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The Alteryx Technology Track is always one of the most popular tracks at our Inspire user conference. And it's delivered by our iconic product management team. The sessions provide best practices and details on existing and new features in the product, how to use them, and examples of use cases. This year, we decided to do things a little differently. We asked YOU, our Alteryx community, to submit and vote on ideas for sessions. We captured the feedback and are proud to say that a great deal of the suggestions we received have been integrated into the 2017 agenda.
The most popular idea came to us from @r4upadhye, a BI Analyst, consultant, and valued member of the Alteryx Community.
I never thought that a casually suggested Tech Track idea would popularize and catch the attraction of the community! As an Analytics Consultant, I get a lot of requests to visualize geographic data in non-traditional ways. I am really looking forward to the spatial sessions, where I hope to learn new spatial tricks and gear up the developers I work with to thoroughly tackle topographical challenges.
Rahul R. Upadhye, BI Analyst – Useready Inc.
Rahul’s suggestion, Maps - Basics & Advanced Techniques, was leveraged to create two unique sessions which cater to both beginner and advanced users of the spatial features available in Alteryx. If you’re looking to extend your spatial skills, be sure to mark your calendars for these two sessions! You can also use the Inspire Agenda Builder to create a more personalized agenda here.
Tuesday, June 6; 3:00PM - 3:45PM
Getting to the (Location) Point in Your Data
There's more to your data than meets the eye. While your dataset may include location information, it's underutilized because you may not know when and how to use this hidden treasure of information. This session will help you kick up your insight a notch by understanding why the location point in your data matters. We'll also share common use cases for leveraging location information that add another level of detail to your insight.
Featured Alteryx Icons: @GeneR, @AmyH, @JessicaS
Wednesday, June 7; 1:45PM - 2:30PM
Location, Location, Location: Discovering Advanced Spatial Functions
If you've explored the basics of spatial analytics in Alteryx, this session will help you dig even deeper. We'll showcase how to create advanced maps in Alteryx and integrate it into other spatial tools. We'll also discuss advanced geocoding techniques using Alteryx spatial tools and cover topics such as distance between two points, spatial match, supporting features for kml and geojson codes, and the tricky business of linking US & Canadian addresses with latitudes and longitudes as well as Zip codes.
Featured Alteryx Icons: @GeneR, @AmyH
Here are just a few more of the amazing ideas and members whose feedback helped shape the tech track sessions at Inspire 2017:
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@Atabarezz's feedback helped @DrDan know what he should cover in his session on data quality.
Tuesday, June 6; 4:00PM - 4:45PM The Art and (Data) Science of Data Cleansing and Quality By itself, predictive modeling can be difficult to implement. What's more, the growing number of data types and sources are making the data preparation process more complex. While predictive modeling can deliver substantial business gains, it can also wreak havoc if the data used for analysis is not accurate or complete. In this session, we'll help you understand how to assess the quality of your data, cleanse and prepare data for analysis, and decide the right predictive modeling techniques for your specific situation.
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Submitted by: @simon
Wednesday, June 7; 11:00AM - 11:45AM Unlocking the Secrets of the Alteryx APIs and SDK Have you discovered the secret power of the Alteryx APIs and SDK? If not, you must attend this session. In this session, we'll show you how you can unlock new and powerful capabilities with the APIs and SDK, and we'll walk through a use case to show you just how powerful the Alteryx API and SDK can be.
Featured Alteryx Icons: @NeilR, @JPKa
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Submitted by: @andrewdatakim
Tuesday, June 6; 1:00PM - 1:45PM The Workflow Whisperer If you've ever spent time trying to unravel a problem in your workflow, you don't want to miss this session. We'll help you understand exactly how data moves through the workflow, common errors you may encounter, and exactly how to rectify those errors. You'll leave this session knowing how to track backward in your workflow and whisper it into obedience.
Featured Alteryx Icons: @ChristineB, @CristonS
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Predictive Analytics with a Spatial Emphasis Submitted by: @StephenR
Tuesday, June 6; 2:00PM - 2:45PM Predictive Wrappers Delight Alteryx offers a little-known secret when it comes to using code for advanced analytic models and tasks. This session is for the data scientist wanting to incorporate predictive coding into his/her usage of Alteryx.
Tuesday, June 6; 3:00PM - 3:45PM What's in that Alteryx Predictive Install? Take a fast paced tour of the Alteryx advanced analytics functionality from Clustering to Predictive Modeling to Optimization. We'll slow down only for a moment to discuss why you'd use a certain predictive algorithm over another. This session is excellent in helping you understand when you'd use one model over another, and get more comfortable with the predictive models available.
Featured Alteryx Icon: @NeilR
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The inside dirt of the Download Tool Submitted by: @Philip
Tuesday, June 6; 2:00PM - 2:45PM
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Whether you’re an Alteryx customer, partner, or employee, we all have something to offer and we’re so excited that we could leverage our iconic Community to build a truly 'inspiring' tech track line-up.
If you haven’t registered yet for Inspire 2017, you can do so here.
We can’t wait to see you in Las Vegas!
