how to sum two numbers in formula tool
Hi, My data contains F1 and F2 fields that has numeric numbers and I would to sum all these values in the formula Let's say F1=1 and F2=10 I can't use [F1]+[F2] as it will give me 110 instead of 11...
View ArticleBulk Loading in Redshift, the delimiter issue
Hi, I'm loading data to Redshift via the Bulk connection. It works fine until it encounters some records with weird characters, in this case | and \. Writing a simple copy command with DELIMITER '\t'...
View ArticleAppend Zeros to the End
I have a list of identification numbers that are typically 9 digits long. However, some of the the identification numbers have 8 digits (or possibly less). When this occurs, I would like to add a zero...
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How to make a tool like field summary but with custom tests?
Hello, I'm trying to make a macro that will allow me to do some tests of data quality on a file that is read into it. Somewhat like the Field Summary tool, but I want to be able to specify the tests...
View ArticleConverting multiple numbers to strings?
Hello, I am a pretty new user to Alteryx and am having issues with changing numbers to strings. Ex.1=under 252=26-353....etc etc or. Ex.1= Caucasian2= African American3= Asian American4....etc etc...
View ArticleNewbie question: How to capture values that aren't recognized as dates?
I am importing data from an Excel file. Two of the fields are supposed to contain dates, but because the values are entered by hand sometimes they aren't entered in a way that is recognizable by...
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Regex_Replace to remove carriage return + line feed
I'm trying to remove carriage return+line feeds using the REGEX_Replace function in the formula tool. In the screenshot below I have a simple test pipe delimited file with two fields, Description and...
View ArticleGeneral Tips for Increasing Speed of Batch Macros?
Howdy, Does anyone have any general tips and tricks for increaseing the speed of batch macors? Thanks, Courtney
View ArticleMulti-Row formula for serial numbers
Hello to you, data experts, I am new to Alteryx and I am having an issue regarding the creation of a serial number file. Now I have the data shaped as intervals, just like so...
View ArticleSelect columns dynamically at the run time in Analytical App
Hi, I am bulding an analytical application. I have a scenario wherein, user must select the columns at run time and post which those coulmns must be grouped by. Please help me on this.
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Multi-Row Formula for adding Names
Hello, please find attached my little case. I try to attach the names of the product categories ( variable numbers of products for each product category) which i want to extract from the field "sub...
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Transpose, Crosstab and Append Multiple Individual Files
Hi, I have multiple files in the format: When I use the transpose and cross tab tools on a single file I achieve what I need, ie: However when I use multiple input via the wildcard I get the...
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Calculating Growth Using Alteryx
I am trying to calculate growth numbers in Alteryx. I am able to do it in excel and I have provided the explanation in a screen shot and the data is below: Sum of...
View ArticleLog Transformation
Are there any tools in the data preparation or predictive tools that you can perform a log transformation on your data?
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Prevent Run Command Trying to Execute Non Existent Script
Hi, I have an Alteryx workflow that contains filters to branch data and some of the branches use the records to create dynamic script commands using the Run Command.When there is data everything is...
View ArticleOutputting data in Chinese characters into a csv file
Hello, I've seen that is possible to input data in Chinese characters with Alteryx but how does it work the other way around? I'm actually trying to export to a csv ... I can export it in xls format...
View ArticleCross Tab in Database Tool?
Hi all, Perhaps this is a very dumb question, but since there's a transpose-in-db tool, what about a cross-tab-in-db tool? I know cross tab is basically just the inverse of transpose, so is there a...
View ArticleUsing a custom macro to convert data source date
Hi All. I'm trying to import data from a CSV, then later in my workflow do a calculation on two dates. When the data comes in through the CSV, however, the dates are strings. So I built a custom...
View ArticleDivide 550 000 accounts between 200 salespeople
Hi everybodyI'm new to Alteryx, just started using it with the Udacity nanodegree, and love many of its aspects.. Within my job I'm having a big problem, and I was wondering if it would be possible to...
View ArticleDivide 550 000 accounts between 200 salespeople
Hi everybodyI'm new to Alteryx, just started using it with the Udacity nanodegree, and love many of its aspects.. Within my job I'm having a big problem, and I was wondering if it would be possible to...
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