Sharing Database Alias between users

[paul_houghton]

Is there anyway to share DB aliases between users, either with the alias manager on server or with a shared file on a network drive?

I have been looking and can't yet find a real easy way yet.

[KaneG]

Hi Paul,

The DB Alias are stored in XML files that can be distributed. However, generally passwords will not be stored in a way that can just be deployed to another user. (The password would be a lot less secure if someone could just copy the encrypted password and drop that on to their machine without even needing to know the password...)

With Default Settings, locations are:

C:\ProgramData\Alteryx\Engine\SystemAlias.xml
C:\Users\<ID>\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx\Engine\UserAlias.xml

That being said, I don't think that you could have a central repository.

Kane