Extensibility

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

Hello- We are using the MS Graph Poller plugin & am trying to poll an outlook mailbox, the data gets properly persisted into the DB but i would like to know how do we identify the current record context, right now its not returning any record id back, it only give Mailcount processed but not any id to piggy back the record. Can someone please let me know on this, am trying to get hold of the documentation for this. Regards NK

Hi Everyone, i have a task where i need to send OTP's to the numbers by sending SMS through appian, how can this task be performed. Thanks, Sathvik

It seems like in order to use MS Graph Email Poller for different inboxes, I would want to set up different schemas in the MySQL Appian Cloud database (so the tables APP_MAIL_POLLER and APP_MAIL_POLLER_DOC that the plug in uses would have a unique table per inbox).  Are there any drawbacks to this approach that someone might be aware of? We have the SCS and everything set up correctly (except for a permissions error on the secret element which is out of date). The documentation of that plug in mentions that the jndi should be set up as a datasource in admin console.  Does that mean that it treats the connection as 'accessing it from external code'?  Or, can we reference it in a different way? Thanks for any insight!

Encountering an issue with the ESRI ArcGIS map component plugin. Specifically, I'm utilizing the 'esriMapMarkerField' configuration to mark points, lines, and polygons on the map. Within this configuration, there are fields named 'onNewPointAdded', 'onNewLineAdded', and 'onNewPolygonAdded', which are supposed to trigger and save the new markings added by the user on the map. However, I'm facing a problem where after adding a point on the map and saving it onto the record type, the next time I attempt to fetch that point, it doesn't appear on the map. It seems like there might be an issue with retrieving and displaying the saved points. Could someone guide on how to ensure that points added to the map are retrieved and displayed?

Hi Experts, Third party app admin has provided me API to call along the bearer token to authorize. Kindly suggest if  Appian can use such bearer token Authorize the API calls or not if yes then can we use it in our connected system or not, for now I have used it directly in the integration object as header but its not working. While using below Request payload in Appian Integration object its not being read properly because of the [ ] brackets.{ "advanced_search": { "condition_rules_attributes": [ { "type": "ProfileTypeRule", "comparison_operator": "==", "value": "some vale" }, { "type": "ProfileStatusRule", "comparison_operator": "==", "value": "Active" }, { "type": "ProfileAttributeRule", "condition_object_id": "some value", "object_type": "NeAttribute", "comparison_operator": "==", "value": "some value" } ] } }

Hi Team, We've run into a unique problem with the Excel Tools plugin.  Scenario is as follows: We have a set of records with various data types and a pre-formatted Excel template where cell types are already configured. For most values the export is unproblematic as the standard Appian 4-byte integer is enough to handle the integer values. However, there's a new requirement that allows us to handle values beyond that limit (i.e. LongInt), which can be used on database side, but cannot be mapped to Appian Records where we have to rely on Text values instead. While there are plugins like Big Numbers Functions that support big decimal and integer numbers, this doesn't change the fact that we are still providing the Excel Tools plugin with a text values. Although the text is all natural numbers, the cell format in the exported Excel is of type Text and must be manually changed after download before it can be used downstream. My question to you all is whether you have

Good Day Expert, Is it possible to call Appian actions and related actions using OpenAI ChatGPT in Appian?If yes, could you please guide me on this? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Kalai.

Title:Appian Plugin Deploys Successfully but No Modules Appear in Admin Console (Expression Function) Question: Hello everyone, I am developing a simple Appian expression function plugin using Java and Maven in Spring Tool Suite (STS) for Appian 24.1 On-Prem. The plugin deploys successfully in Admin Console, but the Modules column is empty, so the function does not appear in the Expression Editor and cannot be used in an Expression Rule. What I have done so far: Created a simple Java class: package com.example; import com.appiancorp.suiteapi.expression.annotations.Function; import com.appiancorp.suiteapi.expression.annotations.Parameter; public class HelloPlugin { @Function public static String hello(@Parameter String name) { return "Hello " + name + " from plugin"; } } Created appian-plugin.xml: <appian-plugin key="hello-plugin" name="Hello Plugin" description="S