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Clarify which tools are going into which anchors in Connected Tools

The Connected Tools submenu of a tool configuration is useful for navigating rapidly. One can double-click an Incoming or Outgoing line and jump to that connected tool. It gets tricky when a tool has multiple in/out anchors, like Append or Join. In those cases, it isn't possible to tell which tools are connected to which anchors. In the case of a Join tool, please change Incoming: to Incoming L: and Incoming R: and do the same for Outgoing. Please do this for all tools with multiple in/out anchors. Thank you.

5 Comments
KylieF
Alteryx Community Team
Alteryx Community Team

Hi @seven,

 

Thank you for your feedback! This is an interesting idea for our UX team and it looks like all the correct labels are in place to get this idea to them. Once this idea has reached the necessary number of likes we'll be happy to get this reviewed by the product and UX team.

seven
12 - Quasar

Hi @KylieF ,

 

will you please tell me what is the necessary number of likes? Thank you.

KylieF
Alteryx Community Team
Alteryx Community Team

Hi @seven,

 

We require at least 10 likes for an idea to be pulled to our product team's attention, though more likes will get the idea noticed and commented on quicker. You can find a bit more detail about this in our Submission Guidelines as well as some other aspects of the boards include definitions for the statuses.

SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

This does make sense @seven  - as you say, for a join tool you'd expect an outgoing L, J, & R connection in the connected tools screen.

 
AlteryxCommunityTeam
Alteryx Community Team
Alteryx Community Team
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