Edit KC Properties Smart Service

Overview

The Edit KC node lets you update the name, description and/or expiration date of a selected Knowledge Center. To execute this node, you must be a System Administrator, a member of the Document Administrators group, or a Knowledge Center Administrator.

Keep in mind that the changes made by your process, such as giving a Knowledge Center a new name, might not be visible until you have refreshed the page.

Properties

• Category: Document Management

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• Assignment Options: Attended or unattended

• Compatible with autoscale: Yes *

Configuration options

This section contains tab configuration details specific to this smart service. For more information about common configurations see the Process Node Properties page.

Data tab

This tab displays all the Node Inputs and Node Outputs for the Service Node. You can add additional inputs and outputs, if needed.

Node inputs

The default inputs are:

Input	Data Type	Required	Multiple
Knowledge Center	Knowledge Center	Yes	No
Name	Text	No	No
Description	Text	No	No
Expiration Days	Number	No	No

If the node is run without being assigned to a user (or a group) you must specify values for each of the Node Inputs listed in the table above. You can either manually enter data into the text-field, or a value can be generated using the Expression Editor. When using the Expression Editor, you can reference and modify Process Variables, rules, constants, and other data. The expressions then specify your Node Input values.

The default file-expiration interval is 10000 days.

If the node is assigned, the Node Input values are typed by your assigned user(s) into a form.

Usage considerations

Run at low throughput in autoscaled processes

This smart service is not intended for high-throughput usage and should only be used at low frequency in processes with autoscale enabled. The underlying services this node relies on may not scale to the same degree as autoscale-enabled processes, which may impact performance at high concurrency.

For autoscaled processes, consider one or more of these approaches:

• Position this node in less used paths within your process flow. This could be an exception path or an uncommon case for the process.
• Monitor node execution times during performance testing to see if the node performs differently at scale.

When used in an autoscaled process, the node should behave as it would in a standard process of comparable scale. For typical workloads, no special design considerations are needed.

a!editKnowledgeCenterProperties()

The Edit Knowledge Center Properties smart service is available as an expression function that can be executed inside a saveInto on a Interface Component or as part of a Web API.

Syntax

a!editKnowledgeCenterProperties( knowledgeCenter, name, description, expirationDays, onSuccess, onError )

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
knowledgeCenter	Knowledge Center	The knowledge center to modify.
name	Text	The new name of the knowledge center.
description	Text	The new description of the knowledge center.
expirationDays	Number (Integer)	The number of days after which documents in the selected knowledge center will expire.
onSuccess	Any Type	A list of saves or an HTTP response to execute after the smart service executes successfully. Created with a!save() or a!httpResponse().
onError	Any Type	A list of saves or an HTTP response to execute when the smart service does not execute successfully. Created with a!save() or a!httpResponse().

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this smart service 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 Interfaces	Incompatible
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	Partially compatible	If autoscale is enabled, can be used to configure a supported process event node (such as a start event or timer event).
Event Consumer Filter Conditions	Incompatible	Cannot be used in filter conditions.
Event Consumer Event Handlers	Incompatible	Cannot be used in event handler expressions.

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