Appian Certified Associate Developer

Candidates should fully prepare for an exam using the objectives below as a checklist to identify possible gaps between knowledge and the skills measured by the exam. The relative weight illustrates the approximate size of each section. It is recommended that focused preparation should be in areas where any knowledge gaps are found.

Introduction to the Appian platform (14%)

- Identify commonly used Appian resources (e.g., online docs, Appian Max, knowledge base)
- Identify and organise an application's structure (e.g., application object, folder structure, group setup)
- Describe Appian use cases and capabilities for solving business problems (e.g., process mining, RPA)

General Appian principles (9%)

- Differentiate between Appian platform permissions (e.g., role-based security)
- Differentiate between Appian design objects (e.g., process, records, sites, interfaces, expression rules)
- Define the use of each Appian environment

Data persistence (13%)

- Demonstrate basic knowledge of managing data and relational databases
- Employ CDT's and query entities to read and write to the database
- Utilise records and query record types to read, write, and aggregate information from the database.
- Recognise necessary steps in updating the underlying data model

Appian development: Process models (17%)

- Recognise common ways to start a process
- Define the steps to create, debug, and publish a process model
- Configure commonly used Workflow nodes and Smart Services (e.g., start and end, script task, sub-process)
- Describe the flow of data in a process

Appian development: Interface design (19%)

- Construct an interface
- Configure and use local variables and rule inputs
- Configure common interface components (e.g., drop-downs, grids, buttons, validations)
- Recognise and implement best practices outlined by Appian for interface design
- Perform interface testing and troubleshooting

Appian development: Records (13%)

- Configure a basic record by connecting to an existing data source or using code less data modelling
- Design record views and lists
- Configure record actions
- Configure record relationships

Appian development: Expression rules (15%)

- Given an expression rule, interpret the purpose and output of the rule
- Build, implement, and use a basic function expression rule
- Leverage test cases to ensure the quality of expression rules
- Recognise and implement best practices outlined by Appian for expression rules