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Character count issue

Hello community, Newbie needing some guidance please! I have (proudly!) built a work-flow which gives the below 'Current Output', pulling data in from a few locations (sample below). The issue I cannot...

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What would make the Field Summary Browse tool be blank?

I'm trying to look at a standard excel file but the browse tool is plank.I have data in the report tool, so I not sure what happening.Any suggestions. 

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Parse column from Hadoop using flat file layout

I had designed a somewhat complex alteryx flow which took the latest .txt file in a NAS drive. This file has several lines that need parsed, and based of the lines record key, has specific string...

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Multi Field formula help

Hi ,  I am trying to add a column in which value of the rows would depend on one of the variables . I have attached a sheet wherein I want the final result as column H.  I have managed to get column G...

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Data prep remove combination of characters

Hi, Probably it should been easy, only I couldn't find it. I received a database with a free textfield... but want to structure and prep for it.Only the first number string should been listed The cell...

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merge lines into one line

I have a table that includes some duplicated entries as belowLine 1 and Line 2 are the identical items but line 2 missing the Receiving date StyleColorsizeShipping DateReceiving...

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Calculate Paid to Date

Hi All, I have a workflow that calculates a tenants rent balance daily and now like to calculate the Rent Paid to Date on a daily level as well. Attached is a copy of the alteryx workflow and excel...

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Select Highest volume clients based on certain criteria

Hi There,I have a file of 5 million records in a csv file which I have created a table based on client ID and volume of transactions. What I now want to do is select the top 5 or 10 clients (based on...

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Parse all records after n characters

Hi, I have a list of codes that contain three letters followed by several numbers (numbers can vary). Here is a sample: VWN29747BSA1927330GST38559MBU113445 I want to remove all letters and just keep...

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Group average by certain Field

  FruitPrice/2011Price/2012Price/2013Apple2.12.22.4Orange3.23.23.3Mango A2.42.42.5Mango B2.32.42.4Mango C2.12.22.4Strawberry33.13.3 Hi, may I know how to generate only one Mango output   with average...

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How to Cascade values from dropdown to another dropdown

Hi,      I have a requirement where I have to map source and target columns and create an output out of it. Currently the objective is to read say N different excel  files and each file  could contain...

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Read data from a txt file and need to process data based on header records

Hi Community, I am new to alteryx and trying to find a solution for my problem. I have a text file with data as shown in the attached file sample_input_file. I need to read the part of header value and...

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Creating an Input for Different Excel Files.

I have 1 workflow that uses 2 input files. Each output file has a different name, instead of just renaming them. I'd like to link to both but chose which one I'd like to run the workflow for.

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Filter one data set on the resultes of another query

I have one data set that has a numeric field: X -There is another query on a different data set the returns a From field and a To field - I want to filter the first data set returning only records X...

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Newlines in Reporting Table

I have an application where I am trying to display some open-response text from users that includes special characters like newlines and bullet points.  Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the Table...

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First Workflow output 4 values, then based on values decide which second...

Hi, I have a workflow which outputs a value, One of four second workflows will be run based on the first workflow output,I have no idea how to do this, please let me know if you have any ideas Thanks 

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CUMIPMT

Is there a easy way to use the CUMIPMT formula in Alteryx? I dont think Alteryx has that formula like in excel yet. 

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Parsing in RegEx Issue

I am trying to parse this string using RegEx. Critical CapabilitiesDelivery, Integration & Deployment 3.2 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.4 2.9 2.9 3.8 4.1 2.9 4.1 3.5 3.9 I cannot seem to parse the...

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Formula Split at Hyphen

Pretty simple request that I can't seem to get working. I have data that varies in length, but there is a hyphen and I only want what's before the hyphen. I'm guessing I should be using a Formula tool?...

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Convert string date with three letter month to proper date format

Hi, I have a data set with state and end subscription dates that are stored as text. I am trying to convert the text to proper date format. The issue is that the day of the month dates aren't always...

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