Skip to main content
sasia0001
sasia0001
October 24, 2023
Question

Sync in write to records

  • October 24, 2023
  • 8 replies
  • 0 views

Write records is refreshing record type only after enabling the activity chain. Is there any other option to refresh record type other than enabling the activity chain.  

    8 replies

    stefanhelzle0001
    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    October 24, 2023

    No. You somehow need to tell the user interface when to refresh the data from the backend. This can be a single node or multiple nodes down into the process.

    Do you have a specific reason to look for an alternative option?

    sasia0001
    sasia0001Author
    October 29, 2023

    Hi Stefan, Thanks for your reply.

    Based on my understanding enable activity will reduce the application performance.

    stefanhelzle0001
    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    October 29, 2023

    Chaining make the Appian process execution engines execute the nodes in the chain be executed with the highest priority. That's all. Now when you enable chaining on all nodes in all processes, you will end up with a confused process scheduler.

    So, does chaining reduce app performance? No, but using it too much will have negative effects on the system.

    In the end, it is pretty simple. Do not enable chaining except for the following use cases:

    - Control refresh behaviour of an interface

    - Control return timing of a process started by a!startProcess

    - Guide a user seamlessly through multiple user input tasks in a process

    And keep these chains as short as possible!

      stewart.burchell
      stewart.burchell
      October 30, 2023

      This is relatively new: https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/sail-events-field

      You can use it (judiciously) to refresh aspects of a SAIL interface rather than having to wait for the whole Interface to load if you know certain aspects would unnecessarily delay the interface in loading.

      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement