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Make backup (bak) file creation optional

The bak file that is automatically created (and re-created if deleted) really clutters up our folders.

Please allow us to either turn it off, or specify a different location to hold our back up files.

Thanks

52 Comments
aparobson
5 - Atom

Sometimes when I'm writing a lot of data to multiple sheets in Excel, the flow stops because it's unable to create a backup file because it's still saving the backup from the previous tab. This is really annoying so being able to turn this feature off to help ensure a flow doesn't quit unexpectedly is critical. I use batch files to remove them at the end of a flow, but that doesn't resolve this issue. Please Alteryx team, add this feature.

JohnHu
5 - Atom

This would be very helpful if Alteryx could clean up it's own files. They just remain there until they are manually deleted. This topic has been under review for 10 years. Any way we can get some update one it?