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ritvikp0002
March 24, 2024
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Why we use Hidden CDT ? where to use it?

  • March 24, 2024
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Hi Folks ,

When we create a CDT we get an option to hide it from pickers and auto complete , what's the use of it , in what scenarios can we use it ?

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mathieud0001
mathieud0001
March 24, 2024

Typically, I would use the hide from pickers if it was a deprecated CDT that I wouldn't want other developers to include in their apps.

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ritvikp0002Author
March 25, 2024

Is there any other scenario where we use it, which you have encountered?

davidj137213
davidj137213
Brainy
March 24, 2024

Another scenario if when you create the CDT from a schema imported in a WSDL. IN that case the CDT will be created as hidden

karthikk538
karthikk538
March 25, 2024

#1 Makes the data type available for use by other objects, for example, pickers and process variables.
#2 Data types created from WSDL are hidden by default. Data types created by any other method are visible by default.
#3 When using multiple application servers, the data type visibility is only updated in the cache of the application server you are logged into. The cache of any other application server is updated upon the next restart. To avoid restarting your application servers, log into each application server individually as this updates the data type visibility in each application server's cache.

More details can be found on docs.appian.com/.../Custom_Data_Types.html

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