Alteryx Connect Knowledge Base

This article is a guide on how to import a Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate after enabling SSL with the Installer.  

This article addresses the Connect License issue that sometimes happens for an unknown reason.

In version 2022.1, we bring you the following enhancements.

Removed Database servers entries in Data Sources assets are recovered by running Redshift_Loader

You may have encountered the Download Metadata button missing during SAML configuration on Alteryx Connect.

To edit the person record selected in a custom field, use the Edit button first and then pick the new person from the drop-down list. Inline editing by an Administrator will change the profile name of the selected person rather than picking a new one.

If you see this warning when attempting to collect metadata from your Alteryx Private Gallery, verify that the version of Alteryx Server and the version of Alteryx Connect match. That is a requirement for proper function.

The 2021.3 release brings several features such as the Custom Fields Position option, new metadata loader for Microsoft SharePoint online, and some more.

Troubleshooting: Unable to add user(s) to group

In this article you'll find detailed information about the loader categories and which exact information is extracted by each of the loaders we support. Each type differs in the object hierarchy, structure of the objects, and detail of the objects.

Have you ever wondered what are the limits of Connect? How many entries can you store in Connect? Great questions!  In fact, no hard limit on the number of entries is set. The number around 2M entries is the number on which the performance tuning in the 2019.1 release was done.

This tutorial contains information about Custom Fields. You will learn how to create, assign, and configure a Custom Field in the Connect data catalog.

Information about used APIs is now available in Connect since version 19.4. The information is extracted from workflows’ log and cataloged.

This article is intended to assist with inserting a certificate to be used to validate a SAML signature from a SAML Identity Provider (IDP) when used with Alteryx Connect. This article will only be needed if your IDP is signing assertions or other traffic with a specific cert that may be self-signed or not trusted by a widely trusted Certificate Authority (CA).

How To: Add Web Connection Certificate to Alteryx Connect Keystore

Alteryx Connect is great at finding data assets that exists within enterprises which helps data workers to shorten their journey to data-driven insight. One of the steps to refresh the metadata is to schedule the Metadata loaders. In this process, the data assets can be created, changed or removed. To take a look at this change log, we can take a look the backend of Connect - the H2 database.

Welcome to Alteryx Connect a state-of-the-art Data Catalog with a social twist.

We're constantly working to improve your Connect experience. Find out what new features, improvements, and bug fixes we released with this version of Connect! Here is a summary of what has changed in 2019.4.

Find out what new features, improvements, and bug fixes we released with this version of Connect! Here is an overview of the changes in 2019.3.\n  

We’ve been working hard to follow up on our customers’ feedback and make a bunch of enhancements to Connect. Here’s an overview of the changes in 2019.2.\n  

The 2019.1 release of Alteryx Connect brings several new features including new configuration options and loaders enhancements - see more inside.