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Summarize tool

meghussong
5 - Atom

I am currently taking a class in college that involves using Alteryx. We are learning how to use the summarize tool. I am trying to use the summarize tool to find the 5 highest performing regions for a particular product. Although I can find this through other tools easily, I am given an output that should match my output. I believe based on the formatting of the given output I would need use the summarize tool but cannot figure out which action to use. I am including pictures of my given data and given ending output. Any tips on what action to use or if I am using the wrong tool?

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gawa
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

hi @meghussong You need to do some steps before using Summarize too to get the desired output. As it seems this question comes from your educational content, I just introduce the tips instead of sharing the direct solutions.

 

First, use Sort tool to sort data in the order of performance(it should be descending order)

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Second, use Sample tool to get the first 5 records.

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Third, use Summarize tool to combine strings.

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*If you need more straight answer on configuration of Summarize tool, collapse the below spoiler

Spoiler
In the configuration of Summarize tool, specify Concatenate so as to combine strings 
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