Alteryx Workflow Does Not Exist

Question

Hi Community,

This started happening this morning and was fine last week.

For some reason, I cannot open my Alteryx workflow which is saved in a network drive. Designer is opened on a server account and Alteryx is run as a specific user. When I open the file, it says the workflow does not exist. I confirmed the workflow exists in the exact path and also attempted to copy and paste the path into the filename when browsing the file.

Any idea why this is happening all of a sudden?

I'd like to add that as of this morning, Alteryx Designer has been running brutally slow on the service account. When I mean slow, I mean when I click anywhere in the canvas, it does not respond and i have to wait 2-3 min for it get back up. Dragging a simple filter tool to the workflow makes it lag again for another 2-3 min.  I can't be waiting 2-3 min every time I click anything or anywhere..

The file workflowname does not exist..png

opening workflow with path.png

proof drive and workflow exists.png

mystasz · Answer

Very odd but rebooting resolved the issue where the workflow could not be found. Didn't resolve the slowness but did improve it.. Thanks for your comment.

ChrisTX · Answer

Could the length of the full path plus the file name be too long, beyond Microsoft limits?  I've seen examples where I can save a file in a folder with no issues, then cannot open the file with a program because I get the message "file not found".  But when I reduce the length of the file name or the full folder path, I can open the file.

For the "brutally slow" issue, my only suggestion is reboot.

Chris