Logging workflow metadata after run to Database

Adam_Harper

Hi All!

I have a use case where we need to log every run of a workflow as a new row in a database table.  Basically we need to output various elements of the results window into a SQL Server DB.  Such as, rows inserted/update, length of workflow run, rows queried, source db/file path, etc.

I can't imagine I am the only one who has come up against this...just looking to see if anyone out there has solved it.

Thanks!

ChrisTX

We have been wanting to do the same thing.  Haven't gotten around to it yet.

I've previously done some searching and read through quite a few related posts on this message board.  See list below.

A few of my favorite posts:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Capture-runtime-and-workflow-status/td-p/445206

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer/Reusing-reserved-variables-outside-Alteryx/td-p/188915

Other related posts:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Setup-Configuration/Log-File-Location-and-Variables/m-p/80884/highlight/false#M3479

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/How-to-export-messages-from-the-results-window/m-p/27382#M11314

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Automatically-create-report-of-operations/m-p/366342#M67240

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Creating-Error-Log-for-Export/m-p/328926#M59767

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Use-Cases/Analyze-Alteryx-Log-Files/ta-p/61742

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/How-to-export-messages-from-the-results-window/m-p/27382/thread-id/11314

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Log-File-Location-and-Variables/m-p/80884/highlight/false#M3479

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Setup-Configuration/Log-File-Location-and-Variables/m-p/80884/highlight/false#M3479

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Save-workflow-messages-log-in-database/m-p/185058#M47841

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Ideas/Improve-Log-files-for-simpler-parsing/idi-p/12525

To improve debugging, use the List Runner tool in combination with
the Log Parser tool. The Log Parser tool will parse the log into an Alteryx
data table. The table will indicate not only the specific module, but
also the tool ID and its related description at the source of the error. 

Chris