REGEX and padding
I'm trying to learn REGEX and I was wondering its usefulness with dates. I have some hypothetical dates I want to convert to Alteryx's Date format. Currently I'm using this formula:...
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Block Until Done: Internal Error: AddRecord() - MetaInfo must be successfully...
Hello everyone, I am quite new to Alteryx and am currently working on a workflow that writes several sheets in a single Excel file. Therefore, I made use of the Block Until Done Tool to unparallelize...
View ArticleColumns getting Invalid after closing the workflow
Hi Folks, I have created a workflow and it works fine .I am facing a peculiar issue where in once I close the workflow and open it and click on any transformation(Filter,select,join) within it , the...
View ArticleJson file is Parsed and Transpose - Transpose loses the order of the field
Hi, I am doing a POC on Json file and Parsing capabilities of Alteryx . I have built a Json file and i parsed it and Crosstab it immeditely. When i cross checked the input and the Crosstab output, i...
View ArticleTransforming a column to a row
Hi, I have a simple question on transforming the data. This is the input format. Customer ID DateProduct 111/16/2015A111/16/2015B111/16/2015C111/16/2015D111/16/2015E111/16/2015E111/16/2015F And I want...
View ArticleCross Tab Json File after Parsing
Hi Friends, I parse a Json File and Apply CrossTab Tool on it. The Resultant value order is getting distorted and i get a order of fields in alphabetical order ( i need the fields in the same order as...
View ArticleConverting character to a unique number
Hello, I need to convert strings (in my case countries) into unique code number.I tried the function CharToInt, but it gives me identical numbers for different countries (for example 65 for australia,...
View ArticleLooping in workflow to create calculated columns
Hi,I need to create 12 new columns in existing sheet based on Months, i have another column named XXX (Date field).For example:if the XXX column has the value "August 2016" then i need to populate the...
View ArticleInsert to MySQL table with unique index
Hi,I am trying to insert data in a MySQL database table which has a unique index on one of the columns.Alteryx errors out because its trying to insert a duplicate value.Update: Insert if new (Alteryx )...
View ArticleControl Characters
Hi all, Just wondering if there's a list somewhere of how to use the control characters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes) within Alteryx, e.g., if a dataset is delimited by the...
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Parsing Unstructured Addresses
So I've been given a pretty unorganized data set with a bunch of address info all in one column. I figured out how to parse out zip and state using ReverseString then a Text to Column. I having a much...
View ArticleWord count
Hi, I have a table like this Client Text1 I like the product a lot2 The product is expensive... .... Now, I want to count the number of words for each row. So, I...
View ArticleSyntax for empty
What is the syntax to custom filter a field for all of the values that are empty (blank)? I tried ISEMPTY([GROUP_ID]), but it didn't work.
View ArticleFindString for "<"
I have string values in my excel data input [E-mail] like below, and i am trying to parse the name "Kkkkk,·Ersal" from it by finding the "<" in the string. Kkkkk,·Ersal·<Ersal.Kkkkk@Test.com>...
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pivot only a defined set of columns
Hi! I have an tabel,or csv file an I want pivot a defined set of columns.My Example: And I want as result: Is that possible with the Cross tab tool or the Transpose tool in Alteryx? But how? Best...
View ArticleRow to column
Looking for some help with a basic? I have output from an execl pivot with two columns: Time and a numberIn thh Time column there is a random date row to which all the time below it belongs. So would...
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How do I override the truncation that the XML Parse Tool performs?
Hi, I'm trying to build a workflow to audit my TWB files and am running into an issue where the Calculation strings for some fields are being truncated without any apparent reason and I am unable to...
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Is it possible to do a multiline Regex match with Alteryx Regular expressions?
I trying to match the following multi-line text in one of my Alteryx scripts: R Yw R RHere is how I have configured the regular expression tool: I confirmed that my regular expression worked at...
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Reading XML files into table while maintaining relations
I want to read the tags marked with text from XML files that follow this pattern: I have created a Talend Open Studio job that does this very well. However I obviously can't use the XPath-structure in...
View ArticleConvert a delimited file to SQL
Working on my first workflow on Alteryx 10.5 which is processing a ";" delimited file and exporting the fileinto a SQL 2012 database. I am applying a formula to add a date processed field and change 2...
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