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After used the new "Image Recognition Tool" a few days, I think you could improve it :
> by adding the dimensional constraints in front of each of the pre-trained models,
> by adding a true tool to divide the training data correctly (in order to have an equivalent number of images for each of the labels)
> at least, allow the tool to use black & white images (I wanted to test it on the MNIST, but the tool tells me that it necessarily needs RGB images) ?
Question : do you in the future allow the user to choose between CPU or GPU usage ?
In any case, thank you again for this new tool, it is certainly perfectible, but very simple to use, and I sincerely think that it will allow a greater number of people to understand the many use cases made possible thanks to image recognition.
Thank you again
Kévin VANCAPPEL (France ;-))
Thank you again.
Kévin VANCAPPEL
Checkbox ability to ‘not’ output the original column on a text to columns tool
Please add support for Databricks' Unity Catalog
Currently, when selecting a Databricks-connection in the “Connect In-DB”-tool, and opening the “Query Builder”, only tables in the catalog named “hive_metastore” are listed. That is, Alteryx submits the following SQL query to Databricks:
Listing tables 'catalog : hive\_metastore, schemaPattern : %, tableTypes : null, tableName : %'
However, with Unity Catalog in Databricks the namespace is three-tier and there may be multiple catalogs (and not just the "hive_metastore" catalog), see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/lakehouse/data-objects#--what-is-a-catalog
I reached out to Alteryx support, which replied that you currently have a feature request for implementing this change (ID TDCB-4056) and they furthermore suggested that I post here.
Thanks in advance.
95% of the times I see myself using the Directory Tool, it is only to access the FullPath content, so I immediatly add a Select tool to deselect the other attributes the tool returns.
Is there any chance to add a checkbox to only retrieve FullPath?
I couldn't find a previous idea on this, but let me know if it already exists.
We see canvasses every day where dozens fields are brought into a canvas or a macro, but never used - and this just creates slowness for no good benefit.
Given that one of the selling features of Alteryx is the speed of processing - could we look at three improvements to the Alteryx engine & designer:
We've been looking into the phoneHome information that collects usage of Designer in the enterprise, and it looks like this data set (in the UsageReports collection, I believe).
Please can you add the CanvasFilename that was run to this data - we need to be able to surveil the use of Alteryx in our enterprise which is not being done within the server environment, and without the canvas name this becomes tremendously difficult.
Reference:
We frequently have issues where users report slowness from an Alteryx installation on a particular machine; or where a specific tool or package fails to install correctly.
For our admin teams - this becomes a debugging exercise to go through different permutations to understand the cause - and if this is escallated to Alteryx Support, this becomes even tougher.
Could we think about including a basic "Self Diagnostic" in to Alteryx which runs through the basic functionalities of Alteryx with some basic timings; checks that Python is working correctly; checks the memory allocation and temporary disk space - and then either persists this to disk and/or sends to a central environment for analysis?
Given a large deployed environment like ours (over 10 000 seats deployed) - self-checkout-telemetry like this would provide the central team with massive increase in their ability to manage the deployed base; and at the same time signficantly reduce the time to resolve support issues.
Need a way to highlight lines whether that means right-clicking and selecting a color or what-not, but just having the lines become black & BOLD doesn't cut it. It's not easy on the eyes. If I could click this line/connector and make it bright green that would be ideal and then I can see where it connects better when zooming out.
Using the Snowflake Input and Output Connectors when Snowflake is setup to use Single Sign On generates a lot of browser windows as the connectors authenticate multiple times (opening a browser window each time) which is very disruptive and disctracting for users. Any time the workflow interacts with the tools and it authenticates and the browser is opened.
This is driven by the Snowflake ODBC driver using the externalbrowser authentication method however it would be helpful if Snowflake and Alteryx worked together to refine how the connectors authenticate in order to reduce the number, or completely stop the browser windows and therefore greatly improving the user experience.
Speed up canvas edits - The Create/Remove Space Tool
Usually day two of working with a canvas I realize that I have been a fool, and I come up with a significantly more elegant or simple solution. Moving all of the containers or tools to fit my slick new container is cumbersome and slow. I've created a GIF of a feature several tools have which allows the user to easily move and arrange items on the canvas.
Open source tool used in demo: bpmnJs
Please upgrade the "curl.exe" that are packaged with Designer from 7.15 to 7.55 or greater to allow for -k flags. Also please allow the -k functionality for the Atleryx Download tool.
-k, --insecure
(TLS) By default, every SSL connection curl makes is verified to be secure. This option allows curl to proceed and operate even for server connections otherwise considered insecure.
The server connection is verified by making sure the server's certificate contains the right name and verifies successfully using the cert store.
Regards,
John Colgan
Have you ever used a Join tool with several (or many) Join fields, looked at the the L and R outputs and wondered, why didn't these records join? When there are many columns in your data, this can be a hard question to answer. It would be very handy if Alteryx could somehow report the Field(s) that each record failed to join on (perhaps as an optional added field to the L and R outputs).
I have been developing and accumulating custom functions over the years and they have proved to be very useful. I am submitting these here. I hope they are found to be beneficial.
Functions included in the attached file include:
To make these functions available in Alteryx, place the attached xml file in the folder C:\Program Files\Alteryx\bin\RuntimeData\FormulaAddIn if you have a standard installation. If the install is non-standard, find the \bin\RuntimeData\FormulaAddIn folder and place the attached xml file there. Ateryx will need a restart for the functions to be available.
When documentin alteryx screen I sometimes hit printscreen and need to paste important matters to Comment tool...
But there is no paste from clipboard 😞
I suggest adding a minor icon that enables not only reading from png but pasting a screen or other image copied directly from memory...
For I need the following setting so I printscreen and capture as is;
Then put that into a PNG or JPG file using paint. And then prepare a comment box with that image in the background...
The behavior of an "Overwrite Sheet (Drop)" configuration is such that it breaks formulas (#REF) that point to the overwritten sheet and named ranges that reference the overwritten sheet. This is a bummer because the only way I've found to overcome the issue is to write a script that re-applies the named range. This works, but it greatly raises the barrier to using this tool and in some corporate environments it won't even be possible.
What would probably be a good alternative behavior is to delete the contents of the sheet, rather than the rows/columns/cells of the sheet. I think both probably have valid use cases but my proposed functionality is going to cause fewer issues and be the more popular behavior for most users. I believe there is a google sheets API call for just this kind of behavior...
Alteryx should really get into the business of having a metadata management tool integrated into the UI.
We recently started training new users with Alteryx, making it more widespread than the few (less than 10) that already had it. The good and bad of Alteryx is that it really allows us the power to do work we've never done before. That also means that we've not had to worry too much about resource contention before either. But with great power comes great responsibility and now we do need to think find a way to manage this power.
There are some good new ideas out there that use the concept of cloud-sourced data governance (specifically, I just checked out Alation). But why should we have to go to two separate platforms then to examine our data?
I already know that if I have to spend more time switching back and forth between two platforms to get the same job done with greater care will result in many people taking shortcuts. Why couldn't this or something like it be integrated into Alteryx?
Hi,
I would like to be able to modify my connection string in the Alias Manager.
Connection string is greyed out :
If I want to change my connection string, I have to create a new alias.
It would be nice to have functionality similar to the List Box where a user can select all items at once, or deselect all items at once. The workaround for now would be to roll everything up to an individual Key (maybe called "All"). But it would still be nice to have those two options (again, just like on the list box).
Would really love there to be a way to store environment related config variables without requiring the use of an external config 'file' that you need to bring in in every workflow.
Functionality should be similar to how the Alias manager works (although allowing aliasing of more than just DB connections)
The sort of things that would typically be included as such a variable would be:
If this could be set for different subscriptions or collections it would be fantastic. If not, at the server level would suffice.
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