Integrating SharePoint with Appian's Connected System

Introduction

In this article, you will learn about how to set up SharePoint to work with Appian’s Connected System. This integration allows users to create and access documents on SharePoint via Appian.

For more information about connected systems and their configurations options, see Connected System Objects.

For more information about the SharePoint Connected System, see SharePoint.

Setting up your application registration

Before setting up SharePoint to work with your Appian connected system, you’ll need to complete Microsoft’s application registration process.

To set up application registration:

  1. Log in to Microsoft Azure Admin portal with an admin account.
  2. Go to App Registrations and click on New Registration.
  3. In Name, enter the name of the application.
  4. Select Accounts in this organizational directory only as the Supported account type.

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  5. Enter the Redirect URI.

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    You can find the Redirect URI when you create the Connected System in Appian for SharePoint.

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  6. Click Register.
  7. Record the Application (Client) ID and the Directory (tenant) ID.
    • You can find this information by clicking on the newly registered application and selecting Overview from the left hand panel. You will need this information when you setup the connected system in Appian.
  8. From the left hand navigation panel, click on Certificates and Secrets to generate a client secret for this app.
  9. Click on New Client Secret.
  10. Add a Description of the client secret.
  11. Select a timeframe for Expires and click Add.
  12. Click Save Value to copy and save the values for your records. You will need this information when you set up the connected system in Appian.

Configuring the API permissions

After registering the application, you need to configure API permissions for this app in Microsoft Azure.

To configure API permissions:

  1. From the left hand navigation panel, click on API Permissions for the application.
  2. Click Add Permission.

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  3. Select SharePoint as the Microsoft API.

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  4. Click Delegated Permissions.
  5. Select the following permissions:
    • All Sites.Read
    • All Sites.Write

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  6. Click Add Permissions.
  7. Click Add Permission again.
  8. Select SharePoint as the Microsoft API.
  9. Click Application Permissions.
  10. Select the following permissions:
    • Sites.Read.All
    • Sites.ReadWrite.All
  11. Click Add Permissions.
  12. From API Permissions, click Grant admin consent for <domain name>. Note that Office 365 Global Admin permission is required to perform this step.

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Configuring application properties

To configure application properties:

  1. From the Azure portal, click on Enterprise Applications.
  2. Locate the application you registered in Setting up Application Registration.
  3. From the left hand navigation panel, select Properties.
  4. Set Enabled for users to sign-in to Yes.
  5. Set User assignment required to No.
  6. Set Visible to users to Yes.
  7. Click Save.

Setting up SharePoint Connected System in Appian

To set up a SharePoint connected system in Appian you need to follow the steps in this article. If you select the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Authentication option when setting up your SharePoint connected system, note that each user that accesses SharePoint through the connection system will be required to authorize access. To enable this, you will need to provide the authorization link on an interface within your application that users can access to provide the authorization.

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