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The Power of Alteryx Orchestrator

Automate and Operationalize Your Data Workflows

 
 

Orchestrator

Within Designer Cloud, Orchestrator allows anyone to operationalize and automate data workflows, with options for parallel or conditional execution, as well as pre- and post-processing.

 
 
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Conditional/Parallel Support

Execute tasks based on specified conditions or execute in parallel to save time.

 
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Proactive Monitoring/Alerting

Connect data workflows with messaging services (like Slack, Teams, email, or PagerDuty). Then, receive proactive alerts when issues arise that may impact downstream fitness of data (such as changes to schema or distribution).

 
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Cross-Business Collaboration

Share and collaborate on Orchestrator with others, making it easy to review, approve, or contribute expertise to speed up workflow design.

 

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Frequently asked questions

 
What happened to Alteryx Plans?

Alteryx Plans is now called Orchestrator.

Existing workflow capabilities continue in Orchestrator, including scheduling, notifications, workflow dependencies, and conditional task execution.

Teams are still able to manage complex data pipelines, connect downstream processes, and coordinate tasks across systems using centralized plans, as described in the Get Started with Orchestrator documentation.

 
How does Orchestrator help teams monitor workflows' reliability?

Orchestrator gives teams a centralized view of workflow activity so itโ€™s easier to understand how plans are running across connected analytics processes. Users can review previous runs, track in-progress tasks, and identify failures before downstream workflows are affected. Workflow dependencies remain visible as well, helping teams keep tasks running in the intended sequence.

Key reliability capabilities include:

  • Conditional execution paths based on task success or failure
  • Email or Slack notifications when workflows complete or require attention
  • Retry options that restart failed plan runs without rerunning completed upstream tasks
  • Task-level execution visibility for failed, pending, skipped, canceled, and in-progress tasks
 
What types of workflows can teams manage with Orchestrator?

Orchestrator helps teams coordinate connected analytics processes across Alteryx One. Plans can run on a schedule, be triggered manually, or execute through APIs. Workflow execution can branch based on success or failure conditions, making it easier to manage complex processes across data pipelines.

Workflows may include:

  • Designer Cloud workflows
  • Designer workflows uploaded to Alteryx One
  • Live Query workflows for supported cloud data platforms
  • Machine Learning prediction and training tasks

Orchestrator can also coordinate operational and downstream activities such as:

  • HTTP requests and API-driven processes
  • Auto Insights dataset refreshes
  • Email and Slack notifications
  • Approval-based workflows
  • Delayed or conditional task execution

Task dependencies, parallel execution paths, and workflow-to-workflow data exchanges help connected processes run in the intended sequence.