Macros Disappear

Experts -

I imported a set of macros some of our consultants put together to run their workflows, however when I fire up Alteryx each morning they seem to have disappeared overnight and I need to reimport. The location of the macros is on a shared drive and it does not change.

If I close and reopen Alteryx on the same day they are still there, as you would expect.

Any idea what the problem is?

Macros

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Bonediggler

Hi - it was actually due to the fact I had copied some workflows that were using relative dependencies. Because I saved them in a different location, the path to the macro folder was broken.

Thanks for helping out!

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echuong1

How are you importing the macros? I assume you are importing from a .yxzp file, which actually creates a new folder when you import/unzip the file. The macros would remain inside of that folder.

Are the macros pointing to the shared drive in the workflow? If not, that could be the issue. I suggest the developer make the macros into tools by creating a .yxi file. Essentially, the macro will be installed to your tool pallet. See below for instructions:

https://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2017/10/05/create-share-alteryx-tool-installer-yxi-file/

Bonediggler

They are still pointing to the shared drive but are saved as .yxmc files. Is that a problem?

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