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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 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?

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)

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

Hi, Is there any Notification (bell) functionality is available in Appian. I am implementing a interface where I have to show all recent (only new comment's)  count group wise. Please suggest the best way to implement this functionality.

Hi, I have to implement  @mention tag  functionality in appian inside Paragraph field. example : If  I type @a inside Paragraph field then it will be show all the "a"  name user from that group user  list inside Paragraph field. Please suggest the best way to implement this functionality.

HI, The appian health check was scheduled on specific day in non prod environment but it has not run and stopped at a node with the following error "The number of tasks per node for 'Wait' would exceed the limit of 1000". please suggest me how to run the health check in non prod or how to overcome the above issue.

why sites cant be configured with not more than five pages

As the community is growing, do we have a site or a placeholder where we can see the number of associate developers, senior developers or lead developers we have have in our community and may be we can get a list of them. Which would enable us to reach out to them as per the expertise required for the upcoming projects.

Hi Community, How to add 'n' number of days(excluding weekends and holidays) to a given date? We have defined holidays in Database. I know it is possible to define a Process Calendar with a list of non-working days and then use it in caladddays() function to achieve this outcome. As process calendars are not exportable and needs to be created in each environment separately, we are not considering this option at the moment. Having said that is there any alternative way to achieve this result? Thanks, Arun

If we post on the forum will it ever actually be seen by Appian Engineering? Also it would be great if there was a single location to view all the requests that have been submitted. I would love to vote on stuff to help Appian see the things that would add the most value.

Hi I'm using the AppianSelenium API framework in Eclipse.On one of my web pages, I need to upload a document.I use the code below to click the upload button (Called UPLOAD):fixture.clickOnButton("UPLOAD"); ... and a Windows dialog box appears allowing me to navigate to the document I want. Question: How do I interact with the Windows dialog box so the automation can find the file I want to upload? Thanks

Hi everyone, in Maven setup(settings.xml) , is maven_API_key the same as the Appian API created under admin console  ? Thanks in advance.

Hello Appian Community, Hope you are doing fine! I am new in Appian and I am managed to install Appian 21.2 HA Distributed environment in RedHat RHEL 8.4, so far all the installation steps were successfully completed, the Apache with Mod_JK is successfully working and I can access to the login page of the Administration Console (https://appian.mydomain.com/suite/admin) without any problem. But if I try to login using the username and password specified in the passwords.properties I got always a 401 Unauthorized in all the login pages (admin and suite base). I dig into the logs but there is no information neither error. I have 3 servers with all the services running (services, data-server, search-server, tomcat) and no information about the authentication. After the first start, the file passwords.properties is removed (as expected), so all should be working fine, isn't it? I reinstall already 3 times, tried to encrypt the password using the configure.sh script but so far I alw

Hello Appian Community, Hope you are doing fine! I am new in Appian and I am installing an Appian 21.2 HA Distributed environment in RedHat RHEL 8.4, so far all the installation steps were successfully completed but I am stuck in the Validation step. This is my configuration: Running as user Appian. Created a new environment called dev. Environment variables: APPIAN_HOME=/opt/appian/appian JAVA_HOME=/opt/appian/appian/java PATH=/opt/appian/.local/bin:/opt/appian/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/appian/appian/java/bin Then my configuration files located in /opt/appian/appian/conf (I just modified the following files): appian-topology.xml.dev

Can anyone help me to create a process model which runs everyday if the month is jan or apr or jul or oct with the  timer. Thanks

I have active L1 certification under old certification flow and now planning to appear for the next level. So as per the new ones, can I appear for Senior Developer directly or I need to go for Associate Developer certification?

Hi All, In MySQL/MariaDB, we have an option to default the column value while creating a table(For Example createdBy: System; createdOn: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP). In Appian, if we set those values to NULL and pass them to DB, those default values get initialized and stored in the appropriate table. This works fine in MySQL and MariaDB However, Whilst tries the same in SQL Server, I don't see that the default values get triggered and stored into the fields. Should I add anything else for SQL Server DB? Did anyone face this issue before? Note: I don't want to set the values in Appian and store them in DB. Instead, I need to handle it DB end. Thanks in advance.

Good morning, We have an interface in which we are using! DocumentAndFolderBrowserFieldColumns to paint a hierarchy of documents, the problem is that we are trying to obtain the path to display it as text in the following way, if we have the following selected we would have to obtain something like this: "TST_Documentos_Texto_Con… / Prueba2/ Prueba1" Has anyone had the same problem? A greeting and thanks in advance.

Hi, I need to convert the hex data stored in database to image. I am aware about base64 to image. Please suggest some points to convert hex code to base64. I tried the function hex2base64, but is returning null value. Note: Hex data is 65K chacracters long Thanks

Users has the access to multiple application over the Appian cloud server ,but we want to capture last login of a user to particular application

Hi All, i am working on some integration and need to download document. In previous version of Appian "http file download" smart service were available and now it has been deprecate. Kindly suggest me here. Regards, Vikram Kumar Singh