How to bring a gallery macro into a canvas?

We want many people to use the same version of a macro which is sanctioned centrally - however we don't know how to insert a macro that's stored on the gallery onto a canvas.

It is possible to copy the macro out of the gallery, open it in the designer - and then insert this into the canvas - but that doesn't help because if the central macro is updated then my copy in my canvas will not reflect this update.

So what we are hoping to do is to mimic the way that this works if you store your macros on a shared folder. if you update the macro in the shared folder then every canvas that uses this macro will get this update.

How do we point to the macro in-situ in its home on the gallery?

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patrick_digan

@SeanAdams that ini that @MarqueeCrew was referencing is the non-GUI way to add a macro repository (like @scottj mentioned) which just references a shared folder. I don't know of any way to use the gallery macros like you're trying to do.

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scottj

While it does not answer your direct question to using Gallery Macros in a drag/drop fashion, I have used some other options to assure the most recent version is used.

Some users set up a network location to save Macros, then make that location one of the defaults in the User Settings location. If all the users have this location as a Macro Repository path, then each time it is updated, the macro is the newest version in their toolbar.

MarqueeCrew

MacroRepo.ini

[Settings]
DefaultFolder=Macros
Path=\\yourcompany.com\medpro_dfs_data\DFS_Groups\Alteryx\Macros
MinimumAlteryxVersion=11.0

if placed into C:\ProgramData\Alteryx\DataProducts\AddOnData\Macros should help to organize and make sure that everyone is using the same tools.

credit to @patrick_digan

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