Constant Date\Time in Formula output
Hi,In my workflow I use formula tool and DateTimeNow() function as an expression to output an additional column to the input source table as date stamp. I need all the records to get the exact same...
View ArticleComparing Dates
Hi, Apologies for the beginner question. I'm trying to compare three dates (ensure one date is between two other dates). All dates are in the format YYYY-MM-DD and have selected type as Date when i...
View ArticleHelp with RGEX and Creating Date Time
I need help with creating a REGEX formula. I want to take a column called Quarter in the following string format 2008Q1 and I want to change to the following format date format (Month, yyyy), so 03,...
View ArticleQuestion regarding Tool Container
(I'm very new to Alteryx so bear with me) I'm attempting to create a rather large data set from several csv files. I have several Join tools in my workflow and it's really bogging things down. I tried...
View ArticleCombining Multiple Rows
Hello all,Its great to be back on Alteryx, using it in a real world application as opposed to a class setting, but perhaps I have lost a bit and need to freshen up. I am analyzing the response rate of...
View Articlelooping through dataset (for loop?)
I've a dataset that is variable in size. I want to loop through it and have an output unioned on one excel sheet.The dataset may vary between 17-204 "groups" each is uniquely identited as I assign a...
View ArticleRegEx Examples - 12 Handy Use Cases
A lot of data prep questions I get asked about seem to come back to the same answer - "Use Regex!" However, RegEx isn't exactly easy to understand for someone who has never come across it before. This...
View ArticleLooking to sequentially process excel files in a directory
I have a directory which have a number of excel files (all different formats/worksheets). All the files are named in a specific format though which represents a document number e.g. 13456.xlsx,...
View ArticleTrying to Input multiple excel files of different formats, some empty and...
I am facing a weird error of input of these excel files using a browse, macro or dynamic input. Had a tough time to do such a simple thing in alteryx.Guys please help me with this. Some excel files...
View ArticleCan't connect to Excel file with merged cells (located where headers would...
I have an Excel (xlsx) file I'm trying to process, and I can't even connect to to it. There are a bunch of merged cells , located where headers would normally be, as well as merged cells throughout...
View ArticlePause workflow for user approval of the output
Does anyone know if there is there is a way to have a workflow that: 1. Publishes an output file (email it or post it for a user to review).2. Pauses the workflow while the user reviews the output, and...
View ArticleParsing XML File
I am looking to parse out the following sequence of data from an XML file. These are title headers and getting stuck with the regex coding. Any help appreciated!! <IRS1120ScheduleL> Looking to...
View ArticleReplicating Excel WORKDAY Function in Alteryx - feel free to use it if useful
So I'm quite new in Alteryx and been moving reports from manual tools (access/Excel) to Alteryx. Just realized that there is no function in Alteryx to easily calculate x amount of working days from a...
View ArticleDate Calculation
I want to calculate the Dates. I have a column that is in the DateTime format. I want to create a new column that shows me the number of years old a building is from the start date until present...
View ArticleConvert blob to Excel
Hi, I have a workflow which is extracting Excel documents from a Document Repository as blobs. Is there a way to convert these blobs to their original document type (.xlsx or xls) automatically?...
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Challenge proposal : Build a macro to validate data with an expected data...
Hi everybody, Here's my problem : I always need to check that the data files (.csv) sent by my client has a valid structure (number of columns, data type, mandatory values, max field value length,...
View ArticleRegex (or formula) to parse then replace with
Hi All, I have a column that contains numbers such B1001 B12345 B01234534 (so it always starts with a B). I'm using regex to parse the number section ^B0?(.+)$, so B1001 becomes 1001 B01234534 becomes...
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Best Way to group or filter on Time?
Hello, I want to know if someone can help. This seems to be simple, but I am having trouble to find out what the best way is.I am trying to group by the time so that I can see how many orders were...
View ArticleConvert String in FileName to Date
So, I have files from omniture that are are named according to their dates, i.e. Fri. 15 Oct. 2016. I want to convert this to a date format, i.e. 10/15/2016. I have tried the DateTime parse, but they...
View ArticleExcel :Data Preparation
Hi All,I need help with the below mentioned question : Input : Curreny Year Profit CURRENY YEAR SALE ProductJANFEBMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEJANFEBMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEA 1...
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