Creating a ring buffer around a multiple circle polygon

[Timetolearn]

Hi 

I need to create a 0.1 mile buffer outside and 0.1 mile buffer inside the original circle polygon and need combined spatial object in the end.

Would appreciate your guidance.

[alexnajm]

Have you tried the  Buffer Tool? Once you get your positive and negative buffers, you can then combine in a number of ways (Summarize, Spatial Process, etc.)

[Timetolearn]

I tried the buffer tool, but for some reason I am unable to combine it together. Not sure what I am doing wrong

[alexnajm]

Then you’ll have to show us what you’re doing!

[Timetolearn]

I am joining both files in the end and combining the buffers. But the output is only the 0.1mile positive buffer.

[alexnajm]

I feel like that makes sense since the combination of the two will just be the bigger one… so are you trying to cut one from the other?

if you want them to show as being layered on top of one other, you will probably need the report map tool instead - that way you can display them as different colors and show them both

[Timetolearn]

I need the output to show both the buffer lines in a TAB format to be used as a input in a different alteryx module. Not sure if the report tool can do that

[alexnajm]

I think then you need to figure out a way to convert the polygons into lines, then combine them - polygons would just combine into one another, whereas combining lines should create a polyline object to use

[Timetolearn]

Okay.. I will try. I am fairly new to Alteryx and haven't tried something like this before