way to have a file link generated when implementing the SQL to Excel node?

mikec — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:00:59 GMT

Hey Alex, I did the above and here is what got generated. linktofolderinternal(pv!savedFolder,"CSV Exports"). It generated a link in the email "CSV Exports". However, the URL was the following; /suite/knowledge/ViewFolderContents.bg?id=16270&appian_environment= . As you can see what is generated by the function linktofolderinternal is missing the https://ourdomain.com. Even when I appended the domain name to the URL it would still not take me to the folder. The folder link in the properties is this: OURDOMAIN.appiancloud.com/.../16270. While the URL generated from the linktofolderinternal with the appended domain is this: OURDOMAIN.appiancloud.com/.../ViewFolderContents.bg. See the difference? We are all Tempo enabled and cloud based. What would be better is I think I could construct the URL if I could get the folder ID. Anyway to get the folder ID on the Save from SQL?

RE: Is there a way to have a file link generated when implementing the SQL to Excel node?

mikec — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:02:33 GMT

Thanks Alex. I'll take a look.

RE: Is there a way to have a file link generated when implementing the SQL to Excel node?

Alex Weller — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:31:03 GMT

1) Save the output of the SQL to Excel node in to a PV (type Document)
2) Flow into a form (or loop back to the original form) and add a link component to the form. Configure the link component with URL Value = linktodocumentintenral(pv!newDoc,"Download Generated CSV") and Title = "Download Generated CSV"