Can Python script in Alteryx run on GPU?

[dreldrel]

Hi there,

I'm curious if we can leverage GPU to train the ML models through Alteryx Python scripts. Thank you in advance!

[apathetichell]

maybe? 1) you have a gpu - you run alteryx on your machine. you have a local python script. you are training on your gpu

2) you have an api call in your python script to a gpu for hire place (huggingface for example) you pass data via api. huggingface trains and returns data.

[dreldrel]

Hi @apathetichell , thank you for sharing those methods. It seems we cannot train models on GPU in the Alteryx?

[BS_THE_ANALYST]

@dreldrel 

Have a look through this discussion thread: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/GPU-usage-in-Alteryx-algorithm... 

They're discussing the R-based tools in there (these make up a lot of the predictive tool palette). 

I like @apathetichell "2)" suggestion. Seems like a sensible route to go for if it's not truly not possible in Alteryx at the moment.

All the best,

BS

[apathetichell]

@dreldrel Alteryx can train on a GPU - but it doesn'thave magic powers to transform your processor into a GPU - and the company doesn't have a fleet of GPUs for model training. Alteryx isn't in the hardware as a service game. If you need to train a model on a GPU - you should not be using Alteryx. You can of course use something like Sagemaker (or Google Vertex notebook - or whatever) and trigger it from Alteryx.

[dreldrel]

Hi everyone, thanks for sharing all the ideas! Will try a mix of Alteryx and other platforms. Many thanks