Issue
When using a Flat File ASCII file, the data types W_String or VW_String are not available in the Flat File Layout window. When will this be supported?
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Environment
- Alteryx Designer
- Flat File ASCII
- UTF8 Data Types
Diagnosis
Currently VW_String or W_String are not supported for Flat File ASCII. Per the Alteryx Help documentation, currently only the following data types are supported:
Bool, Byte, Int16, Int32, Int64, FixedDecimal, Float, String, and V_String.
Solution
An Alteryx Idea has been submitted to add W_String and VW_String as supported data types within Designer. Please up-vote for this idea to be considered in a future release of Designer.