alteryx designer tips

Question

Hello, I just started learning about Alteryx through one of my undergrad accounting classes. It's a really interesting software and I enjoy learning every aspect of it. Does anyone know if mastering this software can lead to a wide range of job opportunities ? Or any tips if there are other softwares more in demand

Watermark · Answer

Jason,

There are huge numbers of people whose entire career was ALTERED by Alteryx. All kidding aside, I'm one of them, and there are countless more who will attest as to how much it's impacted their career. It's a great choice, great tool.

@TheOC  & @Qiu  both have great suggestions in their post.   Here are a few links to help:

Weekly challenges are great.

Weekly Challenge - Alteryx Community

Certification testing is free for Core and Advanced, and you end up learning a lot just 'doing' the testing. They're open book and they challenge you to learn things.

Certification - Alteryx Community

It's great you found your way here, there are a ton of resources. I'd advise watching all the Interactive Lesson Videos:

Interactive Lessons - Alteryx Community

As a final resource I will suggest you possibly check out my 50 free Alteryx Tutorial videos on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3PRoGPj2zkvSJSv_PPXaA

Best of luck

Mark Thompson

TheOC · Answer

hey @jasonose 
On that note - I would say that the business of data analytics is only going to grow, and a platform like Alteryx makes data analytics much easier. Hard to say for the future, however learning Alteryx can set you up for producing very fast results from data.

Alteryx is the place to be too, with winning Community of the Year 2021 (https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alter-Nation/Alteryx-Community-Wins-CMX-2021-Community-of-the-Year/ba-p/709835#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20the%20Community%20received,over%20the%20course%20of%202020.%E2%80%9D) the community is a fantastic resource of users who are always happy to help!

Be sure to have a look around the community - its really a fantastic place for learning. A couple of resources I would especially recommend knowing about are:

* Alteryx Designer Discussions - A place where users can ask questions about specific Designer workflows they are working on, and receive help from members on the community. Typical response time (from what I've seen) is under 10 minutes for someone to reply with a potential solution, so its a very quick resource for bespoke information. Additionally, you can search using the search function at the top right for specific issues if you happen to run into any that may have been faced by other users before.
* Alteryx User Groups - When I first got into Alteryx, I didn't join User Groups as I thought they would be very technical and that I would need plenty of experience before diving in. However, they really aren't. User groups are an incredibly friendly environment to discuss workflows, what's going on in the Alteryx World, and a great place to network with people in the community. Even better, with the world still being very much virtual at the moment, most of the User Groups (including the North East UK User Group, which I am currently a leader of) are hosting virtual events so they are easy to join.
* The Alteryx Academy - Easily the best place to learn about Alteryx and how to use it. I would especially recommend the learning paths which include short snippets of learning specific topics, including Alteryx for Excel users, which helped me translate a lot of my Excel knowledge over to Alteryx. There are also the weekly challenges, which are challenges delivered by Alteryx on a weekly basis, based around real-life situations and community submitted problems. They are a fantastic way to learn practical uses of Designer, and also its really interesting to see the many different approaches to answering the same problem. Once you have progressed with learning Alteryx, I would definitely recommend the Alteryx Certifications. They are free to do (Core and Advanced), and provide a useful benchmark for your knowledge. You can also just take them again in 7 days, in the case that you don't pass, so don't feel any pressure to know everything before you give them a go!

I hope you find Alteryx to be easy to learn, and intuitive to use. Do remember that almost every tool has an example workflow and help documentation if you right click the tool in the tool palette:

("Help" for the tool documentation, "Open Example" for the example workflow).

And be sure to search for/ask for help on the community if you get stuck. Alternatively, feel free to drop me a message here on the community!

Cheers,
TheOC

Qiu · Answer

@jasonose 
@jasonose 
Welcome to the world of alteryx.

The alteryx is a very powerful yet easy-to-start software.

I am not sure if we can say that master of alteryx can lead to a wide range of job opportunities, but I would day it will a definite push when you pursue the opportunities.
It is a tool after all. 
With this tool you can have your work completed in shorter time, high quality. I think that would already a big advantage.