Hello!
Currently when using the DateTime and Text Pre-processing tool (I'm sure there are a few others), the default option is to have a new column as the output. For instance with DateTime:
![TheOC_0-1653665348080.png TheOC_0-1653665348080.png](https://community.alteryx.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237000iAEA1B85C03C72E7C/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
There is no option to replace original field, simply create a new field. Setting the name as the same, will result in:
![TheOC_3-1653665485305.png TheOC_3-1653665485305.png](https://community.alteryx.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237003iB4DD086B0794764C/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
and with the Text-Preprocessing:
There is no option to specify an output column. The column you process, will become [field]_processed:
![TheOC_1-1653665427373.png TheOC_1-1653665427373.png](https://community.alteryx.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237001i56D05401F1A4FFF0/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
![TheOC_2-1653665434647.png TheOC_2-1653665434647.png](https://community.alteryx.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237002iA5C0A64FE04D12E6/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
It would be awesome if both of these tools had functionality similar to the Multi-Row formula, with the ability to create a new field, or update existing field:
![TheOC_4-1653665598032.png TheOC_4-1653665598032.png](https://community.alteryx.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237004i34F83B374E5DE86C/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
This would reduce data redundancy and need for additional select tools. Additionally with the Text Pre-Processing tool specifically, its very easy to make the mistake of not using the 'processed' field in future text based analysis, especially when the pre-processing tool is inserted into an already built connection.
Thanks,
TheOC