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Hands-On Practice - Create a Connected System

This document provides a hands-on guide for creating a connected system using Appian, specifically integrating with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's Vehicle Product Information Catalog API. It outlines the steps to create an application and a connected system, including naming conventions and saving practices. Additional resources for Appian developers are also mentioned to aid in learning and practicing the integration process.

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Hands-On Practice - Create a Connected System

This document provides a hands-on guide for creating a connected system using Appian, specifically integrating with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's Vehicle Product Information Catalog API. It outlines the steps to create an application and a connected system, including naming conventions and saving practices. Additional resources for Appian developers are also mentioned to aid in learning and practicing the integration process.

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Hands-On Practice: Create a

Connected System
Integrations 101

Introduction 2
What Will I Build? 2
How Can I Practice? 2
Appian Version 2
Appian Community Edition Naming Conventions 2
Save Often 2
Additional Resources 3
Create a Connected System 4
Create an Application 4
Create a Connected System 4

Notice of Rights

This document was created by Appian Corporation, 7950 Jones Branch Dr, Tysons, Virginia 22102.
Copyright 2024 by Appian Corporation. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to
change. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, without
prior written permission of Appian Corporation. For more information on obtaining permission for
reprints or excerpts, contact Appian Training at [email protected].

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Introduction
What Will I Build?
In this exercise and exercises later in the course, you will create a connected system and an
integration to connect to the National Highway Transportation Safety Vehicle Product
Information Catalog (NHTSA vPIC) API. Be sure to follow along with each step to ensure you
have a functioning integration at the end of the exercises.

How Can I Practice?


You can practice in your own environment or in Appian Community Edition.

Keep in mind that this is a community environment not suitable for production workloads or
sensitive information.

Appian Version
Appian Community Edition is on the latest Appian version. If you are following the exercises
from a previous Appian version, go to academy.appian.com to download the latest version.

Appian Community Edition Naming Conventions


When you register for Appian Community Edition, you gain access to a workspace, which is
your personal area within the community environment. When your workspace has been
assigned, you will receive a confirmation email with a workspace ID.

Use this workspace ID when creating new applications and objects. Otherwise, you could run
into naming conflicts with objects created by other users. Pre-loaded apps in your workspace
also include the workspace ID. In the example below, the application prefix for the Acme
Auto Solution app is W0000AS. So, the workspace identifier is W0000, which would be
included in any new app’s prefix.

Save Often

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Appian does not automatically save updates, so save your objects frequently.

Additional Resources
Appian provides a number of training resources for Appian developers. The following
resources are particularly popular with our learners:

● Academy Online - Appian’s online courses provide useful survey courses, step-by-step
tutorials, and practice exercises. Explore these resources at your own pace. Survey
courses will help you develop a better grasp of the topics you need to learn. Video
and print tutorials will help you with getting hands-on experience with Appian.

● Community Discussions for New Users - Check out the New to Appian thread in
Community. Join our community of experts to ask questions and find answers from
past discussions.

● Appian Documentation - Appian’s product documentation will provide you with an


overview of key Appian features, newest release information, additional tutorials,
and helpful patterns and recipes to implement in your app.

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Create a Connected System
In this exercise, you will create a connected system that connects to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Vehicle Product Information Catalog (vPIC) API. This
API provides information on vehicles and their specifications from their manufacturers. You
will use this connected system in a later exercise in the Integrations 101 course.

Create an Application

1. Click the Navigation Menu > Appian Designer. You can also change the URL
from /suite/sites/home to /suite/design.

2. In the Applications view, click New Application.

3. In the Create New Application dialog, configure the following properties:

○ Name: Integrations 101 Exercise.


○ Description: Application to use for Integrations 101 exercises.
○ Prefix: Change the prefix to IE101.

NOTE: If you are using Appian Community Edition, change the prefix to W#IE101.

4. Click CREATE.

5. In the Review Application Security dialog, click SAVE. The Administrators and Users
groups were generated for you and are used to secure the application.

6. Your new application will open automatically. Close the What do you want to build
first? Dialog.

7. Navigate to the Build view.

Create a Connected System


1. In the Build view, select NEW > Connected System

2. In the Create Connected System dialog, select HTTP. Configure the following
properties:

○ Name: <YourAppPrefix> Vehicle API CS


○ Description: Holds the credentials to connect to the NHTSA
Vehicle Product Information Catalog API.
○ Base URL: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/
○ Authentication: None

3. Click Create

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4. Leave security permission as default and click Save

And that’s it! You have now created a Connected System design object that you will use in the
next exercise later in the course.

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