a!cmiCopyDocumentToAppian() Function

Copies a document from the CMIS target system to Appian, creating a new version of an existing Appian document.

Syntax

a!cmiCopyDocumentToAppian( scsExternalSystemKey, usePerUserCredentials, atomPubUrl, repositoryId, objectId, properties, appianDocument)

Common Parameters:

scsExternalSystemKey: (Text) The key from the Third Party Credentials admin console page that corresponds to the set of credentials that should be used to authenticate.

usePerUserCredentials: (Boolean) If true the credentials set in the Third-Party Credentials settings page by the current user running the expression will be used. If false the site-wide credential values will be used.

atomPubUrl: (Text) The Atom Pub URL of the CMIS target system.

repositoryId: (Text) The repository id on the CMIS target system.

Specific Parameters:

objectId: (Text) The object id of the CMIS document that will be copied to Appian.

appianDocument: (Document) The Appian document to which the document from the CMIS system will be copied as a new version.

Returns

Writer

This function returns a writer and must be used with the bind() function.

See also:

Examples

Copy a Document from CMIS as a New Version of an Appian Document

Copy and paste the expression into the INTERFACE DEFINITION in EXPRESSION MODE, save it, then call the interface in a Tempo Report to test.

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=load(
  local!cmisDocId,
  local!appianDocument,
  local!cmiCopyDocumentToAppianWriter: bind(
    null,
    a!cmiCopyDocumentToAppian(
      scsExternalSystemKey: cons!CMIS_SCS_KEY,
      usePerUserCredentials: true,
      atomPubUrl: cons!CMIS_URL,
      repositoryId: cons!CMIS_REPO_ID,
      objectId: local!cmisDocId,
      appianDocument: _
    )
  ),
  {
      a!columnsLayout(
        columns: {
          a!columnLayout(
            contents: {
              a!textField(
                label: "Object ID of CMIS Document",
                instructions: "The CMIS document to copy",
                value: local!cmisDocId,
                saveInto: local!cmisDocId
              )
            }
          ),
          a!columnLayout(
            contents: {
              a!pickerFieldDocuments(
                label: "Target Appian Document",
                instructions: "The document from the CMIS site will be copied as a new version of this document",
                maxSelections: 1,
                value: local!appianDocument,
                saveInto: local!appianDocument
              ),
              a!buttonArrayLayout(
                buttons: {
                  a!buttonWidget(
                    label: "Copy Document to Appian",
                    value: local!appianDocument,
                    saveInto: local!cmiCopyDocumentToAppianWriter
                  )
                }
              )
            }
          )
        }
      )
  }
)
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