Gets Message "There Were No Output Files" in the App Results

Hi,

I am relatively new to Alteryx. I tried to create a simple Analytic App with a File Browse Tool-->Action Tool-->Input Data Tool-->Browse Tool. But every time when I click "Finish" after selecting a Excel File and worksheet it will out a message "There Were No Output Files" in the App Results window.

File Browse Tool -- I selected the "Standard Database File Formats" option

Action Tool -- I selected the "Update Input Data Tool (Default)" option

I am not sure what I did wrong. I tried looking at it and searching through the forum with no avail.

Thank you in advance.

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BenMoss

Alteryx Apps are designed to present users with a very specific output, they aren't a development tool; thus when you are developing an Alteryx application you must have some sort of output (and a browse does not count as an output).

You would need to use an 'output data' tool to write your datastream to a file; when you have done this and you run your app, this file will then be presented for the user to open.

Ben

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BenMoss

You would need to use an 'output data' tool to write your datastream to a file; when you have done this and you run your app, this file will then be presented for the user to open.

Ben

towong

Thank you Ben. This helps.

GKP

Try this: Go to

Menu View > Interface Designer Ctrl + Alt + I

On Success - Show Results to User > Open files From These Tools > ☑ (Click checkbox)

jyotijyoti_dup_475

Thanks it worked fine.

pawel_zych

I think there is an example app in the Academy (Using Analytic Applications) where a work flow was converted to an App. This workflow has a Browse Tool on the output.

The results are displayed to the user as shown below:

How can I make an App to display result in a window as demonstrated in Interactive Lessons?

davidweisser

This was the piece / place I was missing. THanks for pointing out the Interface designer. Critical information!

ashishr_99

Not helped. How?! Use "output data" tool how? Elaborate please.

arvinablaza

I had the same problem, there was an output in the Designer, all the data is being process but if I use the Interface app, there were no output files

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