The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:18:23 GMT

1) this is an ancient thread

2) if you merely want to get rid of the characters in question (not replace with underscores, though if so you might prefer Robert's posted code), i have a rule set up in my system i.e. "rule!ASDF_RULE_SanitizeFilename()" which i pass all new file or folder names through, that does this:

stripwith(
  ri!fileName,
  
  /*
    The following constant contains this string:
    \/;:"|?'><*
  */
  cons!ASDF_TEXT_INVALID_DOC_FLDR_CHARACTERS
)

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Robert Shankin — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:06:29 GMT

reduce(
  fn!substitute,
  ri!name,
  merge(
    {
      "/",
      "\",
      ";",
      ":",
      "|",
      "?",
      ">",
      "<",
      "*",
      "'"
    },
    {
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_",
      "_"
    }
  )
)

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

vyshnavig0001 — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:17:10 GMT

I am facing this issue in process model . Any suggestion please?

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

jorge.navarreteBAC — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:39:36 GMT

Which components of the latest version of Appian can replace this functionality, other than those of Database?

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

ajinkyab277 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 08:37:46 GMT

1. Windows also does not allow to have these special charactes in file name or folder name
2. In Appian there is one trick to change the document name (not folder) so that it can contain above special characters
3. Convert the document in base64 string and again reconvert it to document from base 64 string using 'Appian Document from Base64 String' smart service. and in the 'docName' input parameter of smart service give "Test\\/;:|?’><" as document name
4. Please find attached screen shots for more referance.
Note:-after downloading the document to local m/c it converts the special character in document name to ASCII code

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Adel Ammari — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:29:31 GMT

But using the stipwith function mentioned above is much better, and lighter.

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Adel Ammari — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:26:00 GMT

Another way: validations: if(or(find("\\",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("/",local!FiledName,1)>0,find(";",local!FiledName,1)>0,find(":",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("“",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("|",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("?",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("’",local!FiledName,1)>0,find(">",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("<",local!FiledName,1)>0,find("*",local!FiledName,1)>0),"Sorry, folder names cannot contain any of the following characters ""\\ / ; : “ | ? ’ > < *""",null)

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

shaoyongw — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:29:17 GMT

steveh, thanks for ur help!

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Steve — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:05:35 GMT

Define a rule, isInvalidFilename as;
fn!stripwith(ri!stringToTest,"\\/;:“|?’><*") <> ri!stringToTest

and then;
validations: {if(rule!isInvalidFilename(yourfilename),"Invalid filename",{})}

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

Poorna Guduri — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:48:09 GMT

Hi Shaoyongw, try to put the code attached in a rule and call the rule where you want to perform the validation you specified.
Hope it helps!!

stripping unwanted text.txt

RE: The Appian folder names cannot contain any of the following characters: \\ / ; :

ENOSH EZEKIEL — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:46:43 GMT

This can be achieved with the help of Regex functions available in Shared Components:
forum.appian.com/.../

Create an input of type text, = if(
regexmatch(
"^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\\\\s]+$",
ri!aa
) = true(),
{},
"Enter only Alphabets"
)

This should suffice!