Tool ID 406 Error

[jatienza]

Hi,

Any idea how to fix this error. Also, I can't open the workflow due to this error.

Thanks,

Jaime

[DataNath · Accepted solution]

Hey @jatienza, as a start, can you try these steps?

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Knowledge-Base/Error-quot-The-Tool-ID-id-I...

If these don't work, you could try removing that tool from the XML of the workflow so you can at least open it and re-add/configure the problem tool. To do this I'd make a copy of the problem workflow, just in case you make a mistake when editing the XML. If we take this workflow for example:

I make a copy of that workflow and call it something identifiable (for this example I'm going to remove the RecordID tool):

Now I just open the workflow in its raw (XML) form, in a text/code editor:

I now just find the section of the XML relating to the tool I want to remove:

Delete the whole section, starting at the <Node> tag and ending at </Node> - make sure you delete the whole lines neatly i.e. leave the indentation of the surrounding lines of the other tools the same:

Now just hit save on the text/code editor and when you come to open the workflow in Alteryx:

Hope this helps! When messing with the XML of workflows do just ensure you're using a copy in case you accidentally corrupt it.

[jatienza]

@DataNath Your steps really work. Awesome! Thanks a lot!

[Alma7]

Hi, I have the same error and wanted to do the same as in your example. I opened it in VS Studio, but I cannot find ToolID 1 in the code. I have 222 tools but all of them have different number