Viewing Underlying Code of Workflow

Hello Alteryx Community!

I'm wondering if there is any way to view the underlying code behind a workflow. I found some resources for viewing underlying R-code, but can this be done for an entire workflow that does not include R tools?

Thank you in advance!

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CharlieS

If you're referring to the XML code, there's a couple of ways:

- In Alteryx Designer: Options > User Settings > Edit User Settings > Advanced > Display XML in Properties Window. This will allow you to view the XML code of individual tools and the entire workflow as you work in Alteryx designer.

- Alteryx Designer workflows (.yxmd/.yxmc/.yxwz/.bak) can also be opened in text editing programs (like Notepad++). This will allow you to view the same XML code in another program.

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CharlieS

If you're referring to the XML code, there's a couple of ways:

- Alteryx Designer workflows (.yxmd/.yxmc/.yxwz/.bak) can also be opened in text editing programs (like Notepad++). This will allow you to view the same XML code in another program.

Nageen

Thank you!! Just curious, could you also use the XML window to code a workflow instead of dragging and dropping tools? (Not that anyone would want to ) Or, could you add annotations in plain English to each line of code?

olisteadman

That's fantastic. It really sparks my thinking about whether they'll be able to bring in a Diff functionality in order to have effective Version Control over workflows... as pondered here and hacked together here.

There is a platform for bioinformatics researchers that does very effective diff-based version control of underlying XML code, in exactly this way. Worth checking it out here.

drintoul

This is really awesome! I've been wondering whether I could develop a "meta" workflow to analyze other workflows. As part of our publishing process we want to ensure certain design standards such as No SELECT *, filtering early in the workflow, disabled browse and performance profiling tools, etc. to get better performance. Looks like the approach of opening as XML in text and then parsing will meet this requirement. Thanks Charlie S !

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