SAIL form with StartProcessLInk

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HI All, 
 I have SAIL form with summary details and a grid. 
 i have a add card layout button above the grid which will open different process to add data. 
 when Calling Process model using a!StartPRocessLink service under add button(card layout) from Parent Sail form which mostly read-only info. 
 when i click on Add button , i receiving a message saying you would like to leave from this page., looks like its browser message. 
 navigate to chained forms/process model and once added data its expected to come back to same form. 
 
 Please suggest how can i avoid such message,

Thanks in advance.

Mike Schmitt · Accepted Answer

Why are you doing this on a process start form, if you're not using the start form for anything? That seems confusing.

samarm0001 · Answer

Call your "different process" asynchronously.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

The browser message you're getting only occurs when Appian detects unsubmitted changes on an interface that you'll lose by linking away from the task, like by using a!startProcessLink(). 
 Where is the interface in question being used? Is this on a User Input Task in a process, or is it on a record dashboard? It's hard to know what to suggest here, without a bit more background detail first.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Can you post some screenshots / etc to help us visualize what user experience you're aiming for? Because it sounds like your design is overly complicated and/or using the wrong functionality in the wrong places, leading to these points of confusion. 
 Generally what I recommend is: on your site pages, show read-only data in whatever configurations you want, and as needed, you can add Start Process Links that act either upon specific existing data, or others which act independently (without context to specific existing data). These processes would chain the user to User Input Tasks (I avoid start forms except for cases where one is specifically required), and from there, all user activities (adding/removing/changing data, etc), can use in-process routing; avoid calling startProcessLink from already-in-a-process except for special exceptions where it's unavoidable (i can't think of any examples of this).

wen0007 · Answer

Now i removed everything, started fresh. 
 
 Home page has card button, which will navigate to home page with grid. 
 link in grid column will navigate to summary page.(dynamic link , show and hide) 
 Summary page has read only info and, add button (card link ) which calls add process. 
 now i am not seeing navigate away from this page message, which is good. but after finish my add process expected to show summary form(home ->Main page->summary) where as its showing site home page. 
 any help would be appriciated.

SAIL form with StartProcessLInk

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