Use Excel column field as formula definition for grouping

[unityindigopwc]

I'm trying to use Alteryx to do benchmarking. I have a series of facilities with survey questions and answers, and I want to compute metrics within the same facility for all facilities. There are about 130 different metrics. I'm also working with a prior analyst's work, where the metric definitions are next to each metric number on a different table. A toy example is below.

My thoughts on my options: 

1. Find a way to perform these calculations (all within the same facility as a grouping) where I can use the metric definition (from excel ideally) as input as the metric definitions as a custom formula input.
2. Re-define all these metric calculations within Alteryx, although I'm not sure the best way to do that without creating a giant workflow. 

I welcome any thoughts on the right tool for the job. I can use Qlik or Excel also.

Facility	Question	Answer	Metric	Calc
F1	Q1	45	M1	11.25
F1	Q2	4	M2	32
F1	Q3	8	M3	1440
F2	Q1	42	M1	7
F2	Q2	6	M2	42
F2	Q3	7	M3	1764

Metric	Definition
M1	Q1/Q2
M2	Q2*Q3
M3	Q1*Q2*Q3

[kcgreen · Accepted solution]

I don't know that there's an easy way to create 130 formulas.  Here's how I'd do it one by one:

[kcgreen]

I just thought of a way.

You can edit the Alteryx worklow in Notepad.  I'd create a line of code for each formula in Excel then paste that into the XML version of your Alteryx workflow.

[Claje · Accepted solution]

There's a really powerful CReW Macro called Dynamic Formula that is perfect for your workflow.

I've attached an example of how to build your desired output.

The key requirement is defining the data type of your metrics, and the data size.  I used Double with size 8 as a default, but you may want FixedDecimal with a specific size instead.  This is really up to you and depends on your granularity//accuracy requirements.

Hope this helps!

[unityindigopwc]

This tool is great thank you. It will take me a bit to learn and translate back to my actual data set but this is an awesome start. 

Thank you both for offering your help!

Edit: I got the macro plugin working and it's perfect for what I need. This way I can change the metrics in an excel spreadsheet and just use those, but I will use the first response as a backup if things get hairy! Thanks again!