Interface Recipes

Note: Looking for patterns and examples? Check out the SAIL Design System.

Overview

Interface recipes provide you with a combination of components and dynamic expressions to achieve common, user-interface designs. This page contains a searchable list of all interface recipes.

Adapting recipes

Be sure to check out How to Adapt a Recipe for Your Application if you're new to working with interfaces.

Example data

Many of these recipes rely on sample Employee data or sample data from the Appian Retail application.

To follow along with recipes that use sample Employee data, complete the Use the Write to Data Store Entity Smart Service Function on an Interface recipe to create the sample Employee data. If a recipe uses the Employee record type, complete the Database-Backed Record Type Tutorial to create the record type and additional objects.
To follow along with recipes that use data from the Appian Retail application, log in to Appian Community to request the latest Appian Community Edition site. This application is available for free and contains sample retail data, fully configured record types, and example reports.

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Validation Add Multiple Validation Rules to One Component

Validation, Grids, Looping Add Validations to an Inline Editable Grid

Looping Add and Populate Sections Dynamically

Grids, Looping Add, Edit, and Remove Data in an Inline Editable Grid

Hierarchical Data, Group Management Add, Remove, and Move Group Members Browser

Reports, Charts, Query Data, Grids, Records Aggregate Data and Conditionally Display in a Chart or Grid

Reports, Charts, Query Data, Records Aggregate Data and Display in a Chart

Reports, Charts, Query Data, Records Aggregate Data by Multiple Fields and Display in a Chart

Reports, Query Data, Grids, Records Aggregate Data on a Date or Date and Time Field

Reports, Charts, Query Data, Filtering, Records Aggregate Data using a Filter and Display in a Chart

Hierarchical Data Browse Hierarchical Data

Wizards Build a Wizard with Milestone Navigation

Wizards Build an Interface Wizard

Grids, Conditional Display Conditionally Hide a Column in a Grid

Validation Configure Buttons with Conditional Requiredness

Conditional Display, Choice Components Configure Cascading Dropdowns

Choice Components Configure a Boolean Checkbox

Charts, Grids, Query Data, Records Configure a Chart Drilldown to a Grid

Charts, Grids Configure a Chart to Grid Toggle

Choice Components Configure a Dropdown Field to Save a CDT

Choice Components Configure a Dropdown with an Extra Option for Other

Pickers Configure an Array Picker

Pickers Configure an Array Picker that Ignores Duplicates

Pickers Configure an Array Picker with a Show All Option

Formatting Define a Simple Currency Component

Grids Delete Rows in a Grid

Auto-Refresh Disable Automatic Refresh After User Saves Into a Variable

Auto-Refresh, Grids, Records Display Last Refresh Time

Document Management, Grids Display Multiple Files in a Grid

Grids, Images, Reports Display Processes by Process Model with Status Icons

Grids, Reports, Looping Display a User's Tasks in a Grid With Task Links

Records, Reports, Charts, Filtering Dynamically Show Sales by Product Category Compared to Total Sales

Hierarchical Data, Grids Expand/Collapse Rows in a Tree Grid

Grids, Filtering, Records Filter the Data in a Grid

Charts, Grids, Filtering, Records Filter the Data in a Grid Using a Chart

Formatting Format the User's Input

Validation, Grids, Records Limit Grid Selection to One Row

Validation, Grids, Records Limit the Number of Rows in a Grid That Can Be Selected

Validation Make a Component Required Based on a User Selection

Records, Reports, Formatting Percentage of Online Sales

Auto-Refresh, Smart Services Refresh Data After Executing a Smart Service

Auto-Refresh Refresh Data Using a Refresh Button

Auto-Refresh Refresh Until Asynchronous Action Completes

Records, Reports Sales by Country and Currency

Records, Reports, Charts Sales by Region

Grids, Smart Services, Filtering, Reports Save a User's Report Filters to a Data Store Entity

Grids, Filtering, Reports Searching on Multiple Columns

Conditional Display Set a Numeric Rating Using Rich Text Icons

Default Value Set the Default Value Based on a User Input

Default Value Set the Default Value of CDT Fields Based on a User Input

Default Value Set the Default Value of an Input on a Start Form

Default Value Set the Default Value of an Input on a Task Form

Formatting, Grids, Records Show Calculated Columns in a Grid

Conditional Display Show a Numeric Rating as Rich Text Icons

Validation Showing Validation Errors that Aren't Specific to One Component

Records, Grids Sync Records using a Record Action

Records, Reports, Grids Top Customers and Their Latest Order

Records, Reports, Charts Total Orders Compared to Orders Purchased with Promo Codes

Grids Track Adds and Deletes in Inline Editable Grid

Records, Smart Services Update an Entity-Backed Record from its Summary View

Grids Use Links in a Grid to Show More Details and Edit Data

Grids, Web Services Use Links in a Grid to Show More Details and Edit Data in External System

Grids Use Selection For Bulk Actions in an Inline Editable Grid

Validation Use Validation Groups for Buttons with Multiple Validation Rules

Filtering, Charts Use a Filter to Adjust Chart Reference Lines

Formatting, Reports Use the Gauge Fraction and Gauge Percentage Configurations

Smart Services, Looping Use the Write Records Smart Service Function on an Interface

Smart Services, Grids, Looping Use the Write to Data Store Entity Smart Service Function on an Interface

Records, Reports, Formatting Year-Over-Year Sales Growth

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