Remove Appian logo and Process HQ webpage from Site

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Hello, I am using Appian version 24.3, and it's a licensed environment and not community edition. I have three different environments available - Dev, Test, and Production. I am currently working on the Dev environment. I want to remove the following Appian default components from my Sites. 1. Appian logo on the top right corner which has "Powered by Appian" as tooltip text. It was removable in version 23.3 but I don't see any option in the newer version. I am aware of the option to add custom logo (it is on the top left of the site), but it doesn't remove the Appian logo. 
 2. 'Process HQ' webpage from the navigation list. I want to remove it for all users. I have attaches an annotated picture of the UI below.

Mike Schmitt · Accepted Answer

Have you fully configured the site's branding? On my sites there is no "appian" logo visible. I'm in 24.3. 
 For the Process HQ issue: it looks like current versions automatically have a "Process HQ Users" group, which (by rule) is set to add all users. What happens when you change this group's settings to not automatically include all environment users? 
 EDIT: as of the " 21 November 2024 Hotfix " (at least), the branding logo described in the OP here has also been added to all my environments, which persists despite any branding changes I've tried. It looks like this is just being forced into the product across the board. Here's the same site as pictured above as of today:

Mohamed Kassem · Answer

To remove process HQ you need to search for Process HQ Users group and remove membership Rules

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Weird - assuming you're on a full/paid version of Appian Cloud, I'm unable to reproduce this issue and it seems like our setups should be equivalent - you could try opening a support case with Appian support to see what they have to say. 
 If you're using the Appian Community Edition though, i believe they have an internal configuration set that forces the Appian logo to still display despite any branding overrides (i just tested to confirm). But I don't think this should apply to full/paid editions (as far as I know).

Da · Answer

Hi, same problem mentioned by others. Appian logo visible on the top right. 
 I contacted support and they said the logo is not removable.

Mathieu Drouin · Answer

If you want to remove the logo, you could simply replace it by an image that matches the background color. For process HQ, I would follow Mike Schmitt 's suggestion for removing the rule. 
 You can define it in the Site Settings

Mike Schmitt · Answer

It looks like you're in Designer. I assumed OP was referring to a user-facing Site. I don't see any such Appian logo in any of my Sites with branding configured. (and if you're in Process HQ, i don't think the user was asking about the UI there, but how to avoid it being an option on the 9-dots-menu on normal sites - i just re-read the original question and this is still my take-away)

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Can you post a screenshot of your current settings in the "Logo" line item under the "Navigation Bar" section in the Site Configuration?

Mike Schmitt · Answer

aaquil said: what does pre-GA version mean as mentioned by Stefan and how is it different from the final version? 
 Stefan's team has access to a special preview version of the next (yet unreleased) major Appian version - it's not anything we need to worry about per se, as I'm on the version you originally mentioned and I can confirm that my sites (with correctly configured branding) work the way you're requesting, as far as I can tell.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

aaquil said: tried changing it from Document to Expression as you have it set up and then add a constant but it's not helping either. 
 Either of those should work about the same. To verify, when you still see the Appian logo instead of your chosen branding logo, you're looking at the actual site referenced by the site configuration you've screenshotted here, and not Tempo, correct? 
 Because in my environments the only place I still see the Appian logo is in Tempo ( environmentUrl /suite/tempo) as opposed to in any configured sites ( environmentUrl /suite/sites/ siteName ). 
 If in doubt, Tempo isn't used much anymore, but is still accessible. Based on the screenshot you posted before I'm not actually sure what we're looking at.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

This seems to be what they're moving towards. I now have it on all environments/sites as well after this past weekend's hotfix sync.

Remove Appian logo and Process HQ webpage from Site

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