Trigger Alteryx App from URL

[ThizViz]

I haven't found the answer to this yet...

I have created an App that will result in an email requesting a user to review a document.

That part works just fine.

What I'd like to do is add a couple of links like this:

If you accept this request, click here (this will trigger a different Alteryx workflow that will send an email to the appropriate parties saying "So-and-so has accepted your request.")

If you decline this request, click here

That second part is the trickier part, because I want it to link to a separate Alteryx App which will ask the user the start and end dates of their unavailability.

Question: Is it even possible to trigger/run an Alteryx app from a URL link?

Thanks in advance!

[joshuaburkhow · Accepted solution]

Well Hello @ThizViz Long time no talk 🙂 

Yes, wouldn't you be able to give the user the url from the App on the gallery? 

[MarqueeCrew]

@ThizViz ,

suppose you have a job running every 5 minutes looking for a trigger.  Can you cause the user to create a file indicator in a directory?  Maybe you Update a cell in a spreadsheet?

 That always running job could pick this up and go to the next stage of your automation. 

just a morning thought

 cheers,

 mark

[ThizViz]

I wasn't sure how that all works - we're new at Server here.

But yes, I could phrase the link to instruct them to click "run" on the app when they open the link.

We also have a UAT Server so I could thoroughly test it.

Thanks!

[ThizViz]

I like the idea in spirit, but this email they receive would only be once a year (by design), and if I add up all the users who might get that email it's only going to run about 25 times a year.

A constantly running app would be overkill, I think. But more importantly, if the user declines it's usually going to be because they're busy. The triggered app would need to ask them for their email address and the date when they are available again, so it kind of needs to be a sequence of steps one right after the other.