Is there a way to collapse (or expand) all containers at the same time. I have a ridiculously messy workflow with tons of containers and would like to be able to open and close them all quickly.
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You can do it by editing the XML of the workflow replacing <Folded value="False" /> with <Folded value="True" /> but not sure of any way to do within designer.
That's not in my skill set :) But thanks for helping.
Hey @MsBindy
the first time you look at things in XML it can be intimidating, but let me walk you through it.
If you can get Notepad++ on your machine that will be even neater
Give it a try - understanding how to get into the XML behind an alteryx flow will open up a whole spectrum of possibilities for you.
Thank you both. Sorry for the delay, I just finally got a chance to try this out!
Is there a similar process for enabling/disabling all containers?
Way too often we will have complex workflows that might have dozens of containers and after opening many of them in the process of troubleshooting it makes cleanup very tedious.
This is a decent enough workaround but I think the 'collapse all containers' function needs to be added to Designer. My biggest objection is that opening the workflow as text has a much greater risk of workflow corruption through some random fat-finger typo.
Maybe in the submenu when right-clicking on any container?
I ran into this exact same issue today when making edits to a large workflow with 15 containers that house outputs I didn't want running. This is a mild annoyance, but an annoyance either way.
The solution I found is in adding a Condition Tool to your workflow that controls actions for your containers. Below is the link to the Action Tool help page and the snippet that directly references what I am talking about.
https://help.alteryx.com/current/Action.htm
Enable/Disable Container from Condition Tool | Updates the Tool Container Tool's Disable checkbox based on the connected Condition tool. Use a Condition Tool when you want to account for a true and a false outcome. | Radio Button Tool -> Condition Tool (T)-> Action( )-> Tool Container Tool ( ) |
This was very helpful. Thank you.