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Write an Excel output Without a Headerline

Hello,  Is it possible to write an Excel file without inserting the Headerline (Column names) in the output file.. Regards Humberto 

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Joining PNG images and unique id in excel file

Hello, I would like to join png images and excel file using the same unique id.  The excel file includes 107,368 unique ids, but there are only 362 png images. I use Alteryx and Tableau.  I tried to...

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Multi-Fields Find and Replace

Hi, I was wondering if i could use "find and replace" function for multiple fields at a time. Under "Find within value", I have 11 different fields(so not only "sale") that I want to replace with...

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Parsing date and time into separate fields

Hello. I need break apart Activity Date/Time into discrete dates and times.   For example I need the following activity date/time:  2016-10-24 06:00:24 broken out into 2 separate fields. Date:...

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String operations for many columns

Dear all, I received a data source with almost 100 columns. Unfortunately almost all cells contain in brackets the year when the data was last updated. Usually I would run a string operation to remove...

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Convert list to rows and columns

Hi, I currently have a table with the first row as the header and the rest as values. I want to convert it into a table that summarizes the values with column and row descriptors. Basically I want to...

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Email me when finished running?

Is there a way to have Alteryx email me when it's finished running?  I don't need/want it to email me a file, just a message saying it's done.

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add new field

i have 4410 restaurant names . I want to break this down into rows and columns matrix so that i can visualise it properly. How can i add a new field named "Row Number " that has a list from "1-440" and...

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Use value from previous row for nulls

Hi All, I have the below table and would like to create a new calculated field Assumed Rent where the rent amount would be taken from Daily Rent. The tricky part is how to continue to apply the daily...

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Concatenate fields with if else statement

Hi, I have a list of names that I want to concatenate them with a seperator (comma) (please see below), constrained to following criteria 1- Remove all dots spaces from middle initial2-If there is no...

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FindString then replace

Hello Alteryx friends, I have been trying to use findstring fuction in formula tool in alteryx based on multifields but could not get it sorted out.   IF product code is 9 (regardless of other...

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Remove large part of string up to first '+' character

Hi, I have a source file from which a certain colomn needs to be cleaned. The strings in that column are composed as follows <string part a> + <string part b> + <string part c>.part b...

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Filtering by the appearance in rows

Hi, I am trying to filter only those customers, who first bought A product or first brought B product and secondly bought A product to see what else they have brought after buying  A.   This is a...

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Tile Tool - No values found before GetMean()

Good day, I was actually trying to use the tile tool and we encountered this type of error. Please help on what to do:  We were trying to determine the true price of one product and thought of using...

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Identifying and counting occurrence of a string

Hey, this is my first post to the forum and I haven't reviewed the rules too thoroughly, so I hope my post does not violate any. I have a dataset (pictured below) with 100+categories that just have...

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"Blending" Allocate / Experian Variables

From the Allocate tool, I was just wondering if anyone has attempted to "blend" variables from different Experian datasets? Is this possible? could I use predictive or other methodologies?For example,...

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Combine multiple excel files with same fields (different file names and...

Is there a simple way to bring in all of the xls files in a directory and run the equivalent of a 'union' on them?Been reading about directory input and dynamic input; can't seem to get those solutions...

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Maintain Excel Formatting when Overwritting Output Files

I spend so much time formatting and reformatting Excel files upon overwrtting output files. When I output an Excel, I format the headers, cell format type, etc. . Often when I scrub the data after...

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Dynamically grab SQL script for data input tool

Hi All,  I'm new to the Alteryx community, so let's see how much I can sound like a newb with this question. Is there a way to dynamically populate the Input Data tool with SQL from file so that I...

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In-Database Connection Error

I have been getting this error all the time since the first software update in the spring. This usually after I have been using the in DB tools and after I have already run something using those in DB...

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