I have a collection of workflows and I would like to catalog the tools in each workflow. At a minimum the catalog would contain the following columns: * File Name * Tool Name * ToolID Since Alteryx workflow files contain XML showing the workflow metadata, this should be possible to do with Alteryx. Has anyone created a workflow or macro to perform this task?

Inventory of Workflow Tools

I have a collection of workflows and I would like to catalog the tools in each workflow. At a minimum the catalog would contain the following columns:

File Name
Tool Name
ToolID

Since Alteryx workflow files contain XML showing the workflow metadata, this should be possible to do with Alteryx.

Has anyone created a workflow or macro to perform this task?

Workflow

Datasets

Macros

Documentation

Accepted answers

BrandonB

@derekbelyea you may find this auto documentation utility useful: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works/Auto-Documentation/ba-p/545827

This auto documentation app is able to look at a workflow and effectively tell you what it does and where it connects to.

An Alteryx Partner, Capitalize Consulting, has also created a workflow admin manager which has a bunch of administration and documentation capabilities: https://capitalizeconsulting.com/workflow-admin-manager/

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Qiu

@derekbelyea

Interesting thing is that the yxmd is actually an .xml file.
Maybe we can modify the extension to .xml then read back into alteryx, then do some magic.