Does Alteryx Still Recommend NOT Using AMP on Spatial Tools?

[Eli_B]

Hi!

Over the years since AMP first came out, I submitted tickets about issues with spatial tools (Buffer/Trade Area/Spatial Process) where the results from AMP differed from the results from the normal engine, like the area of a trade area being different. Each time I was instructed that AMP wasn't for spatial tools & to continue to use the normal engine for these workflows.

Has Alteryx added any Spatial tools to the AMP roster yet or does Alteryx still recommend using the normal engine for spatial processes?

Thank you!

[MarqueeCrew]

I'd add the amp tag in this type of question. @TonyaS 

[harsh_alang]

Hello Eli,

Could you share what version of Designer you are using?

You can use AMP with Spatial tools. AMP was released as Default in 22.1. We have resolved a lot of defects and would love to get your feedback once you use it.  

Thanks

[Eli_B]

Hi!

I'm on 2022.3.1.430. I never got any response back on the cases that AMP was safe to use with spatial tools so I've always gone to my settings & turned off the default AMP engine options as the majority of my analysis is spatial.

Do you have a list of which tools have actually been improved to work with AMP (meaning there is actual speed improvement)? I've seen a lot of messages about AMP issues on our internal Slack channel, so if there hasn't been any improvements to like the Spatial Process tool, I would just leave those types of workflows on the normal engine rather than find/deal with any bugs. Would be sweet if there was AMP improvement on the geocoder & Find Nearest tool!

Thanks!

Eli

[RobertOdera]

Hi, @Eli_B 

• Check this out for tools that are fully converted for AMP use and tools that are partially converted for AMP use Tool Use with AMP | Alteryx Help
• Check this out for differences that you might expect to see with AMP versus non-AMP Alteryx Engine and AMP: Main Differences | Alteryx Help
• Check this out to see if the issues you mention were flagged and fixed Designer 2022.3 Release Notes | Alteryx Help

Cheers!

[Eli_B · Accepted solution]

Hi!

According to these lists, only a few spatial tools have been fully converted over (Create Points & Spatial Match). All of the other ones either haven't been or revert to the original engine when using drivetime (which I use). 

Given the previous warnings about AMP & spatial tools from support, & that most of the spatial tools use the original engine anyway, I'm just going to stick to the normal engine until I'm able to do side by side comparisons of the results from each engine.

I'll keep an eye out for future Tool Use with AMP updates, thanks!

[harsh_alang]

Hello Eli,

Alteryx recently released a tool to compare workflow runs using the two Engines. If you have not tried it, the link is below. This tool lets you compare if how the same workflow runs using the two engines. Perhaps this can you with your decision.

Unleash AMP Prowess with Engines Parity Utility - Alteryx Community

thanks