Question regarding Chained analytical app

[jjhan0630]

Hi All,

Me and my college are trying to find a way to run multiple workflows at once and under certain conditions.

For instance, if there are 50 workflows we would like to set the range of workflows and then run it in sequence. (2~34) or every workflow under the same folder in order. 

Me and my college did some research and came to conclusion that we either need to use crew macro or chained analytical app. 

However, we weren't quite sure if we can bring the workflow itself to the drop down list in chained analytical app. Is it possible to choose the workflow from the dropdown list? If so how do I do it?

If you guys have any other suggestion please enlighten us.

Thank you in advance.

[Jonathan-Sherman · Accepted solution]

Hi @jjhan0630,

You could take a look at a method by @patrick_digan, inputting the workflows as csv to define which workflows XML to write out and subsequently run. If you've got multiple workflows you want to select from then the best option might be to do some kind of two fold chained app.

App 1: Brings in a list of available workflows to select from the directory tool

App 2: Feeds the list from the last app into a dropdown, allowing the user to select which workflow they want to run, subsequently reading in that file as a non delimited csv and outputting the XML as a .yxwz which is subsequently run as the final workflow.

Patrick Digan's workflow: https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/Chained-Apps-Simple-Example/57ff7a64a18e9e10d80b6d58 

Great blog explaining the technique: https://www.theinformationlab.nl/en/2018/12/18/chained-alteryx-analytic-app/ 

Kind regards,

Jonathan