View this page in the latest version of Appian. Document and Folder Picker Component Share Share via LinkedIn Reddit Email Copy Link Print On This Page Function a!pickerFieldDocumentsAndFolders( label, labelPosition, instructions, required, requiredMessage, readOnly, disabled, maxSelections, folderFilter, value, validations, validationGroup, saveInto, placeholder, helpTooltip, accessibilityText, showWhen ) Displays an autocompleting input for the selection of one or more documents or folders. Parameters Name Keyword Types Description Label label Text Text to display as the field label. Label Position labelPosition Text Determines where the label appears. Valid values: "ABOVE" (default) Displays the label above the component. "ADJACENT" Displays the label to the left of the component. "COLLAPSED" Hides the label. The label will still be read by screen readers; see accessibility considerations for more information. "JUSTIFIED" Aligns the label alongside the component starting at the edge of the page. Instructions instructions Text Supplemental text about this field. Required required Boolean Determines if a value is required to submit the form. Default: false. Required Message requiredMessage Text Custom message to display when the field's value is required and not provided. Read-only readOnly Boolean Determines if the field should display as not editable. Default: false. Disabled disabled Boolean Determines if the field should display as potentially editable but grayed out. Default: false. Maximum Selections maxSelections Number (Integer) Maximum number of allowed selections. Once this number is reached, further selections are blocked until a selection is removed. Folder Filter folderFilter Folder When present, only documents and folders that are inside this folder and its subfolders are suggested. Display Value value List of Document or Folder Array of currently selected documents and folders. Validations validations List of Text String Validation errors to display below the field when the value is not null. Validation Group validationGroup Text When present, the requiredness of the field is only evaluated when a button in the same validation group is pressed. The value for this parameter cannot contain spaces. For example, “validation group” is not a valid value. You need to add an underscore between words: “validation_group”. See the following recipes for more information: Configure Buttons with Conditional Requiredness Validation Groups for Buttons with Multiple Validation Rules' Save Input To saveInto List of Save One or more variables that are updated with the array of selected documents and folders when the user selects or removes a document or folder. Use a!save() to save a modified or alternative value to a variable. Placeholder placeholder Text Text to display in the field when it is empty. Does not show if the field is read only. Help Tooltip helpTooltip Text Displays a help icon with the specified text as a tooltip. The tooltip displays a maximum of 500 characters. The help icon does not show when the label position is "COLLAPSED". Accessibility Text accessibilityText Text Additional text to be announced by screen readers. Used only for accessibility; produces no visible change. Visibility showWhen Boolean Determines whether the component is displayed on the interface. When set to false, the component is hidden and is not evaluated. Default: true. Usage considerations Saving and displaying values and placeholders The component always saves an array regardless of how many selections have been made. Any nulls in the array passed to selected documents or folders are not displayed. Whether placeholder text clears on focus or input varies by device and browser. Filtering and permissions When the filter folder is used, the filtering folder itself is never suggested. The user viewing the picker must have access to view documents and folders passed to the value. Only documents and folders that the viewing user has permissions to see appear in the suggestions list. When folderFilter is not null, the viewing user must have permission to view the filtering folder for any suggestions to be made. Feature compatibility The table below lists this component's compatibility with various features in Appian. Feature Compatibility Note Portals Incompatible Offline Mobile Incompatible Sync-Time Custom Record Fields Incompatible Real-Time Custom Record Fields Incompatible Process Reports Incompatible You cannot use this function to configure a process report. Process Events Incompatible You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event. Feedback Was this page helpful? SHARE FEEDBACK Loading...
