AppianMerger

Background

Exporting and Deployment of Appian Objects requires the UUID or DataType Namspace to be included in the application XML file. Without the UUID or the DT Namespace, the application will not be able to list the objects.

Objective

To reduce manual work for scanning of application XML file for existing UUID or DT Namespace of exported Appian objects. To insert the UUID of the exported objects into the respective object groups if the UUID doesn't exist.

MacOS/Linux Usage

./appianMerger <Path of Object Directory> <Path of Application XML>

./appianMerger <Path of Object Directory> <Path of Application XML> [Options...]

Example

./app ~/Downloads/Patch_2018 ~/Documents/appian-package/bgp-app/application/_a-0000db0e-a3c0-8000-0315-010000010000_2041.xml

Windows Usage

appianMerger.exe <Path of Object Directory> <Path of Application XML>

appianMerger.exe <Path of Object Directory> <Path of Application XML> [Options...]

Example

app.exe c:/Downloads/Patch_2018 ~/Documents/appian-package/bgp-app/application/_a-0000db0e-a3c0-8000-0315-010000010000_2041.xml

Arguments	Description
Path of Object Directory	Path of Unzipped Directory of exported Appian Objects which contains objects folders
Path of Application XML	Path of checked out Application XML file eg.appian-package/bgp-app/application/_a-0000db0e-a3c0-8000-0315-010000010000_2041.xml

Options	Description
-t	Only Check for Existing or Missing Objects in the Application. No change to application XML

References

• [TinyXML2] (http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/) C++ XML Library
• [MinGW] (http://www.mingw.org) C++ Compiler for Windows

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