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Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

AYXAcademy — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:56:40 GMT

A solution to last week’s challenge can be found here.

This challenge comes to us from @biosartorelli, @nicolas_colombo, @Ranyaky-Vilela, @lemuelcastro, @Malvim,@ and @silvestremoreira. Thank you for your contribution.

The holiday season is upon us and it is time to write some cards!

Did you know you can easily create cards using Alteryx Designer?

This week’s dataset contains data to create a card in different languages, including the type of message (corporate or family and friends), and various holiday messages.
The zip file contains a selection of card backgrounds.

Your goal is to create a workflow to produce a card and generate a PNG or PDF file.
You are free to select the language and the type of message (corporate or family and friends) you want to generate.

The card must include:
• The card background of your choice from the zip file provided
• The name of the person who is receiving the card: your choice
• This standard message: ”Wishing you the best this holiday season!”
• One of the messages from the dataset chosen randomly by Designer
• Your name

For this challenge, we will provide you with two possible solutions:
- One using the Data Preparation and Reporting tools
- One using a chained app

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

Christina_H — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:06:53 GMT

This was a fun one!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

niklas_greilinger — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:43:58 GMT

My Solution :) Happy holidays everyone!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

alexgibson — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:50:20 GMT

Fun one to try. Happy Holidays everyone.

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

binu_acs — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:55:00 GMT

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

gerda — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:07:46 GMT

Here's the solution!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

Kinetic_analytics — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:59:47 GMT

@binu_acs Smart solution. I came to know about two new tools ( Image and Overly) from your solution. Brilliant. Happy holidays!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

Kenda — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:51:39 GMT

oh what fun!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

braveraj — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:58:52 GMT

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

Watermark — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:25:39 GMT

Happy Holidays Everyone,

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

balajilolla1 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:17:44 GMT

Solution Attached

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

janwisniewski — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:23:30 GMT

still learning to use the reporting tools efficiently, this helped for sure!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

mmontgomery — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:04:36 GMT

Challenge 350

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

ARussell34 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:01:53 GMT

Happy holidays!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

ahsanaali — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:05:56 GMT

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

RolandSchubert — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:13:45 GMT

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

acarter881 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:14:46 GMT

Here's my solution. Took me a long time to format the card...The chained application is dynamic in both the message selection (per user selections) and the image since it takes one of the images at random and uses it for the card's background.

App 1:

App 2:

Interface 1:

Interface 2:

Final Result:

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

ggruccio — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:27:08 GMT

Very Fun! Put me in a Holiday mood!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

alexnajm — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:32:05 GMT

Happy Holidays!

Re: Challenge #350: Create a Christmas Card

olga_strubbe — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:43:18 GMT

Hi Carter, could you please share app # 2? appreciate it. I am stuck with writing a formula for 'Entering Recepient's Name' in the app Action tool. How do you write a formula to replace a name in the Text with the Recipients name? I tried a couple formulas, but they did not work.