Just a basic question about label names and what other companies are doing in th

mjmallet over 10 years ago

Just a basic question about label names and what other companies are doing in their process. I have a label name that you would think would not be changing but I guess sometimes it does happen. I'm planning that in new processes we will use constants for label name, that way if they need to change, I only have to update the constants. Currently in one of my process I don't have those constants so I'm planning to make the change in the XML and upload back to Appian. Instead of me opening all the forms one by one and doing the change and probably forgetting some... using Dreamweaver, I can locate all the label name faster and make the change... Is that a good approach?...

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0 Sahil Gupta
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

Is this a SAIL form or forms designer form?
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0 mjmallet over 10 years ago

Designer forms for Portal. (we don't use Tempo yet)
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0 Chris over 10 years ago

You may want to look at the Process Upgrade Smart Services (if you are on 7.0+). I have not used the Upgrade Processes node, but it has the ability to upgrade process instances to a particular version.

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0 mjmallet over 10 years ago

Thanks for that information, but that's not what I mean. I have a label name in a form.. called Project for example. They want the label name in the form to be changed to Subject. Instead of me going into the designer to open each forms and change the "label" name. Would it be easier to extract the XML file, make the change in there using Dreamweaver (find/replace) and then rezip and send it back to Appian. I did a test with one, seems to work, but I want to make sure if it's a good approach or not.
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0 Sahil Gupta
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

Hi, even though using Dreamweaver might seem like a simpler option in your use case, I will say doing it manually might be more effective because it will reduce your chances of making a mistake. Specifically, if you do a Find and Replace All/Replace in xml, you can end up modifying label you are not supposed to. If you do this manually inside Appian's forms designer, it will ensure correct behavior and you will not have to export and import the forms every time. Obviously, the final choice shall be yours and what you find more effective. Hope this helps!
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0 mjmallet over 10 years ago

Thanks... I will take that into consideration.
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