View and Execute with Cloud Execution
Once you save your Designer Desktop workflow or Analytic App to your Alteryx Analytics Cloud (AAC) workspace, you can view and execute it in AAC.
View Desktop Workflows and Apps in AAC
Once saved to AAC, you can find your Desktop workflows and Analytic Apps in AAC via Library > Designer Desktop. Here you can Download a ZIP file that contains the workflow and any packaged assets, Schedule your workflow to run in AAC, run your Analytic App in AAC, and Delete your Desktop workflows from AAC. Use the three-dot menu associated with the workflow to access these options.
Go to the Library for Assets page for more information.
Schedule Designer Desktop Workflow Runs in AAC
Important
The option to schedule applies to desktop-built workflows only. Desktop-built Analytic Apps are not available to schedule.
Once you save your Designer Desktop workflow to AAC, you can take advantage of Cloud Execution for Desktop and schedule your desktop workflows to run in the cloud environment.
Please note that at this time, Cloud Execution for Desktop allows for 6 concurrent runs of scheduled Desktop workflows per workspace. Any additional runs are queued and will run once one of the 6 concurrent runs finishes.
To schedule your Desktop workflow…
In AAC, navigate to Library and select Designer Desktop in the left panel to navigate to the workflows that you saved from Designer Desktop to AAC. Alternatively, you can add a schedule directly via the Schedules page.
Select the associated three-dot menu, and select Schedule.
Enter a Name for the schedule.
In the OCCURRENCE section, select your preferred Run type: Recurring, Once, Custom, or Event Trigger. Please note that each run type has unique configuration settings. Review the details at Add Schedule Dialog.
When you finish the schedule configuration, select Schedule.
Once you schedule your workflow, you can view schedule details and make changes via the Schedules tab of AAC. Here you can…
View the schedule status, name, associated asset, and owner.
View the schedule frequency, next and last run details, as well as when the schedule was last updated.
Additionally, you can edit, enable and disable, and delete the schedule if needed.
Go to the Schedules help page for more information.
Run Analytic Apps in AAC
After you save or upload your Analytic App to AAC, you can run it via Cloud Execution.
AAC Schedule Limitation
Desktop-built Analytic Apps that you save or upload to AAC are not currently available via AAC Schedules.
Follow these steps to run your app:
In AAC go to the Library page and access the Designer Desktop tab.
Locate your app in the list of Designer Desktop items and select the associated 3-dot menu.
Select Run Analytic App to open the app in a new browser tab. The app interface is provided by AAC’s App Builder. You can also share or download your app (YXZP file) via the 3-dot menu.
Once the app loads, answer the app questions and select the Run button.
When the app finishes running, a confirmation message appears at the bottom of the page. Select Download* to download the app output via a zip file. This is the only option to download the app results. The ZIP file contains these items:
Engine Log File (regardless of success or failure)
All output files associated with the job (if applicable).
App Output Download
*At this time, the Analytic App results are not available via the Jobs page. If you need to download the app results, you must use the Download option available at the end of the app run.
View Cloud Execution Status and Results
Once your Desktop workflow* runs as part of your schedule, you can view the schedule results via the Jobs tab in AAC. To do so, navigate to the Jobs tab and select Designer Desktop in the left menu.
Note
*Designer Desktop-built Analytic Apps are not currently available via schedules, and apps run via Cloud Execution don't currently display on the Jobs page.
The Jobs page contains these details (go to Job History Page for more information):
Status: Current status of the job.
Job Id: Unique identifier for the job.
Asset: The asset associated with the job. In this case, this is the name of your Desktop workflow.
Type: The type of job. In this case, this is Cloud Execution for Desktop or CEFD_DESKTOP.
Owner: The owner associated with the job.
Completed: The data and time the job was completed.
Output: If your Desktop workflow produces any output files, they are available here. Select the Output button to download a ZIP file of the associated outputs. The ZIP file contains these items:
Engine Log File (regardless of success or failure)
All output files associated with the job.