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Parallel Processing, Scheduling, Enhancement Ideas & Tips. Breaking up workflows for performance and utilizing in-house developed scheduling system to enhance operations. Presentation by Forrest Harper. Parallel processing. For performance
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Parallel Processing, Scheduling,Enhancement Ideas& Tips Breaking up workflows for performance and utilizing in-house developed scheduling system to enhance operations Presentation by Forrest Harper
Parallel processing • For performance • In most systems there are parts of a “job” which could run concurrently if they can be broken out and run independently, this is true of many Alteryx workflows • For replication, code integrity & maintenance efficiency • Use of Control Files • YXMD or YXMC
3CV to CD Bill ReconRpts.yxmcThis Process takes 1 hour to run
Control files • We see how we can break up a workflow into multiple flows to reduce the time to completion, 3 hours to 2 • YXMD, we need to build multiple clones with subtle changes for each entity we wish to run for, i.e multiple companies • YXMC, parameterized filters and such allow us to use macros to take a static module and make it dynamic • Selection Criteria • Directory/Folder structure for file control • Progress tracking and triggering
Scheduling systems & needs • Alteryx has the Server option that has a built in Scheduler • Alteryx has the Designer available with the Scheduler as an option • Alteryx Scheduler functionality is analogous to the Windows Task Scheduler • Limited to daily, Day of week, weekly, monthly and time of day primarily • Within a workflow you can trigger another workflow or external script or program, single item only • Shops who need to operationalize many workflows need more sophisticated features like • Predecessor/successor conditions • conditional days of the month • Notion of business days, 1st business day after or before, 1st of month, last of month, etc. • Conditional restart, alerts