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mikec634
New Participant
Feb 15, 2022 6:33 PM UTC
Question

Using the @user feature for notifying a user

In this post I can begin typing @mi... and it will display a list of users to select from.  Is this possible in Appian?  If not has anyone come up with a way to implement it with a smart service or other product add-on?

Thanks

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    3 replies

    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    Feb 15, 2022 6:52 PM UTC

    There have been some discussion about this topic, but no, not supported.

    You could try to pattern match entered text for existing users to notify them. But then you still have no auto-suggestion.

    csteward
    Brainy
    Feb 15, 2022 6:52 PM UTC

    Unfortunately you won't be able to achieve a picker solution that appears inside another component such as a!textField() or a!paragraphField(), where users can type freely.  There have been some discussions on similar functionality prior, such as this thread, which involve having the user type out the entire @user.name, and then parsing the text to find matching accounts and log what you need to from there.  There can be validation included which will determine if the accounts typed are found or not, etc.

    mikec634
    mikec634Author
    New Participant
    Feb 15, 2022 6:57 PM UTC

    Thanks guys, I wanted to at least check but I thought that was the issue.