Interface Designer Window

In the Layout view, add, remove, and reorder the app or macro interface elements.

• Add: Add interface design elements. Added elements are always created at the bottom of the currently selected tab:
  • Group Box: A visual indicator box in which related elements can be contained. Elements are moved into the group box rather than created within it.
  • Label: A line of text that can be added to the app. The label has no visual indicator except the additional text.
  • Link: A link to a web page or file that can be added to the app.
    • A web page must have a complete URL.
    • A file link should have a relative path. Additionally, a file link can be used to allow users to download a file from an Alteryx Server instance.
      1. Type the file link in Interface Designer, using %20 for spaces.

         gallery/My%20File.doc

      2. Copy the file to the gallery file of your Alteryx Server installation.

         C:\Program Files\Alteryx\bin\RuntimeData\gallery

  • Tab: Adds a tab to the top of the app interface. The Analytic App prompts the app user to move from one tab to the next to complete the process. Use tabs to organize an Analytic App.
• Delete: Select an interface element and click Delete to remove it from the interface. Deleted container elements do not delete held elements.
• Arrows: Select an interface element and use the arrows to move the element up or down or nest tools on a tab, or move elements left or right between tabs.

To edit the properties of an interface element, select the element and edit it in the Configuration window, outside of the Interface Designer window. To confirm edits, click out of the Configuration window or click Apply.

In the Test view, test the app or macro by selecting or entering values for questions and opening a debug version of the app or macro with those values.

• Select the values manually, or use these options:
  • Reset: Clears all user-entered values and returns to default design settings.
  • Open: Opens Windows Explorer. Locate app values saved as a .yxwv file.
  • Save: Opens Windows Explorer. Save app values as a .yxwv file to use for subsequent runs of the same Analytic App.
  • View: Shows the XML result of all questions with the values you entered.
• Open Debug: Click to open a duplicate workflow in a new tab configured with the values entered for each question. The interface tools are not included in the workflow.

If workflow tools reference connection names in an expression, the app values will not be updated in the Debug workflow.

The Tree view displays the hierarchical relationship between questions and actions in the app or macro. A blue box surrounds the selected interface element (question or action). A gray box surrounds its corresponding question or action.

Use the up and down arrows to reorder a selected interface element. You can reorder actions, inputs, and outputs. See Macro Input Tool, Macro Output Tool.

In the Properties view, customize the app or macro controls. Controls differ between apps and macros.

Additional controls are available for these macro types: Batch Macro, Iterative Macro, Location Optimizer Macro.