Do scheduled workflows on Server run using the default user interface inputs?

[jsandona]

Hi everyone, quick question on trying to set up scheduled workflow runs. 

Do scheduled workflows on Server run using the default user interface inputs? Or do they just run based on the tool configuration (and basically disregard any interface/action tools?)

Is it possible to set up multiple scheduled runs with different configurations that would typically be input through the user interface? Or would we essentially need to upload a copy of the workflow with each configuration set up in the tools themselves, not through the interface tools. 

Thank you!

[fmvizcaino]

Hi @jsandona ,

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Server-Ideas/Configure-App-Values-When-Scheduling-Analytica...

Unfortunately, you will have to create multiple versions of the same app. I suggest building a batch macro reading an Excel input with all the selections.

Best,

Fernando Vizcaino

[jNunez]

So if you're just scheduling copies of the workflow with different inputs, why not just change the workflow from an app to a macro?

Setup each instance of your macro with whatever the app inputs would have been. Then you only have to manage the macro and the analytic app, instead of multiple versions of the same workflow.