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Deselect column directly in the input

Possibility to deselect fields directly in the input (shape, csv, tab, etc).

 

2 Comments
AdamR_AYX
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
The usual way to do this (and general best pratice) is to drop a select tool directly after the input tool and deselect the columns there.

Is the idea just to remove the need for that additional tool?

Cheers
Adam
rahuls
9 - Comet
To add to the above idea, if we can change the data type as well at the input stage, that would be great !