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LeahK
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

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We hope you enjoy the last Community Highlights blog of the year, best savored with a hot spirited beverage of your choice!


In Case You Missed It

*Community news & announcements.

 

Content Translation | Alteryx Community Version 4.2
As we’ve expanded our footprint into new markets around the world, support for additional languages in community has been a popular request. We’ve heard your voices and included in our latest release, have rolled out a brand new content translation feature that allows native language speakers to consume content and seamlessly engage with users in other locales around the world. Check out the 4.2 Release Blog to learn more.

 

#SANTALYTICS 2017

#SANTALYTICS launched early December with a new format, a ton of flavor, and a soon to be #1 single. Read the announcement.

 

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Just another day at the office...  

 

Inspire 2018 | Go to Anaheim on your boss's dime!

Do you need to get approval from your company to attend Inspire 2018?  We want to help. Find out more.

  • Don't forget that bosses like to save money. Register Now to take advantage of our year-end discounts!
  • Questions? Visit the Inspire Buzz.

 

Sneak Peek: Your Alteryx Swag Store is now open!

Many of you have requested a way to buy Alteryx Swag, and we are excited to announce the early release of our brand new open ecommerce site -- AlteryxSwag.com! We have a limited amount of items right now, but expect to increase inventory significantly by the end of January.  When you put on your Badassery or Question Everything T-Shirt, tout your new Alteryx Backpack on the plane or train, make sure to wear it loud and wear it proud! 


Born to Solve

*Featured Alteryx Badass

 

Earlier this week @MarqueeCrew maxed out on Solutions, reaching the 500 mark faster than we ever thought possible. To celebrate this moment, the entire Alteryx organization participated in this one of a kind tribute video.

 

 

 

Join us in congratulating MarqueeCrew for this tremendous accomplishment! 


Never. Stop. Learning.

*Alteryx Academy -- All the training resources you need.

 

New Interactive Lessons

The newest set of interactive lessons on Academy is now available! The course Writing Expressions will get users up to speed with creating expressions in Designer while exploring functions that can take analytical insights to the next level. This course features seven lessons on topics from getting started with expressions to data cleansing with string functions to performing spatial analytics. Head on over to Interactive Lessons to get started!

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Weekly Challenge-PT.pngwc_100_LhotseFace.pngWeekly Challenge was the home of #SANTALYTICS this holiday season.

 

This three-part series gives Alteryx users the gift that keeps on giving: The Alteryx Period Table!  Take a stab at putting your own Periodic Table together for the chance to not only challenge your Alteryx skills but to also win some cool swag! 

 

 

 

Want to know how we solved each Challenge? Check out the recap blogs on Engine Works -- where we show you our solutions as well as solutions submitted by our Challengers. 

Please note that we'll be taking a break from Weekly Challenge until 2018, when we go live with the challenge you've all been waiting for -- #100. Take this opportunity to catch up on missed challenges or hone the skills you need to earn those crampons!

 


Nuts & Bolts

*Alteryx in Practice. Noteworthy Knowledge Base articles, Blog posts + other pearls of wisdom.

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This month, the Knowledge Base accumulated two hugely applicable SQL-to-Alteryx conversion articles for our databasing experts:

Added information on how to connect to a new datasource in Snowflake (an admin free cloud data warehouse - no, it's not named for millennials):

Continued the “Using the Data Investigation Tools” series:

Mastered two more tools:

And, we even added a little fun to the mix with @DanM's BINGO workflow!


Read our Blogs

*Looking for a unique perspective of the Alteryx user? You may just find what you’re looking for on Engine Works!

 

Since launching the Alteryx Developer Community, @RithiS@Ozzie, and team(s) have been hard at work creating content designed to help users make the most of our developer tools.

 

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Additionally, @DavidM's blog post --Alteryx Connect BYOM – “Bring your own metadata” with an SDK -- lays the groundwork for using the new Connect Loader SDK, available with Alteryx Connect 2.0.


The Funnies

*Where we share the random, bizarre, and usually hilarious things that pop-up in our Community.

 

Tis the season for Elves and other hilarities...

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On a recent reply to Weekly Challenge #4: Date Parsing, @mceleavey shared quite the gem -- "Too much Regex is like too many beers on your birthday. It's entirely theoretical and mainly just paper talk."

Happy holidays and we look forward to seeing you again in 2018!

Leah Knowles
Senior Manager, Community Management & Programs

Leah is responsible for building and growing engagement programs that enable community members to make the most of the Alteryx product suite. She is passionate about building customer communities to collaborate and solve real world business problems, and believes that connecting with people and building relationships leads to better work. Follow her on twitter @LeahMKnowles

Leah is responsible for building and growing engagement programs that enable community members to make the most of the Alteryx product suite. She is passionate about building customer communities to collaborate and solve real world business problems, and believes that connecting with people and building relationships leads to better work. Follow her on twitter @LeahMKnowles

Comments
MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

OMG!  I am absolutely amazed, surprised and grateful for this showing of love and support. Nowhere else but the Alteryx Community. 

 

 

BrianO
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Awesome! Congrats again @MarqueeCrew!

LDuane
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

I am so honored and proud to be part of the Alteryx community.  And thank you @MarqueeCrew for all that you do!

tessaenns
9 - Comet

Congrats Mark! You are remarkable! Thank you for all your support growing a community of data wizards, making the world a more efficient place one solution at a time!

mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Congrats @MarqueeCrew.

Richly deserved.