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Have questions or feedback on the Appian Dev MCP? This is a great place to ask them.  Appian’s Dev MCP plugin can be found on the Appian App Market here (https://appmarket.appian.com/listings/appian-dev-mcp), as well as a read-only version intended for production use or other environments where it’s important to avoid any design object changes (https://appmarket.appian.com/listings/appian-dev-mcp-read-only).  Documentation and installation guidance can be found here: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/devmcp.htmlAnd finally, our public repo of skills to install alongside the MCP can be found here. We welcome contributions if you’ve developed a skill or skill update you think would benefit other users. https://github.com/appian/dev-mcp-skills

Hi Appian Community,I have a situation involving a process model and a process report.I have a process report that retrieves process variables from active process instances and displays the data.For example, suppose we have an existing process model with several process variables. In the future, we add new process variables and need to populate those variables for existing active process instances.My understanding is that we can use “Upgrade Process” to upgrade the existing active instances to the latest process model version. However, the newly added process variables remain null because the nodes that populate those variables were not executed in the original process instance.The challenge is that I cannot simply restart or manually trigger the new node because the process instance are more, and that node was not part of the execution path when the instance originally started we cannot use “Restart Node” smart service.My requirement is:Upgrade existing active process instances to the

I have a web API which expects post request and provides the response after completing few important nodes and other actions are configured Asynchronously . Asynchronous process involves copy document, send data to second external system which are wrapped as multiple subprocesses. Now let's say if any of these asych process fails and I notify the first external system along with process ID, is there a way possible to retrigger the appian broken instance again (ignore the failure reason)? if not can I restart from the broken node itself? does appian provide this capability? (Plugins: Get Processes By Node Status and process-management-services doesn't seem to be working as expected for my case)

Hi team, I have a gridfield where a gridcolumn has a value who's character count can go upto 2500. I want to implement a functionality where i display only 200 chars and show a link "more". When I click on the link, either a popup appears where the entire 2500 char text is displayed or another site appears to display the whole value. How can I achieve this? I tried to use safelink, but I am not sure how to configure the uri to display the text. Can anyone please help me out. So far, i have achieved this,a!gridColumn( label: "Enter 2500 char text", value: a!richTextDisplayField( value:{a!richTextItem( text: left(fv!row.textValue,255) ), a!richTextItem( text:"..more", link: a!safeLink( ) ) } ) )

I have an editable grid in the site where I want to upload a document from the ‘Add Document’ link. It doesn’t work on the site, but it works in the object. 

I went through the previous threads, and from a discussion 11 months ago, it was mentioned that Appian doesn't support dark mode. Are there any updates or changes on this now? I noticed that Appian does have a dark mode for sites ("Site Color Schemes - Appian 23.1"). The challenge arises in our application (and likely most applications), as we have multiple interfaces. I’ve seen many people refer to using browser extensions for this. So, my question is: What’s the best way to incorporate Appian's dark mode into industry-level applications in 2025? If its Browser Extension, what is the safest Browser Extension?

Hi Everyone,I am trying to embed an image in an HTML email template. My approach is to first convert the document to a Base64 string and then pass that Base64 value to the HTML templateHowever, the image is not rendering in the received email. The Base64 string is getting generated successfully, but the image is still not displayed. 

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Hello,I have a floating point field in UI designed with decimal(12,2) in the backend .In the UI when I entered the number , its converting to scientific notation.How can I avoid this . Thanks   

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Fellow Appian Developers, I am looking for an Appian developer with experience in the healthcare space. We have an existing Appian application and I need another developer to assist with a critical project. Fully remote position, excellent pay, completely flexible hours. Please respond if interested!

Hi everyone,I've been exploring workflow automation and was curious how others approach repetitive business processes.I work in medical billing, where a typical workflow can involve insurance claims, follow-ups, documentation, spreadsheets, emails, and status updates. A lot of these tasks are repetitive, so I've been thinking about where automation could actually save the most time without making the process unnecessarily complicated.For those using Activepieces, what would you automate first in a workflow like this?For example, would you use it for: Sending notifications when a claim status changes Moving information between spreadsheets and other systems Creating follow-up tasks automatically Connecting forms or webhooks with internal tools Generating reports or summaries I'd also be interested in hearing which Activepieces integrations or features you have found most useful for business workflows.What automation has saved you the most manual work?Thanks for sharing your expe

I have a csv string which i am getting it from blueprism through integration. i need to perform some calculation based on this value, i need to iterate this string. but i am unable to iterate its taking as only one string, i want to iterate for each line in this string. "ABC,ABC,2,06:00:00,18:00:00,0.5,3 XYZ,XYZ,3,06:00:00,18:00:00,0.5,3" please any suggestions on this.

Hello everyone! Just a quick question,  how should I prepare for it? Is retaking the Appian Developer Learning Path quizzes enough, or should I practice with other types of tests as well? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

While we are deploying package from one environment to another, we are facing the below error. An error occurred during data store verification. Cause: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: begin 1, end 0, length 1 (APNX-1-4071-014) Has anyone seen this before or any clues on the fix. 

Hi,I am creating a user with Add User smart service,  I have a membership rule for a SAML that includes this username.The email that is generated includes a temporary pwd and a link with ?signin=nativeWithout disabling Send Account Creation Email and creating a custom email, is there a way to suppress the pwd and link to saml sign in page Thanks 

I have process model which run subprocess.Both main and sub process already set alert to specific user. However, when error occur on sub process, alert email was sent to all admin in environment (admin@xxx.appiancloud.com) Are there any workaround for this issue? ----- Following is main and sub process configuration. Main Process Sub Process

We have requirement to automate Regression suit with end to end functionality testing of workflow.What could be the possibility with On premise version without having any Appian provided AI features etc.  

Hello, I am working on an automation process where I use Appian RPA to login to a website and download an excel file (XLS format).My initial plan was to use “Import Excel to Database” smart service (Excel Tools plugin) to import the data directly into the required table. Unfortunately, this is not working as this smart service only works on XLSX and not XLS.  I then tried converting XLS to CSV and then use “Import CSV to Database” smart service (Excel Tools plugin). But even here the file type allowed in XLSX.  Finally, since I have Appian RPA in the scene, I tried opening the excel using “Open Workbook” operation and use “Save Workbook As” operation to convert it into an XLSX file. But this was only changing the name of the file and not the type.Can anyone point me in the direction that I should be taking in Appian to get the data from the XLS file into the database table? Regards,Deepak 

Hi Everyone,I’m doing some hands on practice by myself, where I face some issues while mapping the record type into a PV. As per the documentation it says we can map record type as PV however when I’m searching my record type while configuring the pv, I’m not seeing my record type. Can someone clarify and guide me whether the action which I’m doing is correct or wrong. Please refer to the SS I have attached. 1st one is my record type. 

Hello,I would like to ask about passing context information from a shared interface to a Record Action create form.BackgroundWe have a common Record Type that is shared and used by multiple applications.We created a common maintenance interface for this Record Type.  Interface: COMMON_recordTypeMaintEach application embeds this common interface to manage its own records.  Interface: APP_recordTypeMaintFor example:  COMMON_recordTypeMaint(    appName: "APP1"  )The calling application passes its application name (appName) to the common interface.RequirementWithin COMMON_recordTypeMaint, users can create, update, and delete records.When a user clicks Create, a Record Action is used to open the create form for the Record Type.The Record Type contains an appName field, and we would like this field to be automatically populated with the appName value that was passed from the calling application.For example:APP_recordTypeMaint↓XCOMMON_recordTypeMaint(appName: "APP1")↓Create Record Action↓Crea

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Hi,We have changed the default log in page to access  appian via an idpfor accounts that are not set up as saml users I can login viahttps://<serverdomainname>/suite/portal/login.jspThis gets me to tempo.Is there a way i can get directly to https://<serverdomainname>/suite/design/monitoring/process-activity after logging in ? Thanks Tim   

Hi, We are facing a production issue in an application with a large volume of data. We display case counts using Expression Rules (ERs) and category-wise metrics using a Record Type-based Bar Chart. Although we apply filters on a few columns, when users select a 1-year date range, the queries process a significant amount of data and the ERs fail with:"Memory threshold reached during output conversion"The bar chart performance is also impacted due to the large dataset. We are looking for best practices to handle large-scale reporting and dashboard aggregation in Appian. Has anyone implemented an effective approach for such scenarios in production? Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I have worked across various applications. In my first application, we had 2,3 query rules for same record type but each serving a different purpose depending upon the field being queried or the amount of data being passed. In another project, we have a generic rule for each record type which is being used whenever we want to query the data. In one more project, I have seen only one generic rule being used for all record types which in turn means even the record type is being passed dynamically. I want to understand which approach makes more sense, pros and cons and do we really need to modularize everything this much.