Interface patterns

When talking about interface patterns in Appian, I first have to mention the large collection of patterns provided by Appian in the official documentation, and I also want to recommend the Appian UX Design Guide again. Find these links here:

• https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/SAIL_Recipes.html
• https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/ux_getting_started.html

There are some general design principles that you should know about.

Building wizards

An interface that guides the user through multiple steps is called a wizard. With the dynamic features of Appian interfaces, this is easy to implement.

The most important, and obvious, aspect, is to manage the state of the interface:

1. Create a local variable and display individual components based on its value, as shown in the following example:

a!localVariables(
  local!step: 1,
  {
    choose(
      local...