Reload the Site Upon button click

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Stefan Helzle — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:54:13 GMT

This conversation lacks context and is way too abstract.

In Appian, the general way to implement user interaction is, to use record actions to start off. Once that process is completed, the UI will automatically return to the record list where the user can start a new action.

If this does not fit your requirements, you can use a process, and its start form, as a page in a site. Once the process is completed, the UI will return to showing that start form.

If this is not good enough, you can use a recordActionField or startProcessLink to start almost any process from any place. Once completed, it will return to that interface.

At last, you could just build a dynamic interface that embeds the to-be started UI. Then you need to manage everything yourself.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:41:22 GMT

You can add that link to a card. And if you want to use it on the text, you can use linkStyle: "STANDALONE" to hide that line.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

aryan — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:33:10 GMT

Have you added the safe link to card or richText inside it? Just remove the link from richText and add it to the card. It will remove the underline.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

kowsalyavijayan — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:28:43 GMT

I followed, I am able to open reload the site in the same tab. just one last question, I tried keeping the safe link substituting button in a card layout, but when I click the text, it shows underline ( looks like a link for a user), is there a way to hide it as that it actually looks like a button itself?

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Konduru Chaitanya — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:41:04 GMT

I think it would be really helpful if you share your Interface code and let all of us understand better. Because we all are still guessing here.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Mathieu Drouin — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:33:44 GMT

Just use a safe link with openLinkIn set to "SAME_TAB"

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.4/Web_Link_Component.html

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

kowsalyavijayan — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:32:12 GMT

I tried this but it reloads the site in the next tab and not in the same tab in the browser

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

kowsalyavijayan — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:31:01 GMT

I tried both a!refreshvaraibles and a!save(), but the problem is I am not able to reset the child interface. One of the section is using child child interface. Also,I am using is having a milestone , where the user needs to fill in the step by step. and upon submit, he has to return back to the step1, to start a new request.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

kowsalyavijayan — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:28:47 GMT

I am using Start process on submit button, but it returns back to the submit screen and not to the parent screen.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:36:05 GMT

Depending on what "the pages" is, you have plenty of options. Regarding local variables, you could just use a list of a!save() to reset these to their initial state.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:46:20 GMT

The direct answer to your question is to use urlForSite() function. Using that, you will be able to provide the user a link to navigate to a site page directly.

Check this blog of mine for a complete understanding - appianspace.com/.../

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Konduru Chaitanya — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:45:40 GMT

Hello kowsalyavijayan

My first question would be are you using any Record Actions or StartProcessLink?

[quote userid="248371" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/31660/reload-the-site-upon-button-click"]I wanted to bring back the customer back to parent screen upon submission and start a new request[/quote]

Based on your question I would assume you are using startProcessLink. Try using a record action instead, would resolve your issue mostly.

Also May be you can provide me more information so that If I am wrong, someone would come up with a precise answer.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

JayaPrakash Ravipati — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:13:02 GMT

HI kowsalyavijayan ,

You can refresh the local variables data with refreshOnVarChange by changing that particular local variable the data in the locals gets refreshed.

To refresh the site based on button action you need to perform some action without action AFAIK we can't refresh the site.

RE: Reload the Site Upon button click

Mathieu Drouin — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:01:40 GMT

Would need more details or examples of what you are trying to do. But based on the very limited information, the simplest way to reload an interface after a submission is via a Record Action.