Appian Development General Notes: Configuration, Metrics, and Deployment, Exams of Social Sciences

General notes on appian development, covering topics such as default production configuration, system metrics, engine system metrics, record sync, engine performance, application server addition, engine performance logs, background activity monitoring, appian engine acronyms, troubleshooting symptoms, application deployment methods, document hierarchy, object comparison, versioning, rest apis, architecture, security, authentication, cloud database, logging, and user types. It includes practical information and recommendations for appian developers and administrators. Useful for understanding appian's architecture, deployment processes, and troubleshooting techniques, making it a valuable resource for both new and experienced appian professionals.

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LEAD DEVELOPER APPIAN -

GENERAL NOTES

  1. Default production configura- tion for Appian Cloud 4 CPUs and 30GB RAM
  2. system.csv 1. The System Metrics log file provides information about the JVM environment.
    1. The data recorded every 5 mins
  3. engine_system.csv 1. The Engine System Metrics log file provides information about the engine server.
    1. These metrics are recorded every five minutes
  4. Record Sync - If you are sync- ing more than 500,000 rows and the sync duration is longer than expected, What needs to be done?. It may be advisable to increase the RAM
  5. When the Appian engines reach If each appian engine have an entire CPU dedicated to their their optimal performance?
  6. What is the preferred way to add application servers?
    1. Add multiple small applica- tion servers
    2. Add one big application serv- er use.
      1. ad multiple small application servers
  7. Which log contains the informa- Engine performance Logs tion about Appian engine per- formance?
  8. To monitor the levels of re- quested but not completed perf_monitor_db_<ENGINE-ACRONYM>_.csv "Work Queue - Java Work Queue size" from "Engine Perfor- mance Logs"

Symptom - High execute time in Suggested Option - Optimize your quries and Applications perf_monitor_rdbms_slow.csv and External Data Sources

  1. Appian application Deployment 1. Compare and Deploy (Direct) - Guided puh button deploy- methods
  2. Appian Document hierarchy ment of applications, packages, plug-ins and database scripts across environments.
    1. Programmatically via APIs (External) - Customize your own deployment process with native Appian APIs.
    2. Export and Import (Manual) - Manually export and import applications and packages.
  3. Appian application post deploy- This is a process that automatically runs after a direct or ment process external^ deployment^ has^ finished^ on^ an^ environment.^ From this process, you'll be able to access key information about the relevant deployment.
  4. How many packages can be cre- 100 ated per Appian application?
  5. Appian Deployment - Object comparison - Object statuses
  6. Appian Deployment - Compare and Deploy - Steps
    1. Select Target
    2. Prepare deployment
    3. Inspect Deployment
    • Check Security warnings
  1. Admin Console - Maintenance Winndow
    • Inspect test case failures
    • Inspect missing precedents
    1. Review Details
    2. Deploy the package to the target environment While a maintenance window is active:
    • Only System Administrators will be able to sign into the site
    • Basic users' active sessions will be expired
    • REST endpoints will return a 401 error
  2. Appian Deployment - With com- * All application objects. pare and Deploy, We can deploy * Packages. the following,
  3. Appian Deployment - Insepct deployment - activities
  4. Appian Versioning supported only for the following design objects
    • Application configurations.
    • Database scripts.
    • Plug-ins.
    • Import customization files.
    1. Security check
    2. Failed or missing test cases
    3. Missing precedents
    4. Connected Systems
    5. Integrations
    6. Constants
    7. Decisions
    8. Expression rules
    9. Interfaces
    10. Process Models
    11. Process Reports
    12. Web APIs
  5. How to force a sync on import? To force the sync on import:
    1. In your import customization file, uncomment the com-
  1. Appian Deployment - REST APIs 1. Inspect Package are 2.^ Get^ Inspect^ results
    1. Deploy the package
    2. Get deployment results
    3. Get deployment logs
  2. Appian Architecture - 1. A front end server hosting the Appian web application
    1. A set of backend in-memory database engines
    2. One or more search servers
    3. A relational database hosting Appian internal data and metadata, plus any additional relational databases hosting Appian business data
    4. A data server to store application data and metadata
    5. An internal messaging service that relays messages be- tween ditterent components of Appian
  3. Appian enterprise architecture overview
  4. Which type of users have access System Administrators to Appian Admin console?
  5. Where the system loggin all changes made on Appian Ad- min console and what is the log name?
  6. Admin console - System - Data Retention APPIAN_HOME\logs\audit admin_console_audit.csv
    1. Allow news entry deletion
    2. Enable periodic cleanup of deployment packages Appian recommendation: set 30 or less

Admin console - System - File Upload

  1. Admin Console - Where enable location capture settings needs to be enabled?
  2. In admin console, What does the data retention page?
  3. When using the admin con- sole for site branding, what at- tribute controls the ability to display a message to all users?
  4. When would you disable users editing their user profile infor- mation in Appian?
  5. Security Framework Authendi- cation
  6. Appian LDAP Authendication
  7. Appian SAML Authendication
    1. Enable relatime virus scanning
    2. File type check
    • block the specified file type extensions
    • Allow the specified file type extensions Admin Console - Mobile - Enable Location Capture
    1. If users can delete their news entries
    2. Enable periodic cleanup of deployment package Display site-wide banner When their user information is being synced from an external user management system.

If you have cloud environment, You must use Maria DB as cloud database?

  1. How can you connect your ex- ternal authentication systems with your cloud environment? Setup VPN tunnel
  2. Appian user types 1. Basic Users
    1. System Administrators
  3. Appian process security
  4. If a user opens a record and sees data, What objects must they have at least viewer rights to?
    1. Records
    2. Data Store Entity
  5. How can you access the system 1. sitename/suite/logs logs?
  6. When using the admin con- sole to configure site brand- ing, what attributes control the background color of the login page?
  7. What group do you need to be part of to access the out-of-the box cloud database?
    1. Navigation Menu/ System Logs Wall Paper Database Administrator

What properties can you see about a document in the run time data interface?

  1. File Type
  2. Who uploaded the file
  3. A list of users who downloaded the file
  4. Document Id
  5. Who has access to Systems tab? System Administrators
  6. What can you monitor from the 1. Import history admin console?
  7. What is the purpose of group types?
  8. What are the groups that al- ready exists out of the box?
  9. If you want user profile de- tails to (such as address, phone number, title) to be synced from a system using LDAP, what must you do
  10. default archiving strategy for process instances
  11. If a company in US and UK, what does a system admin need to setup?
  12. What is translated, When the user changes the language?
  13. Rule Performance
  14. Current User activity
  15. Document Report
  16. To categorize similar groups together
  17. To add attributes certain group might need
  18. Tempo Message Audience
  19. Quick App Creators
  20. Designers Use the LDAP tools plugin to create the process 7 days
  21. multiple work calenders
  22. Multiple languages The base Appian product