change where anyburn saves temporary file

Orphaned” files (temp files remaining after a crash as in the case where temp space runs out) are automatically cleared out the next time the Alteryx Engine runs.

Some temp files will not clear out until after the workflow is closed, such as temp files for Browse Data (*.yxdb files) and Browse Map (*.png files.).

The lifespan of individual temp files differs, but in most cases, they are deleted as soon as that tool is done outputting all its records to downstream tools.

All my users are instructed to shut down their PC's end of the day. I have a script everytime the pc restarts this folder is cleaned.

As temp files are no longer necessary in the process, they clear themselves out. Options, file location, create a folder called for eg Revit on your C drive.These files usually have an Alteryx Database extension (*.yxdb.).It is named according to the process that created it. Even though the file is compressed, it does contain the entirety of what was passed in the connection stream to one of the tools listed above. A temp file is created and written to the user-specified temp file location.

Some tools that generate temp files include: Block Until Done tool, Find Nearest tool, Join tool, Join Multiple tool, Make Group tool, Poly-Build tool, Sample tool, Sort tool, Spatial Match tool, Summarize tool, Tile tool, and Unique tool. Temp files are created so that the second pass can happen faster. Some tools need to read the contents in more than one pass, such as any tool that sorts the records prior to executing the tool process.

Change where anyburn saves temporary file