Storage in Alteryx Gallery

[Anshita]

Hi Folks,

We are looking at the possibility of Archiving or storing some data which should only be around 20-25MB. Is it possible to store data in Alteryx Server/Gallery? 

Many thanks in Advance!

[messi007]

@Anshita,

Alteryx gallery is to deploy analytic applications, workflows and macros.

As i know you can't store data.

Regards,

[Anshita]

Hi @messi007 ,

Thank you for your response. I am currently connecting to Alteryx gallery for some of our source data.

[DavidThorpe · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anshita 

Alteryx Server has a 'database' node element, the deafult of which is in the format of a MongoDB. This is what is used to store your workflows, settings, users and input source/output files used wihin analytical applications and processes.

You can find out more about how the storage works in the below articles:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/how-data-stored-in-MongoDB/td-p/47949

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Server-Knowledge-Base/How-to-shrink-the-size-of-the-embedde...

What are the formats of the files you are hoping to store and are they used in your workflows? For traditional files (e.g. Excel) not used in your processes I would recommend you store them elsewhere (i.e. on shared drive or on the server storage) instead of in the MongoDB directly.

David Thorpe

Sales Engineering

[DavidThorpe]

I also recommend you have a read through our installation and configuration guide:

http://downloads.alteryx.com/Documentation/Alteryx%20Server%20Install%20and%20Configuration.pdf

Search for 'persistence'; there may be Alteryx Server settings on your set-up which can be configured to clear down files beyond a certain age (definitely not something you want when archiving files!)

David Thorpe

Sales Engineering

[Anshita]

Hi David,

Thank you!