Please don't store tool, container, etc position as floating point in XML.

[seven]

I version all of my Alteryx work professionally and personally using git. Positions seem to be stored as floating points in XML and this can lead to unwanted behaviours in git. Containers can float around the canvas over time across many commits. There is also plenty of noise while diffing workflows. The noise is all of the "changes" in tool and container positions actually resulting from floating points. Is it possible to store positions in XML without floating points?

[KylieF]

Hi @seven!

Thank you for your idea, this an interesting one as I don't think I've seen the XML comes up very often so it's very cool to see an idea involving it! I know you've been on the idea board for a while but if you haven't yet please check out or Submission Guidelines as they go over some of the criteria required for reaching our product team.

[Joe_Lipski]

This is a neat idea as I've noticed this cause me a few minor annoyances in the past!

[jpoz]

Thank you for this suggestion! We have implemented this in the 2020.4 release, available here: http://downloads.alteryx.com/