topic Re: Run private Gallery app in background in Alteryx Server Discussions

Run private Gallery app in background

hroderick — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:59:07 GMT

I would like to run an app in our private gallery without seeing a run button or result page. I hope to use the app's url followed by xml answers to the app's questions. This would be started by a Tableau url action.

Am I asking for the impossible? Ideas are welcome but examples are more welcome.

Java script and APIs are outside of my current skillset, but may be a possibility.

What do y'all think?

Thanks for reading

Re: Run private Gallery app in background

echuong1 — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:25:03 GMT

Is there a specific reason why you don't want to click the run button?

You have two options:

you can schedule the workflow to run at a predetermined time and/or a regular cadence
you can execute a workflow via command with Server

Re: Run private Gallery app in background

hroderick — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:09:13 GMT

As I've learned further, I think the API is the only way to achieve.

To answer your question about specific reason to not press, I don't want to
even show any gallery page, just do something in another application
(Tableau url action) and have that make happen what needs to happen
(Alteryx app run)

I understand now that it is going to take a javascript to get it done using
the api and some $$ to hire these skills.

Thanks for considering

Re: Run private Gallery app in background

hroderick-thr — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:11:29 GMT

Here is link to solution, even though not as easy as I'd hoped

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Dev-Space/one-line-api/td-p/618881