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How to validate if url exist

Hello, Is there any way to check if the url exist?  I used download tool to check it.  Some site successfully works by looking at Download Headers.  When the Download Headers says "HTTP/1.1 200 OK", I...

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Creating column headers

I've just started with Alteryx today and I have CSV files that don't have a header. The files are too big to open in Excel and create a header, so I was wondering if there was any way to do this in...

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Formula Guidance

Hello, I am working using a formula to identify the completeness of each row in every column of the report and for this I am using IF function (see below). It worked for most of the columns except for...

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Parsing unstructured addresses (Malaysia addresses)

Hi, I tried without success, with some of the solutions suggested  in the discussion to tackle unstructured address into State, City & Postal Code(aka Zip). Struggled with the Regex syntax to...

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Crosstab records based on column names

Hi everybody, hope i can find an answer here. I googled the forum but couldn't find a solution. I would like to cross tab the first table grouped by the header names and choose weekNumbers as new...

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Date filter and Interface date for choosing intervals dates and generate report

Hi everybody,I have in my large file two columns one "start date" and two "end date", I need to choice two dates (start date and end date" and then I want to use interface date for choosing intervalsI...

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Maps for spatial tools not rendering?

So I am playing around with the spatial tools, trying to get familiar with everything and such.   It looks like the geocodes are mapping correctly, however there is no map rendering.  I tried selecting...

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Date Parameter - Text Conversion

Scenario:I would like to pull all the files that contain "YYYY-MM-DD" in the filename from a SFTP folder as controlled by the user using the Date Interface tool.I tried connecting the DateTime tool...

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Comparing fields from two excel files with to show differences

I have a use case for trying to identify minor field name differences. Each month I receive a excel file with updated user data, the user data is normalized however, from time to time depending on who...

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Find/Replace vs. Fuzzy Matching: How to Replace a field with Match Keys

 Hello, My team is working on a dirty data set and we are very new to Alteryx. We are trying to sort out and simplify a very messy "Work Order Description" field and gain some insight from it. We've...

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Convert String to Time

Hi, I would like to the covert a string into the desired time format below:  String: 165208 Desired format: 16:52:08 How would I go about doing this?  Thanks! Courtney

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Hi guys,,, I am a starter here... pls help me for a kickoff

Hi Professionals,     where can I get the books for learning Alteryx.. when I searched on Amazon , it was showing only one book. thanks, Kalyan

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Regex to subset a string between " - "

So, I have the following data in a single column:10-Junior-32101-Senior-23102-Senior Pres-3401-Senior Pres XYZ-30 and this is the desired output:JuniorSeniorSenior PresSenior Pres XYZ I am trying to...

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Translating Alteryx to Informatica

I have a number of workflows that I need to convert to Informatica mappings. The problem is that I don't know much about Informatica. Is there any documentation out there that shows the differences...

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Blending Data from Pivot Table Output

Hi All, I have a data extract from an Excel Pivot table which groups the data into the same column. Here's an example of what the data looks like right now:...

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How do I use the 'Run Command' tool fror unzipping a file?

Hi there. I have a problem and I hope there is someone out there that might help out.I am trying to unzip a file and put the unzipped file in a particular directory. I am using 7-zip in windows and I...

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Cohort analysis summary

I am trying to finalize this Cohort analysis that i have been working on. I have everything that I need, but I need to get M1-M6 as %'s of the total counts instead of the actual counts. I did not see...

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Table gridlines using Render in PPT

Hi Alteryxians, I have been trying to crack this one open but am failing to do so! Since I cannot share company data, I am using the sample charting workflow that comes packed with Alteryx. I have a...

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Help with Fuzzy Match Tool

Hi, I have two sets of data ( Company names ) that I have been able to fuzzy match successfully - however I have the following issues: - A lot of names are just matched on the basis of common words...

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Arrange field names based on postion mapping

I have column,and its output ordering (position) mapping as follows ABCXYZDEF132 Following is the actual value for each column ABCXYZDEFval1Val2Val3  I need to sort columns in the order that is based...

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