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Pls answer the below question 1.What is the difference between Entity Backed records and Process Backed records?

The page I am testing has a line chart with a download icon on it with the tooltip Download PNG Image, but I am unsure how to have my FitNesse script perform the download. I see support for downloading charts was added to FitNesse for Appian November 2023 - Release 23.4, but I don't see in the Cheat Sheet or documentation how to download charts.

Hi Team, Beginner here. I need to send a message to a Kafka topic that's used by another team. To do this, we're using a plugin that accepts messages(parameter) as text. The message I need to send is a dictionary in Appian, and I'm converting it into a JSON string using a!toJson(). so that the other team can parse it. However, the other team expects the dictionary to be enclosed in single quotes, like this: '{"a": "hello", "b": 1}'. I have few questions: Is it possible to create such string enclosed in single quotes in Appian? In the Expression Editor's output tab, there are three formats: "formatted," "raw," and "expression." Which one should I consider as a output. I mean the output format we see will be different while passing into pv! right. for example {"a","b","c"} will be shown in the output as below(image), but in the instance if we look at th

Hello I need advice .As my requirement after registered data to database and redirect register form. below is my process model flow. which flow is better and good for redirect interface. Is there any other method other than the Flow I implemented? Thanks

Hi Expert I have an interface where I have read only grid . Now, when the user clicks on completed Status , I want a way to open the interface as a dialog.  if there is a way please let me know. I tried with record action but not able to achieve this . a!gridColumn( label: "Status", sortField: 'recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status', value: a!richTextDisplayField( value: a!richTextItem( text: if( a!isNullOrEmpty( fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] ), "", fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] ), link: if( and(fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] = con

I have an interface where I have read only grid. Now, when the user clicks on Completed Status . I want a way to open the interface as a dialog, if there is a way please let me know. I tried with a!recordactionfield but not able to achieve this . a!gridColumn( label: "Status", sortField: 'recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status', value: a!richTextDisplayField( value: a!richTextItem( text: if( a!isNullOrEmpty( fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] ), "", fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] ), link: if( and(fv!row['recordType!{1b81b174-97c1-47ee-aa85-b20723b749c3}CDM2_Target Record.fields.{status}status'] = cons!CDM2_VAL_TARGET_ST

Hi, Can anyone help me with converting multiple map into single map, example input: {a!map(),a!Map(),a!map()} output{a!map()} Help is appreciated

How to click a button to copy data to clipboard in Appian

Hi I am new on Appian and I'm trying to make a PDF from a Word file using a dynamic DOCX template, but I'm having trouble generating the Word file, and I'm not sure where I've gone wrong. I've attached the XML data and Word file that I'm attempting to override [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/PDFSample.docx:320:240] 1 General ticket New changes Verification 2 1 7125 2 General ticket ghgh 2 2 7141 3 Hardware Issue jhj hjhjk 2 2 7142 4 Software Installation Installation of MSSQL 1 1 5 Software Installation Test Software installation 1 Pending 7191 6 NA Pending 7 Hardware Issue Battery issue 1 2 Pending 8 Others Log Analysis 2 2 Pending Unable to check the logs 0 9 Others Server Upgrade 3 1 Pending Server Needs to upgrade 0 10 General ticket SQL Installation 1 1 Pending Required Sql server to work on Database relat

Hi Everyone, I have two process models p1 and p2. In p1 there is a user input tasks which opens the interface. In this interface there is a save button which runs the p2, but when p2 completes it is not refreshing the interface variables. I am using the refreshAfter param in refreshvariable function. Can anyone please help me out.

In list of variantsI want to create a list of text strings.(As shown in the attached image) I want to understand clearlyAfter trying it out, I couldn't get the expected results.

Hi Team, There was a timeout error, what this signifies? Here, we pull the data from snowflake as a batches. In the integration, we have setup to 1500 seconds. Will increasing query timeout help here?

Hi Everyone, I have ha grid having four columns that have a button at the last column. The button is record field action and the grid is selectable. I would like to display the button in that row only which is selected. Can anyone please help me how to achieve this.

Hi All, I'm not having the desired result when using proper() with words including special characters.  We receive the error when the user's name has special characters.  EXP)  O'Neal is being saved as O'neal, Aube-Kubel as Aube-kubel, etc. I need to implement a rule for capitalizing letters after special characters, but not sure how to proceed.  Any assistance is appreciated, thanks!

Hi Experts, Need your help in the following issue: I have created one view that is getting data from a table in a DB. Then I created the CDT for the same from that DB and then the DS is also verified and published with no error. But on retrieving the data from a DB rom a query entity I am getting the following error:   Using the Record Type also I am getting the following error while viewing the Record list, We have only 194 records in that view:  Please help me to identify the cause of the error. 

Hello, im new to appian and we have a requirement that after submitting the Form it should go to the Record List interface next and i have checked and "Confirmation URL" should do the job done. but im having trouble configuring it. i have used : "site and tempo links" dev.appian.com/suite/sites/sandbox/page/record-list dev.appian.com/suite/tempo/reports/view/KQPHyA please help. thank you very much!

I have an editable grid when i go to add a row and fill it with some values and then clone the same row.I want to know that if the user clones or the data of both the rows is the same then the flag should be set to true and if the user clone the row and then change the data in that case set the flag as false. can anybody help me to make expression rule. Thanks 

Hi, I am trying to add page on Acme Auto Mobile Exercise. I keep getting error HTTP code: 504 message when adding the Record List and Content. Does anyone know a workaround for this?

Hi, We have stopped Appian server and trying to restart it by following the Appian Documentaion. (https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/22.1/Linux_Installation_Guide.html#part-3-startup-and-setup) When tryed to start the "Search-Server", error showed and could not make the "Search-Server" start. Error Message was like -> "ERROR: Unable to start Appian Search Server." and "For complete error details, refer to the log at /app/appian/logs/search-server/appian-search-cluster.log" -> but could not find such log (appian-search-cluster.log). P.S. Could the warning message "warning: usage of JAVA_HOME is deprecated, use ES_JAVA_HOME" have relation with such error? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi, I am new to Appian. I have signed up to My Community Edition Site. It's been two days I have Signed up. It is showing message like " When your environment is available, you will receive an email with your credentials. Return here to check on your request status. ". Anyone knows how many days it will take to create My Community Edition Site? or Do I have contact or send email to anyone for creating?  If anyone knows please let me know. Thanks.

hi, I am getting error while trying to connect to API - api.spacexdata.com/v4 in the learning tutorial - Build a Low Code App. Anybody else facing this issue? I have checked the spelling and everything is correct. Response is coming as connection error. Require help as I am unable to proceed further in the tutorial.

Hello Team, I'm studying for the Associate Developer Certification and I came across with this question:  You need to create a record type with data sync enabled. What are the supported Data Sources?   A. Web Services, Salesforce, Database.   B. Web Services, Process Reports, Database.   C. Salesforce, Process Models, Database.   In my opinion, both A and C are right answers according with what I read in the docs. Does anyone know if there is a right option and why?

Hello, I am following a guide for Appian Developer Online (80 hours). I am stuck on the " Application Building Blocks", course 3 "Design Appian Records Part 1", "Build an application: Step 4". On the page 6 of the document, I am supposed to select AS_vehicle… based on what the document is saying, it should sync the Vehicles list, but I don't see that. appreciate all the help I can get.  Thank You!! 

Hi Team, How to delete multiple objects in Appian Environment ? Requirement is to clean up the environment.

Hi Everyone, Can anyone please help me how to get group from group attribute in appian.