Backwards Compatibility

[richardhcwu]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to 11.3 while the rest of my team are still on 10.6.

They can't open workflows I create.

Is there a way for me to make my workflows compatible in 10.6?

[JoeS · Accepted solution]

Hi @richardhcwu,

There isn't a completely fool proof way to do it. If you have included any of the new features in 11.3 the tools then won't be able to be opened from the earlier version.

But if you open up the Alteryx workflow using a text editor (I'd recommend Notepad++) at the top of the document you have:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<AlteryxDocument yxmdVer="11.3">
  <Nodes>

The second line refers to the version of Alteryx the workflow was built in. You can try changing this to 10.6 and then your colleagues should be able to open it.

So it should look like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<AlteryxDocument yxmdVer="10.6">
  <Nodes>

As mentioned though, this will not work if you have used any of the new features. My recommendation would be to get your colleagues to update as well :)