Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

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Error: "There were errors with LOADING please check your ERROR TABLES", when writing data using Output Data tool to Teradata.
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How to connect to SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and extract data in Alteryx Designer.
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The message, "Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12705" occurs when using multiple IN-DB tools to different Oracle connections.
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Alteryx doesn't read some unicode characters correctly
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Error: "ORA-00900: invalid SQL Statement" occurs when running a procedure in the Pre or Post SQL Statement for Input or Output Data tools.
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Troubleshooting the "Unknown Function YEAR()" error, or other related Date expressions.
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Error: "The account is locked" when running a workflow after a database password has changed.
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Snowflake External Tables are not showing in the Alteryx Visual Query Builder tab.
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While trying to connect to Snowflake from Alteryx Designer, using Input Data tool, the following error is thrown after running the workflow: Error: Input Data (1): Error SQLExecute: No active warehouse selected in the current session. Select an active warehouse with the 'use warehouse' command.
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Numeric values show "[Null]" instead of a blank cell using the Input Data tool.
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Alteryx app (.yxwz) is not showing up completely, with missing controls.
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Importing Thai data from Oracle Database using Oracle ODBC driver is displaying the Thai characters as garbled characters in Alteryx. This can be addressed by setting a parameter in the driver to unconditionally change the data type to support Unicode.
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Environment variable issue with the os.environ['PATH'] error
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Data types W_String or VW_String are not available for Flat File ASCII files.
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Error: "ORA-21500: internal error code, arguments: [%s], [%s], [%s]" when pulling Spatial data from Oracle using Input data tool.
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Error: "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden", when using Output Data tool to Hive HDFS in an encrypted zone.
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In-DB tools add a SELECT statement to Common Table Expression (CTE) queries.
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Connecting to an Oracle APPS schema causes Designer to get stuck in "Not Responding".
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The article provides the steps to add in an example in the custom tool
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Error: "An Item with the Same Key has already been added" with Sharepoint List Input Tool
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Error: "ORA-12592 TNS Bad Packet Error" occurs when running a workflow.
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