Reproduce/View input/output from Alteryx Server/MongoDB

markashman

Hi all,

I cannot find anything officially on this, maybe I missed it, but I am wanting to know if it is possible to recreate or access input used in or output data produced by an Alteryx flow run on Server, be that from querying the mongoDB or browsing the file system on the VM which Server is deployed.

Browsing the DB and schema I cannot see any obvious way to do this, which is good but there is reference to results files. I had a quick browse through some files but couldn't see anything obviously readable, again good, but I wanted to confirm if the above was possible or not - I am obviously hoping not, as we want both the input and output data to be secure and only accessible by the running user, which is how it appears to be, but can someone confirm?

DavidP

Hi @markashman, the actual data that a workflow reads or writes in server or desktop is not stored in MongoDB. It is transient unless you specifically write it out to a file from within the workflow.

The one thing you want to keep your eye on are temp files that Alteryx creates in the course of executing a workflow. By design they are deleted when the workflow finishes, but it doesn't hurt to go and have a look.

You can read about temp files here:

https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/file-types-support/alteryx-and-temporary-files.html#idp398031