Alteryx Tool IDs

[Sanjay_k]

Hi all,
I have multiple workflows with many containers. I want to make a new Workflow with same logic replicating the containers in various workflows but with minor changes.
Is there a way to copy the content of a workflow with Tool IDs?

I tried using save as options it works but when it comes to multiple workflows into one Workflow it causes issues. 

Thank you.

[Raj]

@Sanjay_k 
you can duplicate the workflow and make the changes into it.

Click on workflow name in designer,right click , duplicate

mark done if solved.

[alexnajm]

For clarity, the Tool IDs won't copy over - they'll reset back to one and count up from there! But @Raj 's solution is the easiest way to duplicate a workflow and its logic

[Szymon_Czuszek]

I think the user wants the feature, with which when the workflow errors, the IDs will be the same for every workflow. This way, when he has to explain the error to some other team, he can use a template, as the errored tool ID will match thought the similar workflows, and it will be faster to debug the issue, if the issue is present in multiple workflows. But if that is the case, I can bet that he can just create a new solution, which will reshuffle all the IDs, and just "save as" for each version of this workflow, which will make the IDs largely similar for every version, until next major changes are made.

[alexnajm]

I think in this case, it’s best to rename the tool name to keep consistency across multiple workflows

[caltang]

One way is you can put the tools in containers and rename the containers to a specific name. Then the XML carries over the name and you can fetch it out each time.

[Sanjay_k]

Hello everyone,

I appreciate all your responses.

In my situation, I have WF1 and WF2, and I'm creating a new workflow, WF3, which follows a similar logic. Is there a method to transfer the contents of WF1 and WF2 to WF3, including tool IDs, so that I can utilize the workflow comparison feature to easily compare the logic?

For instance, I need to copy a container from WF1 to WF3 and another container from WF2. Duplicating doesn't seem feasible here due to the involvement of multiple workflows.

Thank you.