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Chained App in alteryx gallery

kimia — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:52:02 GMT

Hello everyone,

Recently, I’ve been struggling with a chained Alteryx app that consists of two apps. Each app contains 11 tests where users enter inputs to perform specific checks.

For 2 out of the 11 tests, users need to provide more than one input. Due to an Alteryx limitation, I used a Python tool to read a ZIP file in TXT format.

Everything works correctly when running locally, and both apps also work fine individually in the Gallery. However, the problem occurs when I chain the two apps together.

In the chained setup, the second workflow cannot read the input I provided, even though I inserted the inputs in both steps as required. This is the error I receive:

• Can't find the file: "F:\GlobalWorkspace\Service\Staging\3252_d81a8444178940b3b848dff8e91f3bc9\_externals\In_69452babe80b0000250077dd\listautenti_scu3 (1).prova.txt". Make sure the file path is correct. (ToolId: 2815)

tool id: input tool
thanks for helping, i tried with controlling work dependencies - .... all i know but still this !

Re: Chained App in alteryx gallery

mceleavey — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:57:15 GMT

Hi @kimia ,

The error is saying it's looking for a defined file in a defined path, which you're probably going to have to change in the server version as that filepath doesn't exist. You've checked the dependencies you said, does this include any where that would define an output specifically, for example, to the F drive which does not exist on the server?

Can you show us the config of your dependencies in both apps?

Re: Chained App in alteryx gallery

kimia — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:06:36 GMT

Hello, thank you for your answer. I solved the problem by exporting the output of Step 1 to an Excel file, and then having Step 2 read that output. It works well in the gallery.

However, I now have a new problem. I need to add a third step, so there are three chained apps. Again, I save the output to an Excel file and use its path as the input for Step 3. But Step 3 does not update—the output is always the same, regardless of different inputs.

Do you have any idea what might be causing this, and how I can solve it?
thanks in advance!

Re: Chained App in alteryx gallery

mceleavey — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:53:07 GMT

@kimia ,

Have you amended the second app to chain to the next on completion? Previously it would have been set to display the output rather than chain as it was the last in the sequence.

Re: Chained App in alteryx gallery

kimia — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:03:35 GMT

yes yes, i put it on success: app