Appian has built in user management. It is great for simple setups or demos. For integrating Appian in an enterprise environment, we need a bit more. We require centralized management of user accounts and permissions. In a typical corporate environment, some form of Microsoft active directory (AD) is used. Other, so-called Identity Providers, exist, like…

Process reports are one of the oldest components in Appian. I hear many developers trying to avoid them and try to replicate existing functionality by storing task and process data in the database. At the time I started with Appian in 2010, building Appian UI meant creating portal pages and populating them with process reports…

An essay about the naivety of Large Language Models meeting the naivety of business users. Update (03/20/2024): Find some scientific background from the founder of Mathematica, Stephen Wolfram here “Can AI Solve Science?” (Stephen Wolfram Writings). Navigating the Ethical Minefield of Business Process Automation In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models…