Chapter 16: Useful Implementation Patterns in Appian

Many requirements can be served with some simple implementation patterns. It's a good idea to learn them to speed up your development even further. Creating your own library of carefully designed reusable components helps you to focus on faster delivery, instead of repeatedly implementing the same components. Furthermore, there are a few additional modules provided by Appian you should know about.

In this chapter, I will cover the following topics:

• Solution patterns: Process versus case management, audit trails, and record security
• Process patterns: Process chains, sub-processes, multiple node instances, and loops
• Interface patterns: Wizards, tabs, and reusable components
• Expression patterns: Universal null checks, nested indexing, and IBAN validation
• Additional Appian modules: Intelligent Document Processing, Robotic Process Automation, process mining, and Appian Portals

Let's start by...