KB-1200 How to recover a deleted process model

Elly Meng — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 21:03:18 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Elly Meng on 1/5/2023 9:03:18 PM

Purpose

This article outlines options for recovering a deleted Appian object.

Instructions

Import the object from another environment.
Import the object from a previous application export that contains the object.

If the above is not feasible, below are additional options based on your environment type.

Cloud

Revert the environment to a snapshot from when the environment still contained the object. Please note that this may incur data loss as any changes made to the environment since the time of snapshot will be lost. More information about the reversion process can be found in KB-2013.

Before creating a support case, contact your Account Executive regarding the additional cost of on-demand reversions.

Self-Managed

If you have a backup of your environment from when it contained the object, you may try reverting to this backup. Please engage your infrastructure team to determine if this is a viable option as any changes made to the environment since the time of snapshot will be lost.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: January 2023

Tags: administration, process models, application design

KB-1200 How to recover a deleted process model

Parmida Borhani — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:25:46 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 12/19/2017 4:25:46 PM

Purpose

This article outlines how to recover a deleted process model.

Instructions

A deleted process model can be recovered in one of the following ways:

Import the process model from another environment.
Import the *.xml file associated with the process model from the Appian installation directory.

If importing the process model from another environment is not possible, perform the following steps:

Determine the UUID of the process model that was deleted:
1. Go to /designer and open the Processes tab.
2. Locate a process instance using the deleted process model.
3. Click on the process instance and select Edit Process.
4. In the Process Modeler, go to File > Properties and find the Process Model UUID.
Go to <APPIAN_HOME>/_admin/models
Search recursively for a folder named with the UUID:
1. In Linux, run the following command: find . -name <UUID>
2. In Windows, use Windows Explorer to search for the UUID.
Download the highest number *.xml file for the latest version of the process model.
Open the Process Modeler.
Select File > Import.
Choose the *.xml file from Step 4.
Select File > Save and Publish.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: March 2017

Tags: administration, process models, application design

KB-1200 How to recover a deleted process model

Nick Vigilante — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 20:23:52 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/6/2017 8:23:52 PM

This article outlines how to recover a deleted process model.

A deleted process model can be recovered in one of the following ways:

Import the process model from another environment.
Import the *.xml file associated with the process model from the Appian installation directory.

If importing the process model from another environment is not possible, perform the following steps:

Determine the UUID of the process model that was deleted:
1. Go to /designer and open the Processes tab.
2. Locate a process instance using the deleted process model.
3. Click on the process instance and select Edit Process.
4. In the Process Modeler, go to File > Properties and find the Process Model UUID.
Go to <APPIAN_HOME>/_admin/models
Search recursively for a folder named with the UUID:
1. In Linux, run the following command: find . -name <UUID>
2. In Windows, use Windows Explorer to search for the UUID.
Download the highest number *.xml file for the latest version of the process model.
Open the Process Modeler.
Select File > Import.
Choose the *.xml file from Step 4.
Select File > Save and Publish.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: March 2017

Tags: administration, process models, application design