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I am using Community Edition and  following the Appian Developer path. In for Step-By-Step # 5 I encounter a problem with selecting the database for the "Vehicle" Record Type. I followed all the steps1-4 and facing above change in Step 5. Appreciate any help/suggestions 

Hi all, I've started the new developer learning path which launched 2 days ago. When I attempt to navigate the ACME SPORT EQUIPMENT RENTAL SOLUTION application I get the following error: "Record type is marked as synced, but its data has not yet been synced or its existing synced data has been invalidated. Contact your system administrator"I have gone in and checked this record type specifically and others related to it and they all have the same issue. The sync history shows a failure and I am unable to run a manual FULL SYNC. Attempting to change the data source on the record type I get the following error: "The data source cannot be reached or its configuration is invalid. Please contact your system administrator."I have reached out to communityedition@appian.com and am awaiting a response. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas or if I find a solution I'll come back here to post my progress in case it helps anyone in the future. 

Hi all, I am following the Appian Developer path and for Step-By-Step # 5 I encounter a problem with selecting the database for the "Vehicle" Record Type. I do not see any database tables. When I go to the reference app and want to see record type source configuration I get: "The data source cannot be reached or its configuration is invalid. Please contact your system administrator." I am using us.appian.community edition. Could you please let me know how to resolve this issue? thank you.

Hi All, Could you please provide me the link to the Hands-On Practice - Build an Application - Step 3? The training PDF is not loading at all on my PC and I have tried multiple browsers.  Best Regards, Abhi SAFARI : CHROME: /resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_12_2D00_24-at-3.28.20_2F20_PM.png /resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_12_2D00_24-at-3.28.37_2F20_PM.png

First of all, thank you for your attention.I'm having a problem with Appian Process Modeler. When I try to open the process properties, none of the tabs like Variables or General are displayed. I can only see the tabs for languages. Can someone guide me on how to fix this?

Title: How to download Column Chart Field as PNG with chart labels in Appian? Hi Team, I am using a Column Chart Field in Appian interface and I want to provide an option for users to download the chart as a PNG image. My requirement is: Download the complete column chart as a PNG file Include chart labels/data labels in the downloaded image Maintain the chart formatting and visibility Could anyone suggest: Is this possible using native Appian functionality? Are there any plugins or JavaScript approaches available? Has anyone implemented chart export/download functionality in Appian interfaces? Any suggestions or sample approaches would be helpful. Thanks!

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Hello guys, I failed for the developer exam for the second time now. I studied for the Appian developer test for 180 hours, but i still failed the exam TWICE now. I'am lost i feel like i know everything and I felt like my answer wads also right . I just want to review the exam so i can maybe change my studying style. i used the exam checklist, i studied the developer course, i took the practice test so many times and i studied the appian documentation. and refer dumps too I don't know what to do my 2 POC's are live but I don't know why for the second time I just missed with 3 marks ANY TIPS? thanks. ------------------- Edited by smash karts two days ago.

Hi Community, I have prior experience working as an Appian Developer for about 1 year, and after a career break, I have recently revised the Appian tutorials and refreshed my knowledge. Could you please share some commonly asked Appian interview questions that reflect current industry practices (for example, on record types, queries, process models, activity chaining, and best practices)? This will help me prepare more effectively for upcoming interviews. Thank you in advance for your guidance!

Hi All, I am working on an Expense Reimbursement System POC in Appian. We have three different user roles: Employee, Manager, and Finance Team, each with separate interfaces. I need to implement an AI chatbot in all three interfaces that can answer user questions based on claim data. What is the best approach to design and integrate role-specific chatbots in Appian? Should each interface have a separate chatbot configuration, or can we reuse a single chatbot with dynamic context? Also, how can we ensure the chatbot responds based on the logged-in user’s role and related data? Thanks in advance.

Hello All, I need an approach to save unstructured .doc file to .pdf extn. I know we have .docx to PDF. But I have .doc this to be converte to .pdf. Its great if anyone help in suggesting approach for this.

Hi, I have built some application in Appian and want to publish them in Appian App Market. But the Appian App Market Submission site is giving 401 Unauthorized error. I want to know the criteria to access the submission site? URL: https://forum.appian.com/suite/saml/AssertionConsumer Regards, Bornik 

Hi Team, We have a scenario where Process Model 1 calls Sub‑Process Model 2 in synchronous mode. Sub‑Process Model 2 contains Process 2.1 and Process 2.2.Normally, these complete within expected time, but if Process Model 2 runs longer than 15 minutes, we want to:- Terminate Sub‑Process Model 2.- Mark it as completed so it doesn’t remain in an in‑progress state. Essentially:- Process Model 1 (synchronous) → Process Model 2.1 & 2.2.- If execution exceeds 15 minutes, enforce a timeout, terminate, and mark complete. Question to the Community:- What is the recommended way to implement this timeout/termination logic in Appian?- Is there a best practice for handling long‑running synchronous sub‑processes (e.g., timers, escalation paths, or design patterns)?Error "The amount of time allocated for the completion of an unattended activity was insufficient to allow the activity to complete."

Hi Team, Currently we are reading excel but due to confidential file it is throwing below error. Expression evaluation error at function 'readexcelsheetpaging': org.apache.pol.openxml4j.exceptions.OLE2NotOfficexmlFileException. The supplied data appears to be in the OLE2 Format. You are calling the part of POI that deals with OOXML (Office Open XML) Documents. You need to call a different part of POI to process this data (eg HSSF Instead of XSSF) Can anyone help on this to which function help to check format in excel  Thanks  Divya 

Hey all, new Appian developer here! From what I have learned so far, Appian dev teams don't usually follow the branch->merge workflow, but rather work inside the single dev environment. I have no problems with this system and think it is the ideal approach for 99% of cases. However, in a situation like a refactor, where you are changing some of the architecture and breaking a few parts of the system as a side effect, I can see how branching off to make these changes would be safer, cleaner, and not prohibit other developers who need to use the parts that are being changed.Is there any version control (or hacky workaround) that could solve this in these rare situations? Thanks!

Hi all, I had just been researching on the different character limits for data types. So from my understanding of text data type, these are the following limits. Text - 255 characters Long Text - 4000 characters Extra Long Text - 64000 characters  To my knowledge these are the 3 available options for any VARCHAR in record types, I was just wondering if this information is correct, wanting clarification please.  Couldn't really find a clear answer on the limits. Note: I believe that for record types, there's a limitation for Extra Long Text, limited to only 3 fields within a record type that's allowed to have the Extra Long Text data type.

Hi, I'm following the exercise in the attached PDF, but I'm getting the following error: "Reply-To email did not resolve to a valid email address." I've repeated the steps several times but I can't figure out what might be causing it. Since I'm new to Appian, I'm also not very familiar yet with diagnosing or resolving these kinds of errors. Could someone please help me understand what might be wrong or what I should check? Thanks in advance! [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Exercise-2_5F00_-Examine-and-Configure-a-Process-Model.pdf:320:240]

Hi Everyone, I am learning Appian and working on a simple interface form. While submitting the form, I am getting the following error: "A button component must not contain both a 'recaptchaSaveInto' and a 'saveInto' parameter." I tried removing some parameters but the error still appears. Can someone explain why we cannot use both saveInto and recaptchaSaveInto in the same button and what is the correct way to handle this? Any guidance would be helpful. Thank you.

Hi! Is it possible to use Databricks as a data source with Appian? I know it's not directly supported but maybe there's like a workaround possible? Any help would be great!

Hi, I'm new to the Appian. I'm unable to see the 'New Data table' option as mentioned in this documentation: Create-record-data-source.html  So, I Selected Database option and I'm unable to proceed after that. No options provided here to select. Help me resolve this and provide me the steps to create an database and make connection to the interface. Share any documentation URL or online course for this.

Hi, I am new to Appian-Locust, I have installed Appian Locust, executed a login script for Appian URL and I am getting this exception "Login unsuccessful, no multipart cookie found, only found <RequestsCookieJar[<Cookie JSESSIONID....". I checked my credentials and they are working fine when login manually. I have tried executing the same Appian URL via generic Locust and there is no such exception shown. Can anyone help here.

I have a process model that stops running without any apparent reason. When I click on the node where it stops, a pop‑up appears saying: "No errors were encountered at this node." Has anyone seen this behavior before? What could cause a process to halt without logging an error, and what steps should I take to troubleshoot it?

Hello everyone!I started the Learning Path recently and I'm having trouble in Step #3 (version: 25.4 Build an Application: Step-by-Step #3). When I try to create a New Group (W#SA Supervisors, W#SA Registrars and W#SA Mechanics), it always says "Name already exists", for all 3 of them. However in the objects I only have the groups W#SA Users and W#SA Administrators1.Did anyone have the same issue? How can I fix it?Thanks :)

In UI I have option to add data using addRowLink. Once I select one name consider h1, then I click on addRow then there I can write any alphanumeric code and I am storing that in backend. but if I am selecting multiple names(2) then if I click on addRowLink 2 new row boxes are being displayed. In UI even if I select multiple names only one row should be displayed and in backend the code should be updated for all selected names. no submit button is available in that interface saveInto: { a!localVariables( /* Build one new row per selected partyId (no duplicate prevention) */ local!newRows: if( a!isNullOrEmpty(local!selectedInsuredId), {}, a!forEach( items: local!selectedInsuredId, expression: a!localVariables( /* Find the index of this party to resolve its applicationId */ local!idx: index(fv!item, wherecontains(fv!item, local!insuredParty['recordType!{f953bbb6-0363-40ce-afe7-4fd0315e1fc0}UWG Party.fields.{19291ea5-16a7-4ddb-9fc9-dbd77b0f9b3e}id']), null() ), /* Construct a new UWG MIB

I have a multiselect dropdown with names h1, h2 and there respective ids are 123,456. the interface is to update the codes in site.But when I am selecting both values from dropdown and adding the code, code is not getting added for both the values. It is only getting added for the first value(h1) which I selected initially in the dropdown(h1)