Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

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Find and Replace function in Designer causes default annotations in matching tools to disappear.
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When trying to connect to a snowflake database, I am getting the error CURLerror (curl_easy_perform() failed) - code = 6 msg = 'Couldn't resolve host name'.
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After upgrading the Alteryx License Server to 2021.4, any commands entered using the flexnetlsadmin.bat batch script fail with the License Server asking for a valid Server Base URL.
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A column with spatial data and spaces in the column name throws a "Incorrect syntax" error when reading from or writing to SQL Server.
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When attempting to output to SQL table with only one column, the "No value column to update" error is thrown.
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After connecting to Sharepoint URL with Client ID and Secret, Tenant ID, and selecting the Lists option, no lists are displayed
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"Failed to read port assignment" occurs when using AYX Python SDK with protobuf greater than version 3.
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Designer crashes after closing the first workflow with a Connect In-DB tool and Browse In-DB tool and then creating a 2nd workflow with the same tools.
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This article provides instructions to change the default path to unpack dependency packages for Jupyter Flow tool.
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Unable to open the Designer instance on the server once DCM was enabled
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Passing in a newly created date field in Jupyter Notebook to Jupyter Flow tool will fail with an error
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On setting up a SYSTEM connection on the designer, the connection is added as a user connection. The connection is saved to the UserAlias.xml file and not the SystemAlias.xml file.
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Error: "The following fields are not updatable members of the target table" received when performing an update to a record with the Salesforce Output Tool. The column is locked for editing by your Salesforce Administrator or is the incorrect primary key to reference for updating the record.
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When using Amazon Redshift Bulk Connection, Output Data tool option "Size of Bulk Load Chunks (1 MB to 102400 MB)" is set to default when the Bulk Size value is higher than 4K
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When running a workflow that outputs to a file, the following is added to the filename. Note that this doesn't affect the actual filename: 'AlteryxBasePluginsGui.DbFileOutput.DbFileOutput'
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When using the R tool, packages can be downloaded from CRAN and installed, but it will be important that the version of R installed in Designer must be compatible with the package version.
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When adding a SQL Server Database Connection via the Input Data tool’s SQL Server Quick Connect, the Test button is missing when the Authentication Type is set to Windows Authentication.
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Steps for creating a log file for batch scripts triggered in Alteryx workflows
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