Windows Taskbar Progress Bar

[mustafa]

Hey everyone,

I'd like to suggest making use of Windows Taskbar progress feature to highlight running workflow status, it would be helpful for when you start a workflow and continue working on another application.

I made a workaround tool I append at the end of my workflows alongside with output tools to do the same thing, having the feature natively in the designer would be better.

the tool doesn't take care of other running workflows or different alteryx windows, it can't detect warnings and errors from other tools, although Alteryx Engine API might be better for this implementation, a quick python one is done for demo purposes.

Attached are the tool and a test workflow to demonstrate the feature, all the best.

progryx.zip

[jpoz]

This is a great idea! We will be implementing this for the 2019.3 release.

[jpoz]

This is now available in the 2019.3 release. Download it at http://downloads.alteryx.com

[seven]

How do I turn this off? I don't understand how this is useful.

Generally, new features like this should come with an enable/disable toggle. My eyes just keep being drawn to this constant strobe as my workflows run for minutes and hours.

Please help me turn this off.

[jpoz]

@seven Thank you for the feedback. As of now we don't have a user setting (you could post a separate idea suggesting this?), but it is possible through windows settings to turn off animations in your taskbar: https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/turn-on-or-off-animations-in-taskbar-on-windows-10.html

[seven]

@jpozFor people without admin access to their machines who want to turn this feature off:

1. Run %windir%\system32\systempropertiesperformance.exe
2. Uncheck "Animations in the taskbar"

Thank you to Nick Harris for this tip.