a!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppian() Function

Connector Functions

Function

a!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppian( scsExternalSystemKey, usePerUserCredentials, atomPubUrl, repositoryId, objectId, properties, appianDocument, appianDocumentVersion, appianDocumentAllowExpired )

Copies an Appian document to a location in the CMIS target system, specified by the value of the objectId parameter.

See also: Writer, bind().

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
`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.
`objectId`	Text	The object id of the CMIS folder to which the Appian document will be copied.
`properties`	Any Type	The CMIS document properties, given as a dictionary. The string "cmis:" will automatically be included in the key name if no colon is present in key name. Example: `{name:"test name", description:"test description"}`
`appianDocument`	Document	The Appian document to which the document to copy to the target CMIS system.
`appianDocumentVersion`	Number (Integer)	The version number of the Appian document to copy to the target CMIS system. If no value is provided for this parameter, the current version of the document will be copied.
`appianDocumentAllowExpired`	Boolean	Determines if expired Appian documents can be copied. Default: `true`.

Returns

Writer

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

Example

Copy and paste an example into an Appian Expression Editor to experiment with it.

Pick a document in Appian and copy to the specified CMIS folder ID

=load(
  local!appianDocument,
  local!cmisFolderId,
  local!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppianWriter: bind(
    null,
    a!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppian(
      scsExternalSystemKey: cons!CMIS_SCS_KEY,
      usePerUserCredentials: true,
      atomPubUrl: cons!CMIS_URL,
      repositoryId: cons!CMIS_REPO_ID,
      objectId: local!cmisFolderId,
      properties: {name: "Example Document"},
      appianDocument: _
    )
  ),
  {
      a!textField(
        label: "Folder Id",
        instructions: "The object id of the CMIS folder into which the Appian document will be copied",
        value: local!cmisFolderId,
        saveInto: local!cmisFolderId
      ),
      a!pickerFieldDocuments(
        label: "Select an Appian Document",
        instructions: "The selected document will be copied to the target CMIS site",
        maxSelections: 1,
        value: local!appianDocument,
        saveInto: local!appianDocument
      ),
      a!buttonArrayLayout(
        buttons: {
          a!buttonWidget(
            label: "Copy Document to CMIS",
            value: local!appianDocument,
            saveInto: local!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppianWriter
          )
        }
      )
  }
)

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
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.

a!cmiCopyDocumentFromAppian() Function