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Improve Text Input tool

From my perspective, the Text Input tool would benefit from some adjustments.

 

Allow set the column data type in the tool

 

Currently, Alteryx tries to identify the data type of a column based on the input. But is "1" a bool, integer, or a string? Of which type is an empty field? Quite often, Alteryx does not select the intended data type. 

Example:

 

Idea: Allow to define the data type in the Text Input tool:

text_input.png

 

Improve input window for long content

 

Currently inputting long text to Text Input cells is nearly impossible. Extending the window size is also limited. Please allow horizontal scrolling within a cell and/or line breaks within cells.

1 Comment
haraldharders
9 - Comet

Apparently, animated gif doesn't work. Here's another video.