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Faster import speed for SFTP tool

MartWClimber
9 - Comet
‎04-04-2022 05:24 AM

A collega of mine has created a SFTP workflow. this workflow runs great, but for the amount of data it needs to download, in my opinion it seems a bit slow.

 

In the workflow it needs to connect to an sftp to download some csv files.

 

The files are not that big around 250mb each. it needs to always download 8 files. 

the download time for all of these files is around 20 minutes.

I find this a bit on the slow side. If I load one of those file into Alteryx it takes seconds. if I save one of those file it also takes seconds.

 

my question is, is there a way to speed up the downloading of these files?

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oly
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎04-04-2022 08:42 AM

Hi @MartWClimber ,

The main alternative would be to use Run Command tool to bring data closer to the actual server/machine temporarily and then load it. I've heard that would run much faster and also more reliable. You could delete data also with Run Command once you ingested them into your workflow.

Best,

Oly

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