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Create a connector for Azure Cosmos DB, integrate it directly into their Alteryx workflows

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Vanilla Alteryx Chained Apps can only progress linearly, which means developers could not let users skip few applications ( or ) reach the last app in the chain ( or ) let the user select which specific app to trigger based on the requirement.

 

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This can be bypassed by using a render tool with output as PCXML and HTML link of the Application you can trying to divert to, which does not affect the existing workflow in any way.

 

 

 

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By using the below set of tools on any workflow/chained app you can either branch the flow of apps ( or ) you can skip a few apps in the chain.

 

  1. A excel or csv file which has the links of the apps -  the reason for keeping the hyperlinks in an external file is so that we can update the link if the server link changes/updates - refer Image 1
  2. A filter tool to specify which application to move to ( can be changed using a radio button/drop down to app 2/3/4/5 etc.)
  3. A text tool ( This is where the magic is ) - configure it to pick the server link from the incoming data from the filter tool as hyperlink and generate a output preview, as shown below - refer Image 2
  4. Use a render tool as output and write to any PCXML file ex: "File.pcxml" - refer Image 3

 

Image 1 - Input Configuration with the flow that can be part of any existing application

 

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Image 2 - Text Tool Configuration

 

 

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Image 3 - Render tool Configuration

 

 

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POC in action

 

  • Let assume our 3rd application is located in www.alteryx.com - if the user selects 3rd app in the radio button

 

 

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  • Which would generate an Output Preview like below

 

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Now If clicked on App 1, it would divert me to www.Alteryx.com

 

 

 

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Keywords : Chained Applications, Chained Apps, Application Sequence, Skip Application Sequence, Branch Application Sequence, Application Order, Controlled Order, Trigger Next Application

 

Regards,

Maithreyan S

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I think it would be very helpful (and very easy) to add metadata to a yxdb with the name and location of the workflow that created or most recently updated that file. Right now I have to add a column to the data frame with a formula tool with the location, which puts the filepath on every single line, and is not how I want to present a finished product dataset to a superior. Thank you!

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