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Ability to put URLs in the Site Navigation bar

I often get the request for adding random URLs to the Site Navigation bar (e.g., links to external systems, documentation, etc.). Currently the nav...

Mathieu Drouin over 2 years ago

Interface testing with locale - enhancement

I18n usually requires a combination of text translations, made much easier now with Translation Sets, but also number/date/time formatting. Request...

Dan L. Discord over 2 years ago

Adding SSA reports on the interface

Site gives the users a complete experience, presenting everything at a single place. But to access the SSA reports, the users have to leave the sit...

Harshit Bumb Discord over 2 years ago

Multiple default options of user filter

While adding default options under a user filter, it limits to only add one option. Can we have multiple choices for the load screen?

Harsh Kumar Agarwal over 2 years ago

Process Variable journey in Process History

In the process model can we have a drop-down filter of all the process variables? By selecting the variables I can see all the changes of that vari...

Harsh Kumar Agarwal over 2 years ago

Ability to use built in UUID function for the generation of primary keys

If we want to use a uuid as a primary key, we need to create our own function (there's an example in the Playbook) or use the function in content t...

Mathieu Drouin over 2 years ago

Mandatory property for record data

The ability to mark a field as mandatory when creating a new record and for this to be included in the database script to set the db column as NOT ...

SimonJ Discord over 2 years ago

Ability to retrieve a translation set for a specific language

Let developers retrieve a translation set for a specific language

Mathieu Drouin over 2 years ago

Ability to retrieve all labels contained in a translation set

Seems to be impossible to simply reference a Translation Set

Mathieu Drouin over 2 years ago

Ability to search for a specific translation set when looking up a translation

Right now, the lookup is across all translation sets, you can end up including a translation from another app.

Mathieu Drouin over 2 years ago

Dark mode for Appian on a User level

This would be a nice addition that Appian could provide for devs

Vasken S. Discord over 2 years ago

Maria db compare / copy back

Is where any way of having an environment db compare to help with db release? We are trying to implement the indempotent scripts but this would be ...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Improve Compare & Deploy Experience

Feels very sluggish overall, it used to be much quicker. Unit tests are slow to run. Unit tests show as outdated when you ran them a moment ago dur...

Mathieu Drouin almost 3 years ago

Show interfaces without adding to task queue, without all the extra hoops of quick tasks!

I think it's pretty common these days to want to show user input tasks without having the task add to queue. I've always handled this by configurin...

danxman Discord almost 3 years ago

Unofficial product backlog for Appian feature requests

Hello. I see many Appian feature requests coming in this Discord forum as well in our lovely Appian community. As time passes by our feature reques...

GD_101 Discord almost 3 years ago

Make Packages useful?

Interested in how many people are actually using Packages for managing tickets/deployments. I find myself (and therefore my teams) continuing to us...

danxman Discord almost 3 years ago

Production process instances saving

Currently process model instances get cleared out after a configurable time span. Quite often when we have production errors we don't have time to ...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Debug interface rule inputs groups

When we have to debug an interface - that we have not been involved in the build - sometimes it is difficult to get the interface to run if we have...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

App Dependency Hierarchy - circular reference

Currently we have to use integrations and webapis to pass data from apps higher in the app hierarchy. Is there any strategy to allow objects to be ...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Defaulting Null Rule Inputs to interfaces & expressions

Almost on all interfaces and expressions rules we have to check for nulls and default to a value if they are not passed. Could this be done at rule...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Process Model Smart services for record types

This is do with batch sized and enumeration loops. Could the looping be integrated into the smart service node as configurable on retrievals and up...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Record Type Default columns

Currently when we create a new record type it names the primary key as ID and I need to change it to include the table name. E.g. customersId. Coul...

RaymondS Discord almost 3 years ago

Feature request: Double clicking opens node input value expression.

Hi! In the process model there are too many mouse clicks involved when I want to edit the node input value. Let me explain. Existing mouse clicks t...

GD_101 Discord almost 3 years ago

Modals! Modals modals modals modals modals.

For the love of St. Nicholas, PLEASE we need to be able to open a "mini-interface" modal from a dynamic link or button. BONUS- this same component ...

danxman Discord almost 3 years ago

A Feature request: Collapse local variables

Allow to collapse all local variables in the Expression rule. Many times I have to go thru a code I have previously reviewed and know exactly where...

GD_101 Discord almost 3 years ago