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Better detection of date type values in Input Tool

Status: New Idea Submitted by on ‎10-29-2025 08:29 AM
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While Alteryx Designer's Input Tool will correctly presume that DateTime values from a SQL Server query are indeed DateTime types, it does not correctly presume that DATE type values should remain as Date types.  Instead, they are currently interpreted as Strings.  While downstream tools, such as Select, Formula, and DateTime can transform the types, this can impact run times.  I suggest that the Input Tool do correct interpretation of Date types in the origin data set.

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