XML to Workflow Understanding

[rohit782192]

Hi Team,

I am having an XML File from the Alteryx workflow Created. 

What the Simple way to understand how the via XML how the tool are interconnected to each other and the logic.

i want to understand workflow via XML.

[mjf · Accepted solution]

I've not used the XML Parse tool, but I'm familiar with the .yxmd format as a XML file. I'd recommend you look at a workflow using Notepad++, which will highlight XML code and provide code folding to help you understand the structure of the file. Broadly speaking, the workflow is broken up into one 'root' element called AlteryxDocument. Further subdivision into XML elements define: (1) the tools (Nodes element); (2) the connections between tools (Connections element); and (3) the workflow configuration (Properties element). The XML tool appears to be a "read-only" tool, that outputs different aspect of the XML file you've parsed based on the tool configuration. I wouldn't know how to edit XML in an Alteryx tool other that using the xml2 R package and the R tool.