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Identify a Conversion Error

Hello folks, am trying to change a huge data set to number format using the multi-field tool and am wondering if there is a way of identifying the locations of the conversion errors. It's a huge data...

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Rounding Values to Total

Hi All,  I've gotten some great help so far, so thank you for that! I think this time I have more of a formula question rather than what tool I'd use.  I have a table of the following:  Product...

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Identifying records with dates in a quarter

Hello all, I am trying identify records (with a date field) with a date within the last month of every quarter in the year, and then find those records that have a date after the 20th but before the...

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How to convert 3 integer columns to date?

Hello.  My data set has 3 columns for Day, Month and Year.  All are in integer. I want to convert the 3 into a date field. For example, Day = 3, Month = 6, Year = 2017Result is a date field: 2017-06-03...

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adding conditions in new column

Column [item type] is my raw data, and I used formula function to add an new blank column called [item desc]However, I want the item desc align up with item type according as belowItem type in (1,7,33)...

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Need help with randon selection

I am trying to come up with a solution to help a co-worker that has been completing a very manual process.  Here is the situation: We are having networking lunches, where each month or quarter you can...

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String to date conversion 'dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm:ss'

Hi community, I am new to alteryx and facing since two days the challenge of formating a German time format from a csv-file to a date format. Source format of the field [MyDate]: 'dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm:ss'...

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Thousands separator is a dot; How to replace it with comma

Hi community, I have a data field [Field1] formated as double and it contains entries in European/German digit format such as 4.000 (four thousend: 4000) and 32.000,89 (thirty-two thousend dot...

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Creating a destination matrix

Hi all, I'm trying to create a destination matrix using various parameters such as turning movements, origin zone/intersection, destination zone/intersection, intersection ID, etc. I have traffic...

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Select Tool gives error message after successful run "No valid fields were...

I have a workflow which runs perfectly fine on the first shot. But once I click the Select tool then click in the open area, Select tool gives the error message "No valid fields were selected" and many...

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Broken Lines in the raw file

I have a pipe delimited file where the data is broken down to next rows. The number of columns are 10, and the pipe count is 9.Below the broken data - JE_HEADER_ID INT|DESCRIPTION...

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comparing data in a row

F1F2Outputdata12falsedata23falsedata34falseform15falseform23trueform32true From the above example, compare the data of F2 corresponding in data1 with form1, form2, form3  and if same, then output...

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Fuzzy Matching on Serial Numbers Config Help

Hello community, I am trying to build a quick fuzzy match workflow but could do with some help on custom configuration and explanation of how the key generation works - I've read everything I could...

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Convert String to DateTime

Hi ,  I would like to convert String to Date Time .For an example ,  Input      10/6/17 12:00 PM (String type)Output  10/6/17 12:00 PM(DateTime Type) I try using the Datetime tool but the outcome...

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Writing output data into Oracle - DataWrap2OCI: SendBatch: ORA-24801: illegal...

Hello, I am trying to write data into Oracle and I found following error. Well, its just 255 records I must say. Error: Output Data (138): DataWrap2OCI:: SendBatch: ORA-24801: illegal parameter value...

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How can I find specific values within sub-groups of rows??

I have a raw file that is poorly created (cannot be helped). I want to be able to pull each number under each type, as well as the total. There are many Unique City numbers. I want to be able to pull...

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Multiple Filters leading to Formula for Column Value Output

HI All, This is more of a cleanup the workflow type question. I have multiple filter conditions where each true flows into an formula to update a value of a particular column based on the filter...

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Should I use find replace? Want to modify a line of data

 For example, as shown below, I want to modify a line item for entry (ID) 3 and add a line item to it. Right now what I did is that I use select record to select the line of ID 3, use formula to modify...

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Working with (wanted) line breaks and the Table > Email tools

I have a workflow that pulls from SharePoint, slices into various pieces based on project owner and status, and mails out separate tables based on the project owner's email address. No problem there....

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Formula Tool - Replace NULL in all columns(350 columns) with 0

Hello, May I please know a way to write a formula to search for NULL in all columns(350) of the data and replace it with 0 at once.  Thanks in advance.

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