How does one update base r?

[jbh1128d1]

So I already had R on my computer when Alteryx was installed.  It seems like Alteryx installed R in the "Alteryx" folder and is not using the base r that was already there.  Not a big deal however, I can't figure out how to either:

a: Point Alteryx to my updated r version  or

b: update the base r in the Alteryx folder

Any ideas?

[PaulN · Accepted solution]

Hi @jbh1128d1,

Changing R version delivered with Alteryx is not a supported option. This is because Predictive and Prescriptive tools have been tested with a particular version of the packages. Upgrading R environment may introduce new behaviours or removed functionalities and is therefore not advisable.

Thanks,

Paul Noirel

Sr Customer Support Engineer

[jbh1128d1]

Thanks @PaulN

Good thing I didn't screw anything up then.

[gururajb]

Hi 

There are a lot of useful packages which are only supported in R 3.4.

When can we have official upgrade to R 3.4?

[PaulN]

Hey @gururajb,

Alteryx Designer 2018.2, currently downloadable from https://licenses.alteryx.com comes with R 3.4.4.

Thanks,

Paul Noirel

Customer Support Engineer, Alteryx

[maxwangjnj]

Hi @PaulN,

When will the Alteryx update the R to 3.5? 

The case is that I found that the R Package "caret" latest version only support R3.5 instead of R3.4.4. 

Thanks, 

Max

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[kentweyrauch]

Also looking for an update on this.

Thanks,

Kent