a!queryRecordType() Function

Function

a!queryRecordType( recordType, fields, filters, pagingInfo, fetchTotalCount )

Executes a query on a given record type and returns the result.

See also: Record Type, DataSubset, Constructing Data Type Values, Aggregation Fields Function

Parameters

Keyword Type Description

recordType

RecordType

A reference to a record type. You must reference the record type directly from the recordType! domain. For example, recordType!Case.

fields

Any Type

Fields to be retrieved for the query. This parameter accepts different values depending on the type of query to run. When performing a selection, use a list of record field or related record field references defined with the recordType! domain. When performing an aggregation, use a!aggregationFields() to define the configuration for the aggregated fields.

filters

Any Type

A single logical expression or a list of query filters can be provided to apply additional filters to the record set. Queries also inherit the default filters defined on the referenced record type. Reference record fields or related record fields from the specified record type using the recordType! domain. Record types sourced from a web service or other expression only support this parameter if the data is synced.

pagingInfo

PagingInfo

The paging and sorting configurations to apply when retrieving the record data.

fetchTotalCount

Boolean

If set to true, runs a separate query that retrieves the total number of records in the totalCount parameter of the query result. In cases where you don't need the totalCount, skipping this additional query can improve performance. Can only be used with record types that source from a data store entity.

Types of queries

There are two methods of returning data using a!queryRecordType:

  • A selection returns each record as a separate item in the response. Any field of the record type or related record type can be returned by providing the field within a list in the fields parameter.
  • An aggregation groups fields by common values and also allows using a function to produce a calculated result. An aggregation requires using supporting functions a!aggregationFields, a!grouping, and a!measure to define the query.

Returns

The return type of a!queryRecordType will be a Map data type with the following parameters:

  • success (Boolean)
  • data (List of Record Maps or List of Maps)
  • startIndex (Integer)
  • batchSize (Integer)
  • sort (List of SortInfo)
  • totalCount (Integer)
  • identifiers (List of Integer or List of Text)
  • errorCode (Text)

This map will have the same named fields as a DataSubset (so that it can seamlessly be cast to that type when being passed around your application) with the addition of "success" and "errorCode" fields, like results from an Integration object, so app developers can build error-handling into their applications.

The type for the data parameter varies depending on the type of query:

  • When selecting data, the return type is a list of record map that matches the specified record type.
  • When aggregating data, the return type is a list of map where the keys of the map match the aliases of each grouping or measure.

You can refine the function's output by using dot notation (.) to access specific fields. To have the expression return just the queried data, add .data to the end of the a!queryRecordType() function. Then, to access the data contained in a particular field, add the field name with a record field reference: data[recordType!<record type name>.fields.<field name>]

Error codes

a!queryRecordType returns a query result even if a runtime error happened. In these cases the "success" field of the result would have a value of false and the "errorCode" field will return an Appian Error Code indicating what has happened. You can use these codes to decide what to do next in your application.

Error Code Description Usage
APNX-1-4205-038 The user does not have access to this record type, a related record type, or the underlying data source. This also applies if the user does not have access to a referenced related record type in a filter, sort, or aggregation. This error code could be used to hide elements of an interface
APNX-1-4205-039 The record type or a related record type has not been synced, or the existing synced data has been invalidated. This error code could be used as a condition on which to query the data source instead of waiting for the sync issue to be resolved.
APNX-1-4205-040 The record type's data source or the related record type's data source could not be reached, or the query limit for that source has been reached. While uncommon, for finicky data sources, this error code could be used to prevent an interface from breaking.

Usage considerations

Supported record types

  • You must update the target record type after upgrading to 20.3 in order to use this query.
  • Service-backed and Salesforce-backed record types without data sync enabled are not supported.

Querying record fields

  • To reference a record field, use the recordType! domain to reference a record field. For example, recordType!Customer.fields.firstName returns the firstName field from the Customer record type.
  • If you don't specify a selection of fields, all record fields are returned.
    • Note that this will not return related record fields, only record fields from the record type specified in the recordType parameter.
  • You can reference related record fields in the fields parameter and when sorting or filtering.
  • To reference a related record field, use the recordType! domain to reference a relationship and select a related record field.
    • For example, recordType!Customer.relationships.cases.fields.status is using the relationship on the Customer record type to select the status field from the Case record type.

Using the pagingInfo parameter

  • The batchSize in your pagingInfo for a!queryRecordType cannot be larger than 5000, and cannot be -1.
  • If the record type isn't sorted by the identifier, a final identifier sort is added to ensure deterministic sorting when using a selection.
  • Multiple sortInfos are not yet available for process-backed record types.

Examples

Record type object references are specific to each environment. If you copy and paste these examples into your interface, they will not evaluate. Use them as a references only.

Selection of customer fields

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a!queryRecordType(
  recordType: recordType!Customer,
  fields: {
    recordType!Customer.fields.name,
    recordType!Customer.fields.customerSince,
    recordType!Customer.relationships.industry.fields.label
  },
  pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(
    startIndex: 1,
    batchSize: 5000,
    sort: {
      a!sortInfo(
        field: recordType!Customer.fields.customerSince,
        ascending: false
      ),
      a!sortInfo(
        field: recordType!Customer.fields.name,
        ascending: true
      )
    }
  ),
  fetchTotalCount: true
).data

Sample output from the query above:

/query record type output example2

Aggregation of orders by priority

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a!queryRecordType(
  recordType: recordType!Order,
  fields: a!aggregationFields(
    groupings: a!grouping(
      field: recordType!Order.relationships.priority.fields.label,
      alias: "Priority",
    ),
    measures: a!measure(
      field: recordType!Order.fields.id,
      function: "COUNT",
      alias: "Order_Count"
    )
  ),
  filters: a!queryFilter(
    field: recordType!Order.fields.createdOn,
    operator: "between",
    value: /* Trailing 12 Months */ {eomonth(today(),-13) + 1, eomonth(today(),-1)}
  ),
  pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 500,)
).data

Sample output from the query above:

/query record type output example

Old versions

There are older versions of this function. You can identify older versions by looking at the name to see if there is a version suffix. If you are using an old version, be sure to refer to the corresponding documentation from the list below.

Old Versions Reason for Update
a!queryRecordType_20r4

Replaced selection with fields, which now allows for both selection and aggregation of record data when querying a given record type.

To learn more about how Appian handles this kind of versioning, see the Function and Component Versions page.

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