Extensibility

Hi all,I have a requirement to send a Excel file generated in Appian to an external system via SFTP (Send File) Plug in.Current Implementation:1. I am using the export data store entity to excel smart service to generate an excel.2. The generated Excel file is successfully created in Appian Documents and stored in a process variable.3. In the next node I am using SFTP send file plugin to transfer the file to an external system.4. The SFTP connection details(hostname, port, authentication details) were provided by the external team.SFTP Plugin Configuration:  I have added this in a expression rule for file transfer configuration input.  type!FT_config( serverHostName: "typ-test-abc.com", serverport:0000, timeout:20000, usePerUserCredentials:false(), scsExternalSystemKey:null() )  Document to send: process variable containing the excel document generated by the export data store entity to Excel smart service.  Remote File Path : Currently left Blank  Is

Hi Champs, I am using docx from dynamic template smart service to create dynamic document. I have few section which are dynamic in the template based on which it will either show and hide the whole section. As this section would also part of Table of contents. I want to update TOC dynamically. is it feasible with the plug in? Regards, Shyam

I am using the Advanced Rich Text Editor component (Vuram) and have set the maximum size limit to 4000. When testing, I noticed that the component shows 100% usage when I enter around 3700 plain text characters, even without any formatting.  My assumption is that the component stores the content as HTML and the size calculation includes not only the text I enter but also the HTML tags generated by the editor. When I checked the source, the total HTML content length was around 3989 characters, which is very close to the configured limit of 4000.Is my understanding correct, or am I missing something? Has anyone else experienced this behavior or knows how the size limit is calculated?Any insights would be appreciated.Thanks!

We are trying to send emails with attachments using the MS Graph sendMail API. We're seeing an issue where the document is not being converted to Base64, see screenshot below. Is the issue that we're starting with a json and converting to dictionary? This was done because if we define the dictionary directly, the key "@odata.type" is not recognised properly because of the period. Thanks!

we are looking to use the MS Graph API to create and send emails our issue relates to an odd behaviour we are experiencing when attaching large files. All attachments under 3mb work as expected. Per MS documentation when attaching >3mb we should use the "Attach Large Files" API. Per that process we get a session and then chunk the upload, when we start the upload the API immediate terminates. Has anyone been able to successfully attach a file > 3MB by breaking into smaller chunks and send an email. A similar plugin MS Graph Utilities uploads something larger files by breaking into chunks into One Drive/SharePoint but is there something similar which attaches it to an email?

I created email template in word and needed to add the logo image so I added it using insert and uploaded the template as document in appian, after I used this template in send email node in process model so while I am opening the mail I am not able to see logo image. some error come as "linked image cannot be shown. File may be moved or deleted. Verify that link points to correct file and location" Can anyone help me in this issue.

I have GridPlus implemented nicely and does the basic editing and saving as it should, what a great plug in!   But... we have a requirement added to create a related record which would link the edited items to a known key value in a related table. Since both the queryRule and gridsubmitchanges->editModel are kind of rigidly defined, I've been thinking of ways to accomplish adding the record to join the edited rows with the other table. Can a related action apply to just the 'edits' / is there a way to pass that?   I explored the possibility of a 'tempKey' in the queryRule's queryRecordType, but can't really insert that known key value there.  If I could just get the data into the record, then the editModel could do the additional writerecords & sync. Is there some simple way to accomplish this without having to get heavy handed by maybe writing to another data store to be re-read in the editModel

Hi community,I have a scenario where i need to Send JSON in a paragraph field from Appian interface, Which should call a WEB API, but as we can't call WEB API directly from interface, I'm calling INTERFACE>INTEGRATIONS>WEB API, It's not working and I don't see PM is starting which was configured inside a WEB API using a start process for success response or even failure response.Can someone Suggest me a Better way if we can do this.Thanks in Advance

Hello guys, So I was trying to add image to the document (both dynamic and static) . I included the required image doc as constant in my XML. I got the id of the document in the generated document. Some discussions explain about bookmarks. I have tried that but still the same. It gets a bracket outside of the doc Id. So Any other possible solutions. Also I want some notes or any references or other new things in this plugin for my seminar. Thanks in Advance. First image is the template. Second one is the xml code. Third one is the one I got so far.

we are receiving data via web api in Appian. as the volume is very high, we save the events to database to process them later via a second process model which keeps polling the db for pending events.  The issue is that processing should be in ALMOST real time without overwhelming the Appian environment. to do that, we tried to schedule the polling process every 30 seconds. but the minimum time it takes for repeat configuration is 5 minutes which is of no use to us.   how can we configure a process to run every 30 seconds ?

Hello Everyone, I am using DocX from Dynamic Template to insert a signature in a Word document. I need to insert the same image in two different places. While the first signature is working correctly, the second one is not updating as expected and remains the same. I have uploaded the Template, XML code, Images code, and the generated document for your review. Please let me know if there's an issue with my configurations. Thank you in advance! XML: = " " & cons!SIGNATURES[1] & " " Images perameter: = {signature: cons!SIGNATURES[1]} [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/19/Two_5F00_signatures_5F00_Template.docx:320:240] [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/19/Result_5F00_File.docx:320:240]

Hi ALL, I want below requirements satisfied with Gant chart. We are using editable grid to change dates.  In the same way want gantt chart to update dates via Gantt. below is needed and please suggest which plugin is best to satisfy our needs. 1. Task Structure & Organization  Task grouping and hierarchy  WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) grouping with expand/collapse  Predecessor relationships between tasks  Ability to change task dates and have downstream tasks update automatically  Ability to rename tasks  Assign task owners  2. Scheduling & Logic  Support for dependency types (FS, SS, FF, SF) with duration handling  Auto‑lag based on dependencies  Manual scheduling toggle (auto vs. manual)  Critical path identification (on/off toggle)  Visibility of Planned vs. Actual vs. Standard dates  3. Visualization & Readability  Color coding of tasks  Highlight past‑due tasks  Highlig

How can I iterate the whole table for the requirement? How should the syntax be placed for Advanced Document templating plugin. I understand the code how we can loop through the rows in a grid but how can we loop the grid itself? eg: If I have 5 employees under Labor grid I want 5 different grids dynamically created based on syntax! 

After upgrading version of SFTP Plugin to 4.1.1 and using SFTP Send File new smart service file permission issue is occuring.Note - Previous we were using Send File Over SFTP (Basic Credential).Please provide the information why it is occuring this is on priority for me

I have a requirement where need to generate the PDF document. if i add text which is more that 4000k then text gets overflow the screen and it comes in single line. How to add a line break so that the text should be in paragraph itself.

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. I am currently facing an issue while sending a SOAP request through an Appian Integration. The request body contains a document that must be sent as Base64 inside the XML body. I have been researching possible solutions, and according to the Appian documentation, automatic Base64 conversion only seems to work when using a Data Type (CDT) with automatic XML conversion enabled. However, in my case, the XML structure required by the service contains specific namespaces and a custom structure, so when I tried using a CDT, the generated XML did not match the expected format and the service returned a 500 status code. I also found some plugins that convert documents to Base64, but my requirement is only to convert the document temporarily and send it in the request body. I do not need to store the Base64 value in the database. Another alternative I considered was creating an Appian Web API that returns the Base64 content and then consuming that res

Our client has transitioned from Microsoft to Google Workspace and no longer provides Microsoft licenses, meaning end users can no longer open the .xlsx files generated by our current Excel Tools v2.10 implementation. We need to convert our data export functionality to a format native to Google so users can access their reports without needing Excel. What is the recommended workaround to replace the Excel tools plugin smart service? We are looking for an alternative that avoids physical Excel files entirely to ensure a seamless experience for our users.

I am working on a custom plugin, I am curious as if there was a change in Appian version 26.3, I use content service to open a file and get the input stream, like I have down with versions 25 and older, I was curious if there was a change in how the content service works and how to properly open a file inside a custom smart service.  Code I am using: Document[] documents = contentService.download(docId, ContentConstants.VERSION_CURRENT, false);         if (documents == null || documents.length == 0) {             throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Document with id [%s] was not found.", docId));         }         Document document = documents[0];         return document.getInputStream();

Hi Team, I'm using Mail Poller plugin for reading the emails from mailbox, but I'm getting the following error message, it is not reading the emails. Any idea?ErrorMessage - Error executing the requestTimeLimitReached - false

Hi Everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice from the community on how to learn Appian Custom Plugin development. I have 3.5 years of experience as an Appian developer and am familiar with standard Appian development (SAIL, records, process models, integrations, etc.). However, I have no experience with custom plugin development. I have reviewed the Appian documentation, but I feel like I’m missing a learning path. It’s difficult to figure out: How to start as a beginner What are the actual prerequisites are How to go from developing plugin code to testing in Appian What a good first plugin project should entail I would greatly appreciate any advice from anyone who has experience with: A learning path for plugins Examples or GitHub repos for beginners Advice on local Appian development for testing plugins Things you wish you had known when you started Any advice, links, or personal experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

We are using [Deprecated] Export SQL to Flat File smart service from Excel tools plugin and we recently updated the plugin version to 2.10.0 in admin console. We tested it is working fine as expected. Do we know if we can continue using this smart service?

Hi, When I call a web API from another web API within the same server, the external url parameter value of the final web API iin the httppost request doesn't seem to work but I have to give the localhost url -  like this :localhost:8080/.../webapiname. Why is that and will this work in all environments? I understand it is not ideal to call this way, but I a little confused as to why the direct url is not working. 

Hello, I am currently evaluating the HTML To PDF Conversion plug-in for generating PDF documents in Appian. The basic conversion flow works correctly: I can pass an HTML file as the source document. The Smart Service generates a PDF document. The generated PDF can be saved in Appian. However, I am having an issue with Japanese text. The HTML file displays Japanese characters correctly when opened as HTML, but after converting it to PDF, the Japanese characters are rendered as #### in the PDF. English text and numbers are displayed correctly. I have already tried the following, but the result did not change: Added <meta charset="UTF-8"/> Specified Japanese fonts in CSS, such as: Noto Sans CJK JP Noto Sans JP Meiryo Yu Gothic Arial Unicode MS Specified Open Sans, which is used in the Appian UI Removed the <style> tag entirely to check whether CSS was the cause My questions are: Does this plug-in support Japanese / CJK / Unicode charac

Hi everyone, we are encountering an issue after updating the Dynamic Document Generator plugin to the latest version from AppMarket (from v2.2.2 to v3.0.3) *******************Issue Summary:  When generating a PDF using the “PDF from Single DOCX with Fonts” Smart Service, text formatting such as bold and italic is no longer applied in the resulting PDF. Current Setup:- HTML Doc from Template Smart Service - HTML → DOCX via XHTML Smart Service   - DOCX → PDF via PDF from Single DOCX with Fonts Smart Service   - Fonts provided via constant as Appian Documents (Font folder includes Source Sans Pro (TTF and OTF))Observations: - The generated DOCX file correctly shows formatting (bold and italic) - Inspecting the DOCX XML confirms formatting tags:  - <w:b/> for bold    - <w:i/> for italic   - However, the PDF output renders all text as regular (no bold/italic)Troubleshooting Performed We attempted the following with n

My integration object  is calling the swagger endpoint multiple times when it is being failed. We have a log system in our SQL DB. When I test the endpoint from swagger, I am getting only one log but when I am I clicking on Test Request in the integration I am getting multiple logs