Ideas

Hello,   It would be beneficial to have integration between Alteryx and SIEM solutions, and  send all Alteryx logs to the SIEM solution just like any other IT solution. The reason is to comply with the policies of customers, where InfoSec team must have centralized logging for all systems and hence a holistic view of the security posture for the infrastructure.   An Example of this would be seeing logs concerning change of user privileges' and system settings (on the SIEM). ... View more

We all know and love the Comment tool. It's a staple of every workflow to give users an idea of the workflow in finer details. It's a powerful tool - it helps adds context to tools and containers, and it also serves as an image placeholder for us to style our workflows as aesthetically pleasing as possible.   Now, the gensis of this idea is inspired by this post and subsequent research question here.   The Comment Tool today allows you to: Write your text and provide context / documentation to your workflow Style its shape Style its font, colour, and background colour Align the text Put an image to your workflow   But it would provide way more functionality if it had the capabilities of another awesome Alteryx tool that is not so frequently mentioned... the Report Text Tool!   What's missing in the Comment tool that the Report Text tool has? The ability to add active data records from the workflow to its text Its wider range of styles which allows for more functionality such as with its Special Tags functions Its ability to hyperlink Text mode options!   Now, whilst I understand that the Report Text tool is just that, a tool that needs to be connected to the data to work, so too does the Comment tool (to a lesser extent).   It would be awesome to have the ability to connect the data to the Comment tool as it was a Control Container-like connector. It can also be just like the Report Text tool with an optional input, thereby making it like a normal Comment tool.   To visualize my point:   The benefits of doing so: Greater flexibility to the user Styles are endgame Users can use the comment box as a checksum or even a total count / checker to ensure everything is working as intended Makes the comment tool more powerful as a dynamic workflow documentation tool I think it'll be a killer feature enhancement to the comment tool. Hoping to hear comments on this!    Kindly like, share, and subscribe I mean comment your support. Thanks all! 😁   -caltang ... View more

Hello all, As of today, Alteryx proposes the Intelligence Suite with amazing tools never seen in a data tool, even OCR, image analysis etc.. https://www.alteryx.com/fr/products/intelligence-suite But... these wonderful tools are part of a paid add-on. And this is what is problematic : -Alteryx is already an expensive tool. With a huge value but honestly expensive. -The tools in Intelligence Suite are not common in data tools because you won't use often. And paying for tools you use once or twice in a month is not easy to justify. So, I suggest to incorpore Intelligence Suite in the core product. The Alteryx users benefit is evident so let's see the Alteryx benefits :  -more user satisfaction -a simpler catalog -adding a lot of value to Designer, with the ability to communicate widely on the topic. -almost no cost : most costumers won't buy the Intelligence Suite anyway. Best regards, Simon ... View more

I was setting up a rather large set of repetitive filters and formulas and when I got done, I wanted to select the output of each tool all at once to drag them in to a Union tool. I think it would be great if you could hold the control key to select multiple outputs to drag to the next tool at a given time.  ... View more

Description: Currently, when running a workflow in Alteryx that writes output to a file (e.g., Excel), if the target file is already open (such as being open in Excel), the workflow will proceed through all steps and only fail at the very end when it attempts to write to that file.   Problem: This behavior is inefficient and frustrating, especially with large workflows. You only find out there's a problem after all the upstream processes have already run. It wastes time and compute resources, and it can also be confusing for less experienced users.   Suggested Improvement: Alteryx Designer should prevalidate output file accessibility at the beginning of workflow execution. Specifically: Check if the output files are locked or otherwise unavailable before starting the run. If any output file cannot be written to, immediately halt the workflow with a clear, early warning.  Optionally, display a prompt listing which outputs are unavailable and why.   Benefit: This enhancement would save users significant time, reduce confusion, and improve user experience, especially in development or iterative testing workflows. It aligns with good design principles by failing fast and providing immediate feedback.   ... View more