How to search values within constans

RE: How to search values within constans

ericc42 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:39:48 GMT

Could you make an expression rule like below that builds up array of keys and values with x number of constants:

a!localVariables(

local!allEmails: flatten({ local!const1, local!const2, local!const3 }),

local!dictArray: a!forEach( items: local!allEmails, expression: a!map( key: "Email_" & fv!index, value: fv!item ) ),

keys: local!dictArray.key,

values: local!dictArray.value

)

And add a foreach to check fv!item for: any(fn!contains(local!dictArray, "mydomain.com"))

RE: How to search values within constans

Harsha Sharma — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:22 GMT

Search in Designer works on name and description of a constant. So best practice is to have values mentioned in the constant's description for better design experience. It helps in rules also to see the value in description window, without opening the constant object.

RE: How to search values within constans

Shubham Aware — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:33:25 GMT

The design search box won’t work. It only matches names/descriptions, never the values inside constants.

My Suggestion for future proof solution update all constants description. This would be faster and easiest.

RE: How to search values within constans

KavyaNatrajan — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:55:04 GMT

Hi,

Can you please explain more like add ss or something. Please answer the questions for better understanding.

Why data is there in appian constant? Is it like one constant holds one data ?

Searchbox is there in grid?

Is it a synced record or only tables?