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In case that we developed an application system through Appian and have it delivered and implemented to our client, one of their documentation requirement is the full source code of the application/ system given to them. Is there an option or facility in the Appian that we can generate the full source code of the built application? Thanks..

Hello, We have a requirement to display certain statements in the form of checklist, so the user would read one by one and check it. The statement also contains links. Our initially idea was to have checkbox field in an array to display the items as a checklist. But now since links are involved in the items, we cannot really use checkbox field as the field labels can only be of text there. The other way around we could think of is displaying it in a grid field. Links is achievable here. But the check issue, when we disable the selection, we get a default selection option (Selecting all ) along with the column title. We would not want to have this option because, the primary goal is to read through every item in the list and click on the checkbox. So any idea to remove the All Selection option ?  Thanks Nandini

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Can I import  and export process in BPMN 2.0 and the documentation it generates for the process flow. If yes, can someone please guide me on how can we do it?

Hi , we are using Export Data Store Entity to csv smart service (pipe delimited) and for few columns ' and " prefixed/suffixed in the generated csv file even though it does not exist in the actual data. Below is sample data: -  Phone number in the database is started with +, but generated excel column has ' prefixed - Actual text in the database doesn't have the " but there " prefixed and suffixed in the generated execl.  Observed ' is appended when there is + in the beginning of the string and " are getting appended in a couple of scenarios. Is this the expected behavior of plugin? how can we avoid these characters?  pls advice.

Hi, I am not sure if I get it right but I am now trying the hands on for the low-code app in the Free Trial version. I am following what is indicated in the lessons but i can't seem to proceed to in Picture 1 after I created Group, Folder and then Record Type. In the video, once he saved the added Record Type he was directed to Picture 1 but when I tried, it only saved and only stayed in Picture 2. Did I miss something? Thanks for your help! PICTURE 1: PICTURE 2:

Hello. In my send email activity, part of my message logic uses the workday function in an expression. =if(  isnull(pv!request.value),  workday(today(), 5),  workday(today(), 6)) While testing last night (July 1st), we expected the date returned to be 5 working days ahead (July 8th) since the value is null (verified). The resulting email was 6 working days ahead (July 9th). My only assumption is that Independence Day is observed on Monday, July 5th so the workday function excludes Monday in its calculation. Is this true? The workday function allows for an array of holidays to exclude, but the sample seems to want specific dates, not just a identifier of the holiday name. Are we expected to write every year of dates? It can be done, but was just interested in this approach.

Hi, I have a scenario where my Database is in GMT and I am trying to convert it to EST time by using GMT function  gmt(property(local!data,"XXX",{}),"EDT") its working fine during night time but when this function is executed during day time its giving current date-1. Any solution for this would be really appreciated.

Hi All, I am exploring options for automated testing:  have anyone has experience with automated testing for appian using BDD Cucumber ? ease of implementation  ease of Integration OOTB  support level of skills required to build test scripts and execution cost involves preferred option will be able to cover the testing automation required from SAIL interfaces, expression rules, to WEB services and plug-ins Is Jenkins purely for automating deployment? Can it be used for some level of automated testing?

Hi all, I am getting the following error when I try to execute a robotic process in Appian RPA console: [ERROR] 2021-06-17 10:27:07 33s (0h) - Exception thrown on agent...com.novayre.jidoka.client.api.exceptions.JidokaBrowserInitFailureException: Browser initialization failure. Make sure the browser is installed and the driver version is compatible with the browser version. Can someone please guide me to fix this issue? Thanks in advance, Brinda 

Hi, I have the following scenario: Take a shopping cart. I have three tables: cartdetails which has foreign key productsId from product table, product table  which has categoryId from category table. the grid data is -> cartdetails and columns are ->   srno| category name| category type| category data| productname| product price| product data| quantity| totalprice Now in the grid i can call a rule to fetch the required data as: 1. call getcategorydata()-> for  category name| category type| category data 2. call getproductdata()-> for productname| product price| product data Instead of calling the rule again and again for the three columns each, i want to call it once per row. So im trying to use localvariables.  But the data that i can use is only fv!currentpage outside the gridcolumn() . so i tried doing fv!currentpage.data.productid. This is giving me the whole array of products. I want to index this to only get the individual row

Hello everyone, I kindly ask for a piece of advice doing this query. I have a CDT called PurchaseOrderDetails and another one called ProductOrderedDetails. In this case, my PurchaseOrderDetails is pointing to an array of ProductOrderedDetails, like in the image below. I was wondering what can be done in case I want to get all the information regarding the ProductOrderedDetails for a specific Purchase Order. I already tried a few variations pointed in this page (https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.2/cdt_design_guidance.html) but I'm still unable to retrieve that information. In the MySQL database, the PurchaseOrderDetails doesn't have a specific column called "ProductOrdered", but my ProductOrderedDetails column has one called: On this case, what it's the best way to build queries around nested CDTs like this example? Kind regards

I have an interface where a supervisor can prioritize orders.  Is there a way that when one order ships that the numbers will automatically change to a lower number?

I have just started exploring event management part of appian and I have few doubts, 1.  If we configure start node in process model with receive message event with config 'External to Process' it would mean that once message arrives from an ext system the process would start.     Doubt is that how would external system trigger this event? what component or configuration would be used by external system? 2. What is the difference if we, - configure start node with receive message event (with external to process config) - if we create a web api with start process configuration  as these both would allow external system to start process Any leads would be appreciated.

I have a feature where the user clicks a link to run a process in the background and perform some actions. What I want to do is to display a message to the user while the PM is running so they know that something is going on. However, I found out that you can't do any other saves until the onSuccess is run. I want to run the following code. a!dynamicLink( showWhen: not(ri!inProgress), value: true, saveInto: { a!save(ri!showMessage, true), a!startProcess( processModel: cons!WM_PM_SYNC_HOLDS_DATA, processParameters: { siteAcronym: ri!siteAcronym, siteId: ri!siteId, writeType: ri!writeType, user: loggedInUser(), lastSyncDate: ri!lastSyncDate }, onSuccess: { a!save( ri!processInstance, fv!processInfo.pp.id ) }, onError: a!save(ri!error, "error") ), } ), In the code above, a!save(ri!showMessage, true) is not executed until the onSuccess() in the starProcess() is run even though it's outside of the startProcess. I've tried chaining the process and without any chaining and

Hello, We have a need to place a start process link in an email to end users so that the users can go directly to a process that has not yet been started from their email notification.I have tried the following and it seems to work for the user that generated the link; however, if a different logged in user tries to use the generated URL it gives the An Error Has Occurred The process does not exist, has been deleted, or you do not have permission to start it.  Pink Box. a!localVariables( local!startProcessLink: a!startProcessLink( processModel: ri!processModel, processParameters: ri!processParameters ), local!processUrl: cons!CONSTANT_FOR_BASE_URL & "/start-process/" & index(local!startProcessLink, "processModelOpaqueId", null) & "?parameters=" & index(local!startProcessLink, "cacheKey", null), local!processUrl )

I am working on a interface where in top of header of interface I am showing count of any column data for eg: comments(15), and it fetch from data record view .I want to refresh this record view when I will click on submit button on my present  interface, but refreshing is not working for record view. Please suggest the best way to implement this functionality.

Hi, I recently subscribed to Appian Free Trial to evaluate this for our company. Upon login, it offers guided learning experience and courses. I am already in lesson 5 and I haven't tried simulating the Admin Console. Is there a way that I will have an access in the Admin Console so that I can try developing my own site/ program?

Iam trying to map my vehicleid in vehicle cdt(primary key) into comments cdt in vehicleid(foreign key). Iam not able to understand how to write a script task in process model for that to get vehicle id into my 2nd cdt.

Hello, I have a question regarding the text field type within a CDT. This type has a character limit of 255 characters. Is there any way to increase this or is there another type that is used for longer form text such as paragraphs and paragraph fields within an interface? Thank you.

Hi  We have a requirement to show the data in the grid and we are using recordtype in the interface.  Steps followed: 1) Created recordtype 2) Using read only grid (RecordType option)  Everything seems to be working but all of a sudden site throws error with the following message even though the record type and it's security is proper. Screenshot is attached for your reference. And this error will be resolved once the interface or recordtype is opened in the designer mode(No changes done) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Here is the error when we tried to import our application into a trial environment. Thank you. group _e-0000e684-5738-8000-9b2e-01075c01075c_368 "ABM_Admins": An error occurred while creating group [uuid=_e-0000e684-5738-8000-9b2e-01075c01075c_368]: Insufficient permission (APNX-1-4071-007)

can someone provide a usecase where we use process backed record

Hi All, We have a headless pattern: The task is initiated by User A(who belongs to Group A) and submitted to User B /Group B for approval, as per requirement User A who was initiator can recall the task and update the data if required and submit once again to User B for approval. So when the task is in User B’s Bucket, along with User B ,User A can also take action (Recall to Edit) we at this point plan to give Task Assignment to both users (A & B) for it. At this point if User A acts on the Task ,then the Task must be removed from User B's bucket and vice-versa. Has anyone implemented such solution or have once succeeded for such requirement? Thanks in advance. 

Hello everyone, Our client asked for a requirement where we should allow our users to subscribe to a "watchlist", allowing a user to click and be aware of any kind of changes that occur on a specific object and receive a notification (email, mobile...) whenever the object suffers any change. What would be the best way to accomplish this? Does Appian support this function OOTB? I couldn't find any information regarding this process. Kind regards