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Date/Time Functions - Calculate Elapsed Business Hours

Hi, I'm looking into calculating elapsed business hours, which will be a combination of calculating elapsed business days, and then adjusting for non business hours. I thought I'd check first if anyone...

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How to perform the equivalent of a Teradata QUALIFY ROW_NUM() within Alteryx...

Hi, Can anyone direct me to the best Alteryx solution alternatives to Teradata's QUALIFY and PARTITION BY statements? This is a powerful function in Teradata I use to remove duplicates and ensure I...

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Data Split into different column

I have  n numbers of rows in A column and i just want to select 100 line from the row and paste in the next column and so on till the data in Column A get end, can anyone help me on this? 

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Publishing to Tableau - Timeout Error

Hello All, I am trying to publish a data source (about 2.5GB) to Tableau from within Alteryx workflow. I am running into an unfortunate incident wherein it throws a "Invalid credentials error". Little...

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documentation for demographic values

We  purchased a file with demographic info, and I'm wondering where I can find documentation on what the values mean.  For example, there are fields named [MOR BANK: FAMILY AND GENERAL MAGAZINE] and...

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Moving Date Range - Filter To Include Projects Less Than 12 Weeks Old

Hi All, Trying to filter a workflow I have that will only include projects that are less than 12 weeks. Have tried using this: DateTimeAdd(DateTimeToday(),-84,'days')>DateTimeToday()  The fields I...

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Joining Field Errors (67)

I am having an issue joining fields. The first field I'm joining looks like this in my data: TrueLeftCourseCodeV_WString255  I am joining it to this: FalseRightCourseSectionV_WString511   The second...

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Join without repeating every field

Hi all, So I want to join data source 1 and 2 on the first column, but I don't want the 2nd field in data source 1 to repeat (see Output grid).  Is there any easy way to accomplish this? Data Source...

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Dynamically select columns in Summarize Tool

Hi All, I have an incoming data stream that has different number of columns for every different ID that I run - I wish to do 2 things with it: 1. Dynamically rename the fields to a certain set...

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How to set up the Data Stream In tool?

How do I set up the Data Stream In tool? I've been using the In Database tools for several weeks now with no problems and great success.  Now I need to use the Data Stream In tool.  The online...

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Dynamically selecting columns based on config file

I have a database table contains 100+ columns and I have another configuration file that contains "source column name" and "target column name". I am trying to select columns based on the configuration...

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Join not by matching fields, but looking for a "function" match

Hi, I need to do a "Join" but not matching two fields, but using something like "Contains([Left-Field],[Right-Field])"It is possible somehow? Thanks in advance.   

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How would perform the Alteryx equivalent of a GROUP BY and HAVING Clause...

- How would perform the Alteryx equivalent of a GROUP BY and HAVING Clause- How many ways are possible to go about it?- What is the best practice in applying the Alteryx Equivalent? SELECT A, Count(*)...

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How do I make a workflow reuseable within a larger workflow without...

If I create a tidy workflow that performs a sub-task well; rather than copying a pasting it into another section of my larger End to End worklow (replication); how can I instead use it like a function...

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How can I group my comment with a selection of workflow icons...

As I add and remove tools from my workflow my comments become displaced within the workflow; how can I tie the comment tool to a set of icons in the Alteryx workflow so that the comments can...

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Indent with Reporting > Table tool

Hi guys, I'm trying some rows in a column in a Reporting>Table tool.  Here's a screenshot. Can anyone see something obviously wrong with the settings or the formula?  I've tried changing settings...

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How can I make a Text Box Tool optional

I have a workflow in which I am using a Text Box Tool as a parameter. I would like to make this parameter optional like in the example attached, keeping the Receiving Dates as a required date, I would...

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Convert .GIF to .PNG using Render Tool

Hello, I have several image urls.  When I browse the layout tool output, I can see images with .png, .json, .jpeg, and .gif.  However, when I used render tool after the layout tool, it says error...

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Data Append and Delete

I have a scenario where i process some tasks in the workflow and take the output as an excel file, normally i append the data in the file but once a while i would delete the data already in the file...

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Inventory Management: Collisions

Hi everyone. I was hoping somebody could help me with the following. I’m part of a cloud computing business where customers rent our machines. Machines are rented by daily slots. I’d like a way for us...

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