Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Error when using the Assisted Modeling tool on a Proxy environment

This article will review how to install and uninstall Python packages without using the command prompt or the built in installPackages method. This method will also provide better messages if something does error out.

Failed to find virtual env named: “designerbasetools_venv” occurs if the Server version is on a lower minor version than the Designer.

ERROR: "Could not build wheels for cryptography which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly" while installing OneDrive tools in Alteryx Designer

Issue   Saving or running the workflow in the Designer causes the following error to occur:   An Unhandled Exception occurred. A previous action may not have completed successfully. Click OK to send the development team the error log so that we can fix this error in a subsequent release.   Environment   Alteryx Designer   Diagnosis    Checking the logs from %PROGAMFILES%\Alteryx\ErrorLogs\AlteryxGUI shows the following error:   Alteryx Designer x64 - 2019.2.5.62427 Type: System.ArgumentException Message: Cannot have ']]>' inside an XML CDATA block. Source: System.Xml OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0 OS Is x64 Capable: True Selected Plugin: LockInGui.LockInSelect.LockInSelect Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz Private Memory: 380923904 -------------------------------------------- at System.Xml.XmlTextWriter.WriteCData(String text) at System.Xml.XmlElement.WriteElementTo(XmlWriter writer, XmlElement e) at System.Xml.XmlElement.WriteContentTo(XmlWriter w)   Cause   The use of "]]>" in the following tools (not an exhaustive list) causes the error: Formula tool Filter tool Report text tool R tool Python tool   Solution   Avoid using "]]>" in the tool or escape the ">" to ">".