how to prevent two people from running an alteryx app simultaneously - not on gallery

[Heer]

I have a chained app that is not meant to run via gallery

it produces some csv files that the next app references.

i want to prevent that file from changing until one user is done using it

in short, i want only one person to run the chained app. is there a way to do this?

[harshendra]

@Heer You need a flag to determine if the apps are already being used by someone or not.

Use a text file to determine what you need. At the start of your first app/workflow update the text file with value "App already running". At the end of your last app/workflow, update the same text file with value "App not running".

Now, read this file at the first app/workflow to know if the app is running or not. If "App already running", give the end user a message/error. If "App not running", update the value to "App already running" and let the app/workflow run.