Trigger Alteryx Workflow after receiving email

Question

Hello,

I am looking to automatically trigger an Alteryx module when I receive a daily email in my inbox.

The email lets me know when the data was refreshed, so kicking of my module to run with the most recent data immediately after receiving this email is the ideal solution. Currently, I just have it scheduled to run at a particular time, which causes some latency.

Open to any and all solutions/workarounds. Appreciate the help.

apathetichell · Answer

How would I do it? email receipt should trigger a webhook -> webhook lambda (or pub/sub -> cloud function or lambda) -> lambda to alteryx server via api. Sample api for outlook:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1373454/trigger-webhook-when-an-email-is-received

https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/push

kabirk12 · Answer

thanks for your response! I have a server license so curious to see how you'd suggest running a module after receiving an email

Carolyn · Answer

Hey @apathetichell - Got it, thank you! I didn't realize there was a scheduler legacy product. That seems like a handy feature - interesting that they retired that and just have it available via Server. Anyway, thank you for the response. Not OP, but someone at my company asked about this and it was on my list to research, so their question and your response saves me some time!