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FinancePMT calculation help

Im calculating monthly payments using the Finance PMT calculation and Im not sure what the convention for the "PayAtPeriodBegin" argument is. Is it a 1 for at beginning of period and 0 for at end?...

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Why is performing a JOIN increasing my total DB value?!

(I'm going to find it hard to upload sample data - it's proprietary and large - but will try if no-one can make sense of the below.) + I have data - 779k records. Total value: £13m. + I summarise - 55k...

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Stripping out Text before a number, keeping the rest.

Hi, I have been playing with Regex and Parse to no avail, can anyone help with the below... I would like to strip out the beginning of an address leaving only the number and street address.An example...

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Convert CSV String 30 Jan 2017 07:55:44 to Date/Time

Hi I have a beginner question to convert a string to datetime format. My input format in field  [Starttime]  is: 30 Jan 2017 07:55:44 How can I convert it with the Formula tool (I think) to a date time...

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Regex inquries with a formula function

Hi, I have a set of data and I want to identifies the ones that contains "file"  and "desk" as well as the one that contain _s and _q and _r and _g in it. How do i do it? Example= rrcfiles or...

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Convert first letter into upper case

Hello, I would like to convert first letter into Upper case and rest is lower case.For example: BeforeAfter1APPLEApple2bananaBanana3LeMoNLemon I could use text to column tool and separate the first...

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datetime error with formula DateTimeFormat([RB_LDPHOMERCV_TMST],"%Y-%m-%d")

I am using the Formula app and using this formula DateTimeFormat([RB_LDPHOMERCV_TMST],"%Y-%m-%d")this converts most of my datetime fields to dates but it does not know what to do with fields that are...

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Throttle tool

Hello, I am downloading data from twitter.  Since twitter has a rate limit of 450 record per 15 min, I wanted to use a throttle tool.However I am still getting a rate limit error.  Is this a correct...

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Combining tables: Union? Join?

Hi all,just preparing a dataset which contains data from 4 separate Excel sheets. I've transformed the data so that everything has the same fields: Table 1      Table 2      Table 3      Table 4...

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contains digits

Is there a function to identify digits in a string.... kinda logic?CONTAINS (DIGITS)I encounter a challenging hurdle at my job.I have a data field which may or may not contain numbersHow to run a logic...

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Parsing text from different/similar formats to tables

Hello everyone, I am new to this community, but have been using Alteryx for roughly two years now. Currently I am facing a quite difficult parsing challenge. I was not able to find a thread covering a...

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Max Date for each Month

Hello,  I have a data set that looks like this:  2016-01-05, 1232016-01-15, 1262016-01-27, 1292016-02-04, 1492016-02-15, 1372016-02-26, 1782016-03-04, 1652016-03-12, 1982016-03-21, 1872016-03-29, 157 I...

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DMA Geography not producing expected output

I am creating market level demographic files. I have created CBSA files with various demographics such as home value, length of residence, age, household income, etc. However, when I try to create the...

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Group by Columns Based on Row

I'm not sure what the proper tool for this would be, but I want to create several columns based on rows, then input values into those columns.  I have a list of members and what distribution group they...

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Merging Information on this Workbook

Hi everyone, I'm a novice Alteryx user, just recently got the software but I absolutely love it! I'm in the process of trying to figure out a solution for the problem below and any help you could offer...

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Formula function not filtering the data

Hello, I am trying to create a new field called "Servicer_Treatment" and setting multiple if then's to meet certain criteria based on the data that is provided in the formula function. Please see...

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Join (23) Joins on Double or Float are not recommended due to rounding error.

I often meet following alert and wondering what solution is best.  Join (23) Joins on Double or Float are not recommended due to rounding error. However, I'm not sure there is any solution about this...

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How to not create output when no records

Hi ! I have a workflow with several outputs, and several of these outputs can be empty (no records). How I can stop the output(s) where I have no record, and allowing at the same time the creation of...

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Processing in Chinese characters

Hi all, Do you have any idear about what if my input file has Chinese characters, can i make data analysis and design my logic map in Chinese characters?BTW, I've already found a topic about how to...

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Reading fixed width files with Byte order marks

Hi all I am having some challenges with the importing of a fixed width data file which has a Byte Order Mark on it in the first row. Regardless of which code page I select, the BOM remains. The only...

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