User Input

snehaasarah

Hi,

I need help with building a workflow where the user can input data in the workflow itself. Is that a possibility?

for example, (if the below data comes as a result of a summarize tool from a larger data set), I need to add a column "Categories" with a drop down select options of "Vegetables", "Fruits" or "Elements" which can be done by the user on the Canvas. Alternatively, instead of drop down, it is okay to manually input as well, although this also should happen without the need to download/upload file. 

Can someone help?

ITEM	PRICE
water	16
carrot	15
blueberry	12
apple	8
onion	13
fire	6
air	17

Regards,

Sara

mceleavey

Hi @snehaasarah ,

Given we don't know how many there will be it would be difficult to do this in a slick way within the workflow. You could build a chained app which would then allow you to select a dropdown beside each one, but without getting into the weeds of amending the XML, you would need to set the maximum number of records in that app.

One way to do this would be to push the data to a SharePoint list, which Alteryx will monitor. Then, the users will get an alert with a link to that list. They then select from a dropdown for each record and Alteryx will then mark it as complete and remove it from the list.

I hope this helps,

M.