2020.4 Alteryx version stops running

Question

Hi

Alteryx stops running with the version 2020.4 and gets stuck usually on an append field. If i re-open the same workflow in 2022 version - no issue - workflow is completed in 2 min max.

Does anyone have same issue?

Note: I am designing all in 2020 version because the server version that I use is only for this version.

Kingazawora · Answer

Thanks!

When I thick this, I am not having tools working -e.g. "block until done" and output does not have all data in the Excel with the following note:

MatthewO · Answer

@Kingazawora the Append Fields tool performs a Cartesian join which can result in a very large number of records. It is possible that the volume of data is pushing the limits of the compute or memory resources on your machine, causing the workflow to get "stuck". Alteryx released a new data processing engine, AMP, which uses machine resources more efficiently. For compute intensive tasks, like Cartesian joins, you can observe significant performance improvements. AMP Engine is enabled by default in the latest version of Designer. My suspicion is that this may be why you are seeing significant differences in performance when running the workflow in a newer version of Designer. You can confirm this in the Workflow Configuration as shown below. The checkbox enables or disables the use of AMP Engine.