(I'm very new to Alteryx so bear with me)
I'm attempting to create a rather large data set from several csv files. I have several Join tools in my workflow and it's really bogging things down. I tried to use the Container Tool to isolate (and disable) the data I've already run so I can speed up the run time on the current Join tool I'm working with (which is outside the Container). This brings me to my first question:
1. What exactly does "disabled" mean in the Container Tool?
Does Alteryx run the workflow with information in the container it obtained on the last run? Or does it completely ignore it as if it doesn't even exist? I'm assuming the latter? It seems that when I run the workflow my new Join tool thinks that there is nothing coming in from the left side at all even though it's connected to the "disabled" data (error: both left and right inputs must have connections). So question 2:
2. If this is correct, how should approach this issue to reduce my very long run times?
edit:
I forgot to mention that in the Containers description it mentions a Cache Dataset Tool but I'm not quite following the explanation for it. It's also not sure how to obtain that tool if that's the correct answer to my problem.