Best practices for Creating Records

 

 Best Practices for Appian developers

Appian best practices are like a check list, use these checklists at different stages of your development cycle as described to ensure application success and reduce technical risk. Each section provides guidance for when and how often you should use these.

7.Best practices for Creating Records :-

1.Prefix Singular Record Type Name with application name. (Example: <APPPREFIX> Record Management)

2.Plural Record Type Name and description should be UNIQUE and named properly for the end users to read.

3.All Record Types should have security defined for Administrators and Viewers.

4.Define all the List Views and Dashboards in rules (and not directly in the Expression fields).

5.Use additional views or tabs to display more details in an effective manner.

6.All dashboards use the function load() or a!localvariables() when displaying paging grids and dynamic behaviors.

7.Avoid Using Complex Expressions for Record Titles

8.Avoid using slow expressions.

9.Provide High-Resolution Images for Record Icons

10.Use Distinct Images for Records.

11.Configure related actions without process start forms.