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Compare Values From Different Rows

I'm a new Alteryx user...trying to solve a problem: Given the input data below, i need to output one row per User based on the following rules:1. if Course Name = Cert Exam then 1 else 02. if Course...

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Rounding down Date-Time to the quarter hour level

Hi, I am looking to round my date time field down to the quarter hour (15 min level). An example of what I'm looking to achieve is below: Current Date/Time2015-03-06 18:18:162015-03-06...

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Batch Macro to do mapping

Hi, I am new to the macro world and designing a macro to help on a mapping action.I have 2 tables,Table A:Table B:And I have to look up the table A segment in table B to create something like below...

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RegEx: Unspecified error at character 0

I have been working with RegEx tool for a long time now but it's the first time Alteryx complains about my expression:...

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Advance all dates by a week

Is there a function or tool in alteryx to advance all the dates by a week? Most of the dates in the file are the same but there are a few that are not.  Something like a Find and Replace like in Excel...

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Directory and Dynamic Input tool and text in specific cell

Hi, I'm using the Directory and Dynamic Input tools to import .xlsx files from a Sharepoint directory and am having seveal issues come up.   First, I keep getting a "schemas don't match" error and am...

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Fuzzy Matching For Healthcare Claims

We have a list of healthcare claims that have an ID on each claim. In addition, we have a second list of claims that has and ID but it can be slightly different (maybe a digit off at the end, maybe a 4...

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Last instance of a character

How do I identify the location of the LAST instance of particular character (base zero)? C:\\Location\Folder\Folder\Files.xlsx|Sheet1  has its last "\" at character 26C:\\Location\File.txt   has its...

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Too many fields in record#1

Hi, I have the attached csv file and want to prepare the data. I have also attached the required output file. Appreciate your help. Thanks Jag

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Join is reeeeally slow

Hello all, I'm new here, but I've tried searching for an answer to this already. I'm relatively proficient with Alteryx (well, not bad for four months of training!). My issue is that I'm joining two...

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Identifying duplicate record id's to override a timestamp

I'm trying to identify duplicate values in my dataset in order to pull out the most recent date in a separate field. My goal is to keep the entry with the earliest date stamp so that I have a final...

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Formula to assign dates?

I wanted to know if there is a certain type of formula that can autofill dates to remove manual manipulation each time I run a workflow. Currently for each new report I run there is a date range that I...

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Replacing particular occurrence of a character

I want to identify and replace the third occurrence of the "T" character in each data row AGCTTAGGCGAGTGCGAGTGCGATAAGCTAGGCCGTAAAGCGAGGAGCCCCTAGCATGCATGGGACCTAGGACCATAGAGATCGACGATTTACGAGGTTC to...

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Block Until Done - is this a correct or possible use of Block Until Done?

I open a file - mess with it then out put it.I put a Block Until Done just before the Output Data. Next I open the file I just output and mess with it. This seems to be working... but I fear it may...

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Transpose every n Rows

Hello Friends, I have a table as below. I need to transpose every 4 Columns into a table . Can you please help me to solve this probelm. QueryNameHelenAddressFirestone...

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Writing Expressions Involving Time

I'm trying to write an expression using the time portion of a timestamp.  The format of the timestamp is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.  I'm trying to write a formula to return 'True' if the time is after 6:00....

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Auto Convert [Most] Any Date Macro

So I read and read and still couldn't find anything that would use most all of the supported date formats and auto detect which to use and then convert that to a date. I found one article that did it...

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Repeat Item labels in fields

Hi All, I have data in below order Cust1  USACust2  IndiaCust3  China I want my data in this formCust1 USACust1 IndiaCust1 ChinaCust 2 USACust2 IndiaCust2 China....Can someone please help me with this,...

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String Parsing

I am a little stuck with a string parsing workflow. I am trying to parse a string from right to left in groups of 10. The Regex tool seems to work fine but I can only get it to work when I parse from...

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Read one record at a time in iterative loop

Hi Friends, I have a requirement of reading one record at a time , build a Json file based on it, append to an URL and then called the Webservices to Download the records, I dont know how to read one...

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