Governance

Hello, I have been trying to establish SSO for Appian. I have uploaded .pem file and IdP metadata as well, also I have filled out all rest the information required in SAML form of Admin portal. But I encountered below issue when tried to test the configuration.  Authentication was unsuccessful. Reason: The user you attempted to sign in as does not authenticate through SAML. Close this window and return to Appian Administration Console. I see this is tomcat logs :  ERROR com.appiancorp.security.auth.saml.SamlTestServlet - Error occurred during SAML authentication test: null com.appiancorp.security.auth.saml.exception.NonSamlUserExceptionFYI, IdP is Azure Ad. Interesting part is Azure sign in logs mentions that the connection was successful even though we see above issue response from Appian

Hi all, I installed Hotfix 23.3.1380.0 and after I start Appian, I see a login page and after login I only see a blank screen for all URLs /design, /tempo, /sites. Anyone else experienced anything similar?

Hi there,  I have a record type, just want to show the recent 7 days data, so in "Data Model" tag, I added a filter like this: a!queryLogicalExpression( operator: "AND", filters: { a!queryFilter( field: "verifiedon", operator: ">", value: todatetime(today() - 7) ) }, ignoreFiltersWithEmptyValues: true) but seems it did NOT dynamically sync, after just set the filter, I manually sync, I just saw the last 7 days data. but for today, it's supposed to just see the data since 6/24. but I still see the data older than that. so do I need to set the sync options to do the sync every day? or any better way to do this? regards, L

Hi All, First time i installed appian 22.1  version in linux environment but url is not working even all service are started . Please help me on this.  Please find tomcat log file =========================================================================2024-02-02 07:13:02 Beginning to start Appian in Tomcat2024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server version name: Apache Tomcat/9.0.782024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server built: Jul 4 2023 13:15:43 UTC2024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server version number: 9.0.78.02024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Name: Linux2024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Version: 4.18.0-513.11.1.el8_9.x86_642024-02-02 07:13:05 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.l

Is it advisable to do the following on a task script node? It hasn't given me any problems so far. Suppose I have two variables pv!variable1 and pv!variable 2 In my first custom output I have 1+1 saved in my pv!variable1and in my second output I have pv!variable1 + 5 saved in my pv!variable2 . When using the two variables in my outputs, could there be a problem that it does not finish saving or executing correctly?, assuming that it could be a more complex rule, or a query in my first output. My specific question is whether these outputs are executed in sequence, always waiting for the first one for the second to begin.Is there any certainty about the order of execution of the inputs and outputs of a script task?

Hi All, We are looking to grant read-only access to users along with access to monitoring tab. Is there a way to achieve this? Does Appian even allow this? Thanks in advance

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Hello everyone, I have appian servers in main site and i want to built DR for the servers, i am planning to replicate the servers by replication tool called ZERTO from main site to the DR site and i will change the servers IPs in the DR, and once the issue happened to the main site, i will power on the servers in DR and work from there; So, is it workable solution. Thank you

Hello everyone, I have appian servers in main site and i want to built DR for the servers, i am planning to replicate the servers by replication tool called ZERTO from main site to the DR site and i will change the servers IPs in the DR, and once the issue happened to the main site, i will power on the servers in DR and work from there; So, is it workable solution. Thank you

Hi, We are configuring SAML SSO in our client environment but after adding all the required information and saving the configuration I get this error when trying to access using SAML:  I have seen in the documentation that it could be related to the Authentication group, but the user for this test is a direct member of the Authentication group for the Idp, so it should work fine. Has anyone had this issue before and were able to solve it?  Thanks in advance.

What security settings should be given to restrict support users to access only the process instance but should not have any access to the main object itself ?

Hello Appian Community, I have access to forum.appian.com, but I'm unable to access the License Management Application to request licenses. Specifically, I need to request both the k3.lic and k4.lic files for my Appian installation, but I cannot proceed due to this access issue. Can anyone guide me on: Alternative methods to request both licenses (if License Management Application access is restricted)? How to register a developer instance with Appian? Any insights or step-by-step guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help.

I am looking to gather details on all objects that been modified or updated in our Appian environment over last 6 months. Specifically,1. How can I obtain a list of all modified /updated objects during this period? I know, we can manually check each objects versions for the changes made, or last modified but was wondering if there is consolidated a report at object level2. Is there a way to track which users made these modifications and when?If anyone has experience with this or can point me to relevant resources or methods, I would greatly appreciate your insights!Thank you in advance for your help!

Hola, Sr Administrador, . Cuando estoy tratando de probar el flujo del proceso: W0747SA Solicitar mantenimiento. Me sale el mensaje que copio más abajo y no puedo seguir. Me podría decir que debo hacer ? El sistema ha encontrado un problema ¡Lo sentimos! Se ha producido un problema al procesar la última solicitud. Póngase en contacto con el administrador del sistema para obtener más información.  

Hello all, I'm going to change configuration of password fortmat with adding more complexity. After that I would like to force all users to update their passwords accordingly. Is there a way to expire the password immediately so user will be prompted to update their password on next login?

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

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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