Governance

Hi, We are configuring SAML SSO in our client environment, we completed the configuration and seems to work successfully but we have some issues when the options Create new users upon sign in is selected.  If we don't select this option everything works fine, the user created in Appian and added to the Authentication Group can access the environment fine using SAML. But when we select this box and map the attributes, the configuration test gives the error message: Authentication was unsuccessful. Reason: Required attributes for user creation not found in assertion. And when trying to access the environment with the SAML user in this case we get an error: Error 401 - Unauthorized. I have also checked the assertion xml provided by the Idp (Identity Provider Metadata) and the attributes and claims defined in the Idp and everything seems to be fine. We have opened a support case with Appian but have not yet found a sol

Hi, We currently manage a fully functional Appian HA distributed environment that contains: 3 application servers 1 web server 1 database server I had some questions regarding a migration that is being planned from a corporate level that involves IP addresses being changed for our servers hosting Appian. (Effective May 11th, 2023) If IP addresses were to change for our servers hosting Appian: 1. What issues would this cause to our Appian HA environment? 2. Which actions need to be taken in order for Appian to be fully operational when the ip changes occur? Let me know if any additional information is needed. Regards, Chetana

We are facing multiple production incidents due to objects at different versions in all different environment.  Can any one please suggest what is the best governance practice we should follow to avoid these issues. Here, Appian support team make direct changes in Production objects mainly constants according to the incidents raised but they are not moved to lower environments. hence, when developer take changes from lower environments, it overwrites the production object, causing issues.  There are multiple heavy applications with more than 500 objects. How to keep all environments in sync? 

I’m working on a large project that has evolved over time and is composed of several independent subprojects, each developed by a different team. While these applications have their own distinct purposes, they are interconnected and together form part of a complete workflow. For context, an example would be: • Application A manages the creation of a request to build a building. • Application B is responsible for drafting the project with the architects. • Application C handles the necessary permissions for the construction. • Application D manages the hiring of staff to carry out the construction. In total, there are about ten independent applications that together form a single functional process. The challenge we’re facing now is the creation of a “parent” application that centralizes and visualizes the information from these applications, providing a global view of the project’s status and details of each phase. My concern i

Does appian have any SEO mechanism to boost the portal on the internet?

Is it possible to use a third party vulnerability scanning software to scan Appian code for vulnerabilities? I saw a similar question asked 7 years ago and the answer was no and just wanted to verify that nothing has changed in that time. 

Hi, We are trying to configure SAML SSO with Azure AD for a customer with Appian cloud. We need the Service Provider Signing Certificate and Service Provider Signing Certificate Password but we are not sure if this information is provided to us by the IDP, if we need to ask Appian for it through a support case or create a self-signed certificate as described here community.appian.com/.../kb-1108-how-to-create-a-self-signed-certificate-for-saml-authentication. I have reviewed the documentation for SAML configuration docs.appian.com/.../SAML_for_Single_Sign-On.html but I cannot find further information about these two fields. Thanks in advance

Hello Community,I'm facing "An error has occurred during the execution of the smart service activity." error while executing Robotic task smart service. I have uploaded some Macro files to perform RPA, but its unable to execute, showing the mentioned error before execution itself . I'm unable to figure it out. Can anyone help me on this.

Hi, we are trying to configure SAML authentication in our client's cloud enviroment. To get the .pem metadata file from the IPD they request the following urls: Identifier (Entity ID): mysite.appiancloud.com Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL): mysite.appiancloud.com/.../AssertionConsumer Does anyone knows if we can just send them this urls with our domain or if we need to configure something in the admin console before? Thanks in advance.

Good morning, we are using the Log a Message (Appian Community) plugin in an Appian environment. The problem we have is that this plugin has been archived by Appian, and when we try to move it to another unrelated environment, we cannot install it. Does anyone know how to solve this? Do you know of another plugin that allows writing to the Appian log? Thank you very much

Hello team, We have configured a white list in customer environments and some users are receiving error 403 - forbbiden while trying to access appian. In my opinion, I believe that these users are not in the IP range configured in the white list. Knowing this, I would like to identify in the logs the IPs of these users who are having access denied when they try to enter the environment link to compare with the white list that we configured, and if this IP is not there, report this information to the client. Is there any way I can view this? Where? Thanks

Hi All, Anyone familiar with this type of issue when trying to import a package?

Im creating quite a bit of users in the Appian Environment one by one in the Admin Console. What is the best way to "Import" a batch of several users in Appian one time, rather than building each individual one by one? I see an Import and Export button on top of the Admin Console. but I am not sure if that can be used or what the alternative solution would be for this.  Thanks in Advance

Is it possible to fix some columns in a read only grid?

Hello Everyone, We need to track the history of changes made to the user custom field, as we are receiving roles from GEMI in this custom field. Is there any out-of-the-box functionality to capture these changes, or are there any available workarounds? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Udhaya

Hi Team, I am currently using SAML authentication for Appian, and it’s working fine. Is it possible to completely disable direct login with a username and password for Appian?

Hello :  My local machine is a windows 11 Home Named ( hostname ) zenbooktxuss .  The temporary license was working ( until it has expired ) . I requested  a permanent license twice .  I selected Local environment , introduced zenbooktxuss.casaredns.ddns.net as FQDN  ( the machine has that domain suffix configured but is not in a windows domain or workgroup)  and the Q output of my machine was something similar to this --> KDB+ 4.0 2023.05.26 Copyright (C) 1993-2023 Kx Systems w64/ 12()core 32574MB jesus zenbooktxuss 192.168.0.49 ... Just with the hostname But the license is registered like --> KDB+ 4.0 2023.05.26 Copyright (C) 1993-2023 Kx Systems w64/ 12()core 32574MB jesus zenbooktxuss.casaredns.ddns.net ..... The hostname was replaced ty the FQDN .  Once i have installed the permanent license . When i test the license 4 with the q script  i get this message . '2024.09.17T08:24:28.985 license error: host ze

Hi all, I need to move an Appian 20.4 installation on a Windows server 2012R2 to a Windows server 2022 standard, and I want also to upgrade to Appian 24.1. Has anyone some clues to perform the activity?

Estoy trabajando en un proyecto grande que ha evolucionado con el tiempo y está compuesto por varios subproyectos independientes, cada uno desarrollado por un equipo diferente. Si bien estas aplicaciones tienen sus propios propósitos, están interconectadas y juntas forman parte de un flujo de trabajo completo. Para contextualizar, un ejemplo sería: • La aplicación A gestiona la creación de una solicitud para construir un edificio. • La aplicación B se encarga de redactar el proyecto junto con los arquitectos. • La aplicación C gestiona los permisos necesarios para la construcción. • La aplicación D gestiona la contratación de personal para realizar la construcción. En total, hay unas diez aplicaciones independientes que en conjunto forman uZn único proceso funcional. El reto al que nos enfrentamos ahora es la creación de una aplicación “padre&rdq

Hi Appian Community, Please be informed that we have used Cancel Process Smart Service, after this Smart Service runs all instance are successfully cancelled but cancelled instance are always available in process monitoring. Is there any way to delete the cancelled instance automatically once its cancelled by Cancel Process Smart Service? Data Management Selected as Delete Process after 3 days. Will Appian itself automatically delete both the cancelled instance & other parent instance with are cancelled and showing as "Active with Errors" process with error showing as "The sub-process started by this activity has been cancelled" by cancel process smart services? Thanks and Regards, Vigneshkumar R

Hi,  This is Ajay and I am learning appian 24.3 since a week. I am stuck with below error. Same code is working fine in 1 Process but getting below error with other Process Model. Can someone pls help me to get this resolved. /* Code */   /* Error */ Error Evaluating UI Expression Expression evaluation error [evaluation ID = D7MQR] in rule 'pm_rentalview' : A dropdown component [label="Status"] has an invalid value for "value". All selected values must be present in the choiceValues array, but value was Not Paid and choiceValues was Paid; Not Paid; On Advance.

Hi [mention:adb98a54369049d19dbc03825a3132e4:23b05a61c3e5445190d9bfa00453bce4]  / [mention:b1ec831bc63f413fb8baec7179cee8b3:23b05a61c3e5445190d9bfa00453bce4] / [mention:5357deb643314f689f0553cc98556414:23b05a61c3e5445190d9bfa00453bce4]  I am trying to upgrade from 23.4 to 24.3 and I am facing below issue. I have followed the instructions provided in from the below links, with search server added new properties in both the location but still I am getting this error. 1. https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.3/Upgrade_Guide.html2. community.appian.com/.../kb-2322-application-server-fails-to-start-due-to-improperly-configured-search-server-credentials 09:53:52.442 [main] ERROR com.appiancorp.common.persistence.search.AppianSearchSpringConfig - error initializing client com.appiancorp.suiteapi.common.exceptions.AppianRuntimeException: The search server cannot be reached. Failed to connect to server at [localhost:9200]. Check that the search server is started. If ru

Hi [mention:b1ec831bc63f413fb8baec7179cee8b3:23b05a61c3e5445190d9bfa00453bce4] / [mention:5357deb643314f689f0553cc98556414:23b05a61c3e5445190d9bfa00453bce4]  I am trying to upgrade from Appian 23.4 to 24.3 and I have followed the instructions from below link, but I am facing some unauthorized error with respect to search server configuration. 1. https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.3/Upgrade_Guide.html2. community.appian.com/.../kb-2322-application-server-fails-to-start-due-to-improperly-configured-search-server-credentials 2024-09-09 09:53:50,863 [main] INFO com.appiancorp.common.persistence.search.SearchServerClientConfiguration - Using the Search Server client configuration specified in /opt/appian/conf/appian-topology.xml. 09:53:52.442 [main] ERROR com.appiancorp.common.persistence.search.AppianSearchSpringConfig - error initializing client com.appiancorp.suiteapi.common.exceptions.AppianRuntimeException: The search server cannot be reached. Failed

Currently using a!forEach and a!isNullOrEmpty to replace all null values in an array of integers with 0, but would love to learn the most efficient way to do so. Is apply() the way to go here? A different function? Many thanks for any and all help!

Hi Team, I recently configured SAML in Appian, and when some existing users attempted to access Appian via SSO, they encountered a 401 error. I had already added these users to the authentication group, and ensured that the Identity Provider (IdP) username was in lowercase, with both the username and email matching. However, the 401 error still occurred. As a temporary workaround, I changed the username, and when the old user tried to access Appian through SSO, Appian treated the user as new. As a result, the user was recreated because we have the "Create new users upon sign-in" option enabled in the SAML settings. Since we cannot change the username for all users, I am looking for a solution to resolve this issue without modifying usernames. Any help with addressing this problem would be appreciated.