Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

praneshsapmm · ‎08-08-2022

Hi,

We have a plan to purchase Alteryx Desktop Scheduler . Iam aware that we can execute scheduled programs through this tool , but we have there many other user specific programs which get executed on a adhoc basis where there is no specific time for it .

How do i handle this through Scheduler . i cannot randomly schedule every hour because i have more than 70+ programs to be executed on adhoc basis.

Thanks

ChrisTX · ‎08-08-2022

Can you provide a few examples of your scheduling needs?

If you can't accurately tell the scheduler when to run your jobs, there's no way it will know.

If you didn't have a scheduler at all, how would you run your adhoc jobs? My definition of "ad-hoc" is "no specific time frame, could occur at any time on any day". Which would translate to.... you can't use a scheduler for this, because there isn't a defined schedule.

Chris

praneshsapmm · ‎08-08-2022

Hi @ChrisTX ,

You are correct . Let me explain you .

There is a workflow which was run at 8 AM today after data prep , tommorow due to delay in data prep it is run 8:35 AM and so on .

Can this scenario be handled in Scheduler , becuase i cannot ask user to run manully as we do not have enough licenses .

Thanks.

ChrisTX · ‎08-08-2022

When trying to add automation to a process, I know the key question is "how do I perform this task manually?"

In your example, if you manually run an adhoc workflow after waiting for an input data file to be updated, the next question is: provide some more detail. How do you know the data file update is complete, then how do you automate that information gathering so you'll know your workflow can now be run? Manually, do you look at the last update date on the file?

You could have a job scheduled every 5 minutes to check a file's last update date, and only continue running the rest of the workflow if the "ready-to-run" condition is Yes.

Chris