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We have an a!documentViewerField component to display a PDF document, but the problem is that it shows editing options to download and print it, and we have been asked to disable these options.  Is there another component that allows PDF documents to be viewed in read-only mode, i.e., only displaying the document without allowing it to be downloaded or printed? Or is there a way to configure this from Appian?

Hi, I am using Community Edition and  following the Appian Developer path. In for Step-By-Step # 10 I am getting expression error while adding the reusable component on a interface/form.  I followed all the steps till this section and all works good. As per Step by Step #10, Guide I am trying to complete the following steps. as soon as I click ok, above expression error message displayed.  Any suggestions to fix this ? 

i am getting the above error when i am trying to edit "display value" in "addedBy". below expression i have used- rule!W0866aa_FormatDisplayName(user:fv!row[recordType!W0866aaVehicle.fields.addedBy]) given in guide -

Hello,  I have a text field who's value is linked to a dropdown field. If the dropdown value changes, the text field automatically changes as well. The text field is disabled as the user should not be able to change the value. The problem I have is that the value of this text field should be saved into a rule input but since I do not interact with the text field, the save into parameter does not trigger. I have no buttons on the interface so I could not add an a!save there. The user does not have to interact with any other field if they don't want so I couldn't put the a!save in another field as well.  Is there a way for the text field to refresh without interacting with it to trigger the save into? 

Hi, 1)I want to Implement pagination in Editable Grid please guide me. 2)Add sorting arrows in Editable Grid header columns for sorting purpose. Appreciate your help!! Regards Nishtha Bhatnagar

Hi, I am using Appian Version 25.4, I have created an Interface with Grid in it. Grid is just expected to read data from Record Type and display it on the Grid. But I only see headers on Interface when I am previewing it. What am I doing wrong here? I am including code here and the output of the Preview. I am new to Appian and appreciate your help here. { a!localVariables( local!pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo( startIndex: 1, batchSize: 20 ), a!gridField( label: "Portfolio", labelPosition: "ABOVE", data: a!queryRecordType( recordType: 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated', fields:{ 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated.fields.{85555feb-8c36-4fce-9eff-2ef66aaab755}loanId', 'recordType!{730d5dd7-5828-443c-89cf-89b097b856cb}TV Record Type loan..static_info_updated.fields.{c4b7627c-131b-475a-8901-54d34623f0

I have two different screen where one screen has summary and other screen has details of each task. now both screens has same view and details screen should check wether the task is primary or not if the task is primary then it should display the name associated with that task. If the task is secondary the it should display the names associated with that record. how to do it

when trying to reuse the interface coming from supervisor interface, vehicle details view, i can configure rightly the rule input. But, when trying to populate it whit som data, writing the expresión i TEST and set as default it shows me an error mesage. im have reviewd hat expresions are well writed, interfaces are well done, ive check every step, but i cant see the error there. does anyone have an answer?  so tahnks in advantege for your time.

Hi Team,I am trying to send a file of 25 MB from external system to appian using webapi but its getting timeout as i's taking 30 seconds in appian.But in documentation, it was mentioned that we can receive files upto 75 MB , then if its taking more than 30 seconds and failing for files with approx 25 MB , how come we can make it work for larger files.We are trying to hit the API from insomnia, from there once the call is made, and time reaches 30 seconds , we are getting 500 timeout error.

If a user has indirect access to a record type as viewer. Will he able to export and download the record report? Thank you!

In my application, there are three columns for each user in the default Group; Name, Details, and Member Type. I would like to add additional fields for users so that we can separate them based on their roles and grant them different access.  Is there a way to add additional fields to the user groups? I tried to do some research into this and it seems like Group Types are the way to go but I am unable to figure out how to set it up. Specifically, I want to add something like these fields to the user table.  <Name>   <Region>  <Country>  <Department>  Do I create a Group Type for each new column? How do I add the values for each field so it can be a drop down list? Thanks.

Hi, I made a clumsy error along the way and now I want to reset my workspace and delete everything to date. Is there a way to do this? Thanks Haleigh

I am new to Appian and I'm creating a form interface to save data to the database. I've gone through several of the tutorials and I created an Interface and a Process Model that will save data to the database. However, it only works when I launch it from the Process Model. How do I launch it from the Interface by clicking on the Submit button?  I want to click Submit after filling out the Interface and have it fire up the process model to save to the database. 

i am Doing the Application Building Blocks Course and i cant finish the Hands on Practice because the PDF "cannot be viewed in this browser" and when i click on it when i try with different Browsers it also not work (chrome, opera, firefox) same issueI think it happens with all those pdfs but this time it was with Step 4

Hello, I’m currently using the free Appian Community Edition. After being inactive for ~1 month, I logged back in and my environment has been stuck on “Workspace Pending” for the past 24 hours. Is this normal, and how much longer should I expect before I can access my workspace again? Any guidance would be appreciated.

I'm currently doing step 5 of build an Application exercise, specifically in "Configure the Record list" sectionThere is no delete, move icon, or add column button. 

Hi,   I am new to Appian and trying to go through the trainings before I have an in person training next week.  I just went through the Appian Essentials and Customer Stories and starting the hands-on Activity.    I signed into Appian Community Edition and navigated to W#AA Registrar and get below error.  Any ideas on how I can fix this so I can continue with the trainings?The Requested Record Type Is Not Available Expression evaluation error [evaluation ID = E5PRT] at function a!recordList: An error occurred while retrieving the data for "W0309AA Vehicle". Details: 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. (APNX-1-4198-000)I did try to find an answer in Appian Community, but most of what I found, that even closely resembled this error, advised to send to 'communityedition@appian.com', which I did, but also posting here to see

Hi All, I need to hide some related actions from specific groups. Can anyone please help me, how to achieve this?

I have an appian web api with Oauth 2.0 cliet enabled.But when i am trying to get the token by hitting the token request end point by passing the  grant_type, client_id, client_secret  as queryparams and content_type as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.this I am trying from java micro-service, while doing so,I have tried multiple ways like sending them in body , as paramsi am getting the following error : INFO com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.oauth.HttpOAuthTokenRetriever - Error while retrieving token: invalid_client attempting to pass Authentication in body INFO com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.oauth.HttpOAuthTokenRetriever - Error while retrieving token using auth in body: invalid_client ERROR com.appiancorp.connectedsystems.http.execution.AppianHttpRequestExecutor - ConnectorRuntimeException [title=Unsupported authentication, This request requires authentication but does not specify the type of authentication expected] Any leads would be appreciated,Thanks

I'm trying to install an instance of Appian on Kubernetes into my cloud infrastructure.  I am runninging into an issue where the Zookeeper pod is running but the Kafka Pod is not. The only logs I can find are a single line that give no information: 2025-10-22T13:35:18.683285411Z main ERROR Reconfiguration failed: No configuration found for '67424e82' at 'null' in 'null' Any help understanding what this error means and how to resolve it to get the Kafka Pod running for AoK would be helpful.

Hi there Appian community, I am on step 6 of updating the layout and configuring components on the step by step #8. For this step we must select correct values under display value (ex: for Make, select ri!record.make.) however, as highlighted in the picture, there is no option for that and when I type it manually, nothing populates. Any advice?/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/62/Screenshot-2025_2D00_09_2D00_30-at-11.10.55_2F20_AM.png 

I passed this exam today. How do I prove it? I don't see it anywhere in my appian account. Also, it was proctored by ProctorU and all their site says is that I took the test. No indication of the result. I passes with an 83.3% score

Hi everyone, I’m following a Step by Step #10 tutorial to create a related action for my record type. I configured the Create New Related Action dialog as shown in the attached screenshot, but when I test it, I get this error: Expression evaluation error: Syntax error. Details: Cannot create an identifier with zero length key I’ve already added a Key value, but the error still appears. I suspect it may be related to the Context expression, but I’m not sure what exactly is wrong. Has anyone faced this issue before or can point out what I might be missing? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance [emoticon:4baf9c67c1b843c6b4ddedea33023652] TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvia

Hi Appian Community, I am planning to register for an upcoming Appian certification exam. Before proceeding, I wanted to confirm if a name format difference would cause any issues during ID verification. My government-issued ID shows my name as K Jaiganesh, but I intend to register using Jaiganesh Kamaraj, which I commonly use in professional settings. Could you please confirm if this would be acceptable, or advise on how I should proceed to avoid any discrepancies during the exam? Thank you for your support. Thanks & Regards, Jaiganesh

Hi All, I basically created a custom between date for my users. The purpose of it is basically to mimic the start date of a month to the end date of the month for my data. Shown below is basically what it does: My question here is this. From my understanding, Appian's database stores any datetimes column as UTC, before converting it back to whatever timezone the user is from during the interface display. However, what exactly should I set as my between date during the process of filtering? I'm unsure of how exactly the query filter will communicate with my cloud database (my record type) to retrieve data. My worry is that the values are inaccurate and data is wrongly displayed and calculated due to the some edge cases, e.g. on the last day of the month. Here is my code for the between: As you can see from the "Chosen From Date" and "Chosen To Date", I initially attempted to custom fit it to my timezone. During this process, I returned the value create