I have asked a few different sources from consultants to Alteryx pre-sales and have yet to get a definitive answer on this so I'm hoping someone can provide some insight.
When you save a workflow to the gallery there are options at the bottom of the screen to "Manage workflow assets." There can be many components here, but just focusing on Gallery Connections, it will show a line with a checkbox for all gallery connections used within the workflow. I can understand the file connections showing if used by in-db connections and since files normally need to be saved with the workflow. C:\[whatever] that Alteryx would assume that this will not be on the server and bring a copy when publishing. This is not a problem if accessing the file over a network share and this piece I do understand.
That being said, an Alteryx Gallery Data Connection is created with the intent that the connection details always come from the server at runtime. My question is does it matter if this is checked or unchecked, because the action should be same regardless as in the code checks if the runner of the code has permissions on that connection and then it grabs the latest and greatest version before opening the connection.
Is there a difference or is there any possible way you could store a cached version of a connection with a workflow?
