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Alteryx is saving two files when I try to output one ASCII flat file

SergeantJack
8 - Asteroid
‎11-09-2021 11:29 AM

I have finished my workflow, and it's time to output the data as a flat ASCII text file.  I have generated the file name successfully, with the desired file extension of .z01.  Alteryx saves this correctly, but also generates a FLAT file with the same file name.  This FLAT file seems to contain metadata about the output Alteryx just generated.  How do I get Alteryx to stop generating this FLAT file?  It will seriously mess up my operations to have extra files in the target folder.

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ChrisTX
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
‎11-09-2021 12:12 PM

Try using the output format CSV, with delimiter \0    (no delimiter)

 

 

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SergeantJack
8 - Asteroid
‎11-09-2021 12:50 PM

Hey, that worked perfectly.  Thank you!

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