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Appian Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/6/20, at 4:21pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1441683-20-95   ·   File #:  1-38098

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/06/20  Appian Corp.                      10-Q        6/30/20   74:7.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    798K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     36K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     57K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    118K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     87K 
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     36K 
                Loss                                                             
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in      HTML    100K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
19: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    104K 
20: R8          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     22K 
21: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     56K 
22: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     66K 
23: R11         Leases                                              HTML    149K 
24: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     36K 
25: R13         Property and Equipment, net                         HTML     40K 
26: R14         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     41K 
27: R15         Debt                                                HTML     23K 
28: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
29: R17         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    127K 
30: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     24K 
31: R19         Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share             HTML     28K 
32: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
33: R21         Segment and Geographic Information                  HTML     43K 
34: R22         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     99K 
35: R23         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     26K 
36: R24         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     45K 
37: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    103K 
38: R26         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     33K 
39: R27         Property and Equipment, net (Tables)                HTML     37K 
40: R28         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     40K 
41: R29         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    131K 
42: R30         Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share (Tables)    HTML     27K 
43: R31         Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)         HTML     39K 
44: R32         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML     54K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
45: R33         Significant Accounting Policies - Property and      HTML     29K 
                Equipment, Useful Life (Details)                                 
46: R34         Revenue - Revenue by Services (Details)             HTML     35K 
47: R35         Revenue - Additional Information (Details)          HTML     39K 
48: R36         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     36K 
49: R37         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     34K 
50: R38         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R39         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R40         Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)  HTML     64K 
53: R41         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     25K 
54: R42         Acquisitions - Schedule of Business Acquisitions    HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R43         Property and Equipment, net - Schedule of Property  HTML     40K 
                and Equipment (Details)                                          
56: R44         Property and Equipment, net - Narrative (Details)   HTML     40K 
57: R45         Accrued Expenses (Detail)                           HTML     38K 
58: R46         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     46K 
59: R47         Income Taxes (Detail)                               HTML     29K 
60: R48         Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
61: R49         Stock-Based Compensation - Assumptions Used to      HTML     30K 
                Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options (Detail)                    
62: R50         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of the Stock     HTML     67K 
                Option Activity (Detail)                                         
63: R51         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Restricted   HTML     44K 
                Stock Unit Activity (Detail)                                     
64: R52         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Stock-based  HTML     31K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
65: R53         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Stock-based  HTML     36K 
                Compensation Expense Included in Condensed                       
                Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail)                   
66: R54         Stockholders' Equity (Detail)                       HTML     40K 
67: R55         Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share (Detail)    HTML     26K 
68: R56         Commitments and Contingencies -Narrative (Detail)   HTML     21K 
69: R57         Segment and Geographic Information - Summary of     HTML     30K 
                Revenues By Geography (Detail)                                   
70: R58         Segment and Geographic Information - Additional     HTML     26K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    127K 
12: XML         XBRL Instance -- appn-20200630_htm                   XML   1.70M 
71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     87K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- appn-20200630_cal               XML    227K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- appn-20200630_def                XML    593K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- appn-20200630_lab                     XML   1.37M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- appn-20200630_pre              XML    845K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- appn-20200630                         XSD    126K 
73: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              334±   487K 
74: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001441683-20-000095-xbrl      Zip    283K 


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