Using Interface Tools to Select a Text Input

aarhintz

Hi everyone,

I am working to generalize my workflow, and part of that involves being able to select which text input "template" gets used.  Is it possible to use interface tools such as a drop down to accomplish this?  I imagine I could create my own "templates" in excel and use a file browse, but I would like to keep everything in Alteryx if possible.

Thanks! 

tcroberts

You could add an extra column to each of these templates, let's call it "Code". For each template, all records would have the same value, say A, B, or C for templates 1, 2, and 3.

You could then have a dropdown input update a filter to drop all rows that do not contain the template code you've selected, and a select afterwards could remove the unwanted 'Code' column.

Could you provide some rough information about differences between the templates (different column names/number of columns, etc) that could lead to some complications?

Let me know if this would help,

Cheers!