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April 18, 2024
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How to start a process from a QR code via Phone's browser

  • April 18, 2024
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The requirement is as follows;

I need to start a process and it requires two information, a ID and the user data. Now after users scan a QR code it will open a URL in the browser and landed to page then click on a start process button it starts a process.

The QR code has the ID and URL that should open APPIAN interface on WEB Browser and on the landing interface I can capture the user data. Now on start process click it will start the process model with necessary data.

How can I achieve this?

7 replies

venkatrea696188
April 18, 2024

How much of this have you completed so far? .

I think few plugin's are there that helps you to generate a QR code and read a QR code Barcode and QR Code Utilities and Read QR from PDF go through the documentation once. 

konduruc733182
April 18, 2024

Hello [mention:badc3eb7553340be80ed947b482eb441:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] 

I guess that should not be a problem. If you say you are showing a QR to scan and land on Appian page that would definetely be something do-able outside Appian. And you would need a interface which would collect the ID and User data in the form and on submit you would start a process and refresh the locals that collect the data.

April 18, 2024

The QR code have that ID, and that should be passed to the Interface, how do I achieve that? can you please elaborate.

konduruc733182
April 18, 2024

So you are saying the QR it self would take the user to the form and also the ID should be captured?

Not sure if that can be done in one go. But how about having an additional scan field which will let the user to scan the QR code and get the ID. Is it something that can be acceptable? If yes, then a expression rule to scan the QR and get the ID from the parts of URL can be done.

gopalk2865
Participating Frequently
April 18, 2024

user who is going to scan QR is Appian user or just random user?

April 18, 2024

Appian User.

mathieud0001
Brainy
April 18, 2024

Create a site page with URL parameters. Have the QR code go to that URL and include the ID in the url parameters.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.1/url-parameters.html

On that page, capture whatever other info you need and have a button that initiates a process via startProcess.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.1/Start_Process_Smart_Service.html