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Can't find spatial object field

Hi everyone,I loaded files from our gis server through OLEdb Saptial database(sdb.  However I can not find spatial object ID associated with the geo file.  The 'shape' field is defined as int32....

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Pivoting a table on its axis

In Excel, you can select a table of data and "Paste Transpose". This feature then pastes the data, but pivots the paste on the X and Y axis. Neither "Transpose" nor "Crosstab" tools are capable of this...

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Date Formatting

I have a workflow that has three columns.  Effect Date (2016-01-05),  First of Current Month (2016-02-01) and 185 Days (2015-07-31).All of these are in the date format. I try to format any of the dates...

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Distinct values with two columns

Hi there, I have something simple to do but I only find complexs way to do it so I must miss something. Let Say I have two columns TYPE AND TYPE2 which will contain the same domain values. I want to...

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Case Statement

Hi In SQL you can use a case statement to decide on parameters eg below. CASEWHEN Field A IN (26) THEN 'BABY'WHEN Field A IN (39,62,81,98) THEN 'BAKERY'END AS DIVISION, Can this only be replicated as a...

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Help with formula

Could somebody please explain the following expression and how it works. It's derived from the Step 1 Exercise: Reading, Writing and Data Blending With Alteryx Designer from the Self-Paced Training. I...

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How do you move data from one field to another based on a criteria?

Scenerio, I want to move all persons [ESSN]  to the [Insurance_ID] if there is any person with [Relation] = S.  Otherwise no data moves. Thanks in advance!

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Error: Publish to Tableau Server (1): Tool #625: Record #1: Tool #8: Invalid...

Hi I am getting the below error when i tried to execute my workflow  Error: Publish to Tableau Server (1): Tool #625: Record #1: Tool #8: Invalid document structure at Line:1 and Column:1also i...

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partition Over

Hi, I have the below column in my query that i am trying to replicate in Alteryx what is the best solution. max(bb.Number_Sku) over (ORDER BY bb.DEPTCATG, bb.Number_Sku desc) as CategoryMaxSkuCount...

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Add thousand separator using regex

I am trying to use Regex to parse fullname with title like the following. GHASSIBI, BOUTROS M., MDSKORUPKA, MIROSLAWA, MDHow can I do this?  

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Does Alteryx allow you to convert Unix Epoch time to another date format?

Does Alteryx allow you to convert Unix Epoch time to another date format?

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Fuzzy Match - Easy or Hard?

Spoiler: I've attached the solution workflow to the On Demand Intermediate Fuzzy Matching.  I've modified this to add an alternate solution; color coded for ease of reading. Both solutions are sorted...

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Dropdown List for Column Rename

I would like to create a dropdown list where the column names can be renamed. I want to give the user the option of picking the column name to rename from a dropdown box instead manually renaming it or...

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Macro to compare consecutive pairs of columns

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to create a macro that will give the difference between column 3 and column 4, and then between columnn 5 and column 6, and so on.  It's easy enough to use the...

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Blending Two Customer Data Sources and Adding a Column with the correct...

Hello,  We have two minor items we are trying to resolve, hoping the great folks here can assist. 1) We want a common Customer Name field to blend from 2 data sources from (DB2 and SQL) however, the...

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Select tool Rename

Is it possible make a drop down box for Select tool Rename Column? I don’t want the user punching in the new values for column names but instead picking a new column name from the drop down list.

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list to combination of pairs

hi,I am trying to split a list of values into pairs and have their "key" repeat. I have a list of values, for eg.keyvaluekey1a,b,ckey2a,bkey3b,c,d (could have mode than  3 values)and want to get the...

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PCXML: Removing Borders for Specific Cells

I'm in a bit of a reports nightmare, trying to make an 'exact match' for an Excel report that has some of the fields arranged for visual appeal, rather than any structural purpose. I've managed to get...

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Dynamic Input - Bring in Filename

Hi, When using the dynamic input tool to bring in multiple sheets, is it possible to bring in the source filename and append this to each record in the input? i.e. the same option as in the normal...

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Join Tool Not Matching Exact Matches

Any reasons a Join Tool may not match exact matches? I have two files I am trying to join by unique ID fields, both V_String fields.  These ID's contain both numbers and letters, I have manually found...

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