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In my Appian environment, I’ve noticed that some groups have UUIDs that start with SYSTEM_GROUP_ followed by the group name, instead of the usual alphanumeric UUID format.How can I logically identify or classify these groups separately from regular groups?  When I use scimGetGroup() on these SYSTEM_GROUP_ groups, it doesn’t return any group attributes, unlike the other groups with standard UUIDs.Is this expected behavior? And is there a workaround to retrieve attributes for these system groups?

Is there a built in function for fuzzy match in Appian?

I know this question might be a little different and weird than any other here before, I was just re-structuring my resume and i just wanted to know as what all technical skills i can add in my resume as an Appian Developer. I would be pleased if any senior of mine from here would help me out a little with that small issue of mine.

Hi, Facing below error while executing the Expression rule - Expression evaluation error in rule '<Rule Name>' (called by rule '<Rule Name>') at function 'reduce' [line 10]invalid index: Cannot index property 'status' of type String into type list) (Data Outputs) The expression rule code is  cast( typeof(ri!cdt), reduce( a!update(data: _, index: _, value: _), ri!cdt, merge(ri!fields, ri!newValues) )) Please help what is missing. Thanks in advance

Hello Team, I have a requirement to rename the local file with dateandtimestamp on some condition.  Input file name - test.csv expected renamed filename - test.csv_16072025 I am using "Edit Document Properties" smart service and it is renaming the file name. so the output is like test_16072025.csv.  Unable to get the extension renamed. How to achieve this? can anyone suggest here?

While working with a!dateField, I observed that changes to the selected date are only registered if the user updates the day first, followed by the month, and then the year. For example, if the initial value is 1/1/1994 and I attempt to change only the year to 1995, the update does not take effect. To successfully apply the change, I must reselect the day.Did anyone else came across this issue earlier?

Hello Everyone, I have a read only grid component with  20 rows of data and  displays 5 rows for each page with id and product price. How can we add a logic to display the sum of the data  display on bottom of the page for read only grid for each page. a!map(id:1,price:1234), a!map(id:2,price:1243, a!map(id:3,price:1234), a!map(id:4,price:1243), a!map(id:5,price:1234), a!map(id:6,price:1243), a!map(id:7,price:1234), a!map(id:8,price:1243), a!map(id:9,price:1234), a!map(id:10,price:1243) In grid ,we need to display the values  for sum of 1st page  1-5 values, 2nd page  6-10 values ,3rd page 11-15 values.  Thanks Saidivya Minna,

How to get end of business day date and time based on appian process calendar? Kindly help me with this, Thankyou

Hi Team, I am trying to generate reports on processHQ. But due to the processHQ limitation on using one to many relationship records, I am unable to structure the report the way i wanted to do. Actual Idea: There is an approval flow, where one form will have multiple reviewers. From process HQ, I am expecting to prepare a report (record grid) where I show the formId and its multiple reviewers names. Limitation: Process HQ doesn't support using one to many relationship records. Any Idea, if there is any work around here, to accommodate the actual Idea. Acc to Appian Documentation, it suggested to use backward relation to turn one to many -> many to one, but this will not fit into my case as i have many other records to deal with ( few are one to many while few are many to one). I just want to know if anyone came across similar situation. If yes, may I your approach in solving this. Thankyou!

What is the approach if we want individual endpoints for each of the Users in Appian-->Admin-->Users

Hi all, I have one question regarding the way that Appian works with processes and how to notify parent interfaces.  So in my case a I have a grid field on the parent page that has a list of open document processes and for each row I'll have a edit button like the following When clicking the edit button it loads another interface ( a dummy one for now)  This is the new item button code for the way that I'm currently doing ( which is not working ) a!buttonArrayLayout( buttons: a!buttonWidget( label: "New item", icon: "plus", size: "SMALL", iconPosition: "START", saveInto: { a!save(local!selectedProcessId, null), a!save( local!currentNodeId, local!currentNodeId + 1 ), a!save(local!isEditMode, true()), a!startProcess( processModel: cons!ADBase_DummyProcessModel, processParameters: { Cancel: false(), ProcessData: null }, onSuccess: null(), onError: null() ) },

I am currently investigating process mining using ProcessHQ.I have added a process to do a ProcessInsight analysis within ProcessHQ, but an error occurs and I am unable to do the analysis.The error code is APNX-1-4579-027.A web search for the error code did not turn up any hits, and I am unable to proceed with my investigation into the cause of the problem.I would appreciate it if you could tell me the cause of the above error and how to correct it.

when trying to upload a template with 500 lines of data the readexcelsheet function was calling in interface to read those 500 lines in that only first 250 lines was fetching the function other 250 was not reading tried providing paging info too but still same only first 250 lines was reading  Could you please confirm what could be the reason for this issue

Hi Everyone,I'm running into an issue where one of my Appian process models stays in the "Active" state but doesn’t actually move forward past the first node. There are no errors in the logs, and all inputs look correct. It's just... stuck. I tried canceling and redeploying, even restarting the Appian engine, but the same thing happens again. This process used to work fine a week ago  nothing significant has changed in the model. Could this be related to a timer event or a data store node silently failing? Thanks!

Hi all, I have a process model that calls an expression rule to generate a 6-character random alphanumeric string. I encountered a case where two instances of the process model were triggered at the same time (based on time logs), and both received the same generated value from the expression rule. I understand that there's always a chance for it to generate the same value. However, I’d like to ask: Is it possible that both process models used the same instance or execution thread of the expression rule, which might explain why the same value was returned?

Hi Team! I have a requirement and would like to know if anyone has faced a similar situation or has suggestions on how to approach it. Scenario:I have an interface where the user can dynamically add N sections. Each section has a unique ID (provided by the user) and a fixed set of fields (the same for all sections), but with different data. Example: The user adds 2 sections: ID 1 and ID 2. Each section contains the same fields (e.g., name, date, value), but with different values. At the end, I need to generate a dynamic PDF document that reflects exactly those sections and their data. Requirement:The generated document should include one section per user entry, with the corresponding data mapped correctly. If the user adds 5 sections, the document should have 5 blocks with the respective data. My question:What would be the best approach to generate this kind of dynamic document in Appian? Is it possible to do this using Document Generation? Do I ne

Hi All, Since last week i am facing Appian slowness issue, for me all Appian environments are slow but working perfectly for other users. Tried opening in other browsers / Incognito mode cleared cache and other browsers settings but still facing same issue

I would like to suggest a feature that allows the reuse of a package across different environments such as DEV, TEST, and PROD. So, whenever I create a package named "MY PACKAGE" in DEV and deploy it to TEST, I would like to be able to select this package in TEST as well (as it is already imported), and then deploy it to PROD with a few clicks Currently, I have to recreate the same package in TEST, because there is no other option to deal with it. At least, I haven't found it yet. Does anyone have any hint on this? Thanks in advance.

How can we achieve a field level audit . Can someone suggest step by step .

This error popped up when i was trying some things in the interface, now i'm stuck with this error i don't know what this error means, can anyone help me understand about this error.

can anyone help me. i have checked the process variables those all are correct, i configured the setup, output node. but i don't know why this error is coming. 

Hello All, Redirected to "Access Denied Page" if I enter  ../ in the text box, is this expected? a!localVariables( local!searchKeyword, a!columnsLayout( columns: { a!columnLayout( contents: { a!textField( label: "Search By Keyword", value: local!searchKeyword, saveInto: { local!searchKeyword, a!save( local!searchKeyword, trim(local!searchKeyword) ) }, refreshAfter: "KEYPRESS" ) } ) } ) ) Key in../ and click on enter, then the page below is displayed, any idea why? Application logs:

Hi every one,  My team wants set up a connected system with MS teams, but having no idea how to start. Is there any documentation or could you explain to me where can I find the data to input into the fields in below screenshot please?  Thanks so much,

I have a client request to look into the capabilities of converting Rich Text Format (RTF) into HTML. This is not regular rich text encoding, it's the older version of it. A sample might look something such as this  "{\rtf1\ansi\deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0 Times New Roman;}} \f0\fs24 Hello, world!}" I cannot seem to find any information on interactions between Appian and RTF. All of my searches return information relating to Appian's new rich text editor components. Is this something that simply does not exist? Was RTF deemed "too old" for Appian to work with it? Any information on the topic would be a huge help, even if it's just confirmation that there is nothing that currently handles RTF within Appian.

Hi Team, Whether we have any documentation on the difference between all the authentication types as mentioned in the subject of this post. Because, when I have gone through Appian documentation not able to get the difference clearly. Kindly guide me.