Solution to trigger a workflow on Alteryx Server

Question

Hi All,

Wanted to know if anyone has built a solution to trigger a workflow on the Alteryx server as soon as the file is dropped on the network drive?

I expect the file to come in anytime in a 2-3 hour window, want to plan and trigger the workflow accordingly.

Let me know if there is solution in Altyerx to do this or if there is a workaround to tackle this scenario

Thanks,

Rahul

dreldrel · Answer

Agree with the above points that Server API would be the best go, one thing to add is that Alteryx has V1/V2/V3 for the Server API tool. And different versions are a little bit different. You can also refer to the below for a detailed demo. Hope this helps

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/Run-workflow-by-making-API-call/td-p/1340658

abacon · Answer

@rahulshetty925 Another resource to easily use the Alteryx is the link here.

This is the Server API tool and allows you to easily call the Alteryx server APIs. I agree with @KGT, there are a couple options but the best and easiest would be to use the Alteryx Server API, I have a few processes that use this functionality and it works great for me.

Bacon

KGT · Answer

This would be through the API. You can find info here.

There are many macros floating around on the community to help with calling a workflow from another workflow, and in that case, you would have a workflow looking for the file every x minutes, and if it finds it, then it would kick off the processing workflow via the API.

The other option is using something external to watch the directory and kick off the workflow via API from there, or to have whichever program is dropping the file, execute against the API afterwards.

Any of the 3, but the solution is API.