Order of running each tool (macro)

[AT_1988]

Hi,

My workflow has some macros, and when I run it those macros run in the order of I put them in the workflow rather than the order of the connection. Are there any rules or settings of order of execution?

[TheOC]

hey @AT_1988 

Alteryx automates its order of execution, and so you are not quite able to specify rules or settings when it comes to order of execution. There are a couple ways to circumnavigate this - primarily the 'Block until done' tool (https://help.alteryx.com/20214/designer/block-until-done-tool) 

Hope this helps,
TheOC

[bruno_leal]

Hi @TheOC 

What if the Macros have no input? I have an app that call multiple macros (with no input) but before all those macros are executed I want to run a small piece of python code (basically just to copy some template files to another directory as Alteryx has another problem with empty datasets).

How can I ensure that this python tool is executed before anything else?