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Kingazawora
8 - Asteroid
‎01-30-2025 04:53 AM

I have a logical problem to be solved via Alteryx:

 

1.I have a few documents with value below 0, e.g.: -100,-200,-500

 

and I have positive value of 200

 

2.From negative values, I need to pick best possible number combination to cover that positive value.

 

Is there any mathematical way to do that in Alteryx?

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OllieClarke
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
‎01-30-2025 05:55 AM

Hi @Kingazawora 

There's a very similar question which was solved using the optimisation tool here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/find-which-combination-equals-... and also here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/Finding-amounts-that-sum-to-ze... 

In those cases they're looking to sum to 0, but in your case you want to sum to 200 (although if you've only got negative values, then there's no way to sum these to a positive value)

Does that help?

 

Ollie

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