document() Function

Function

document( documentId, property )

Returns property information for a document.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
documentId	Number	The Id of the document. This parameter accepts document objects as well. Document objects are represented by their Id number internally.
property	Text	Information to retrieve for this document.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

The property parameter accepts the following case-sensitive values:

• dateCreated
• description
• expirationDate
• extension
• folderId
• folderName
• id
• knowledgeCenterId
• knowledgeCenterName
• lastUserToModify
• lockedBy
• name
• totalNumberOfVersions
• pendingApproval
• size (in bytes)
• approved
• changesRequireApproval
• url
  

Examples

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

document(101,"expirationDate") returns 12/21/05 2:28 PM GMT

Feature compatibility

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

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
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	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

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