Relevant Fields Used in Workflow

[htakhar1]

I was wondering if there is a way of identifying (on a tool level or workflow level) exactly what fields were actually used/ utilised i.e. if a field was used in a formula then it would be flagged 

[binuacs]

@htakhar1 The field info tool will give you the details of the fields used.

[htakhar1]

The field info tool seems to just show all the relevant fields, however, I'm thinking about a way of flagging the fields that are actually used within the tools.

[jdminton · Accepted solution]

You can do this by reading in the .yxmd file as an XML file for a workflow. You can also use a built in workflow. See https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/Parse-yxmd-as-xml-to-see-which...

edit: this macro provides tool information, but you can see how the XML conversion works and edit to include additional info.