Opening .bak file

A path to my latest workflow is not found. I am trying to recover my workflow with a.bak file.

I changed .xlsx to .yxmz, but upon opening, I receive an error that the data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

How can I succesfully open a .bak file?

Files .JPG

root level error.JPG

Workflow

Developer

Designer Cloud

Error Message

Common Use Cases

Help

Accepted answers

catmar

Internally we were able to retrieve the workflow. Thank you all for your guidance.

All comments

alexnajm

.yxmz is not a correct file type, do you mean .yxmd?

alexnajm

https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/file-types-support/alteryx-file-types.html

alexnajm

If you are trying to restore an Excel file, you need to put the Excel extension

catmar

I am trying to restore a workflow with Apps and Macros. Changing the name from .yxmz to .yxmd gives the same error.

alexnajm

The original file extension was not noted in the original post, so I assumed that it was a workflow file since you said “workflow“. If it is an app, then change it to a YXWZ file.

Otherwise, use the link posted above to figure out your correct file type - it cannot be a workflow and at the same time

danilang

Hi @catmar

Since the .bak files have exactly the same names as the excel files and almost the same size, I'd say that these are back ups of the excel file that that Alteryx workflow created. You can check by opening the .bak in a text editor like notepad.

An Alteryx workflow of any kind is an xml file and will always look similar to this

An excel file is a renamed zip file and will look like this

Dan

catmar

Internally we were able to retrieve the workflow. Thank you all for your guidance.

Quick Links

This months top contributors

mceleavey 383

mbarone 337

Hollingsworth 335

LanisC 335

JeffF 335