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Quick basic question on types, just to confirm...

jark1294
7 - Meteor

Wanted to make sure best types for data, pretty sure I have it right but better safe than sorry. I've been using V_Strings and V_WStrings for text, and "Doubles" for numbers where I'm doing calculations. Beyond that just using dates.

 

Mostly want to confirm "Doubles" is best for raw numbers as the name is throwing me off. Thanks!

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus
I’m happy with your choices. If the numbers are whole, you might opt for integers (INT).

https://help.alteryx.com/11.5/index.htm#Reference/DataFieldType.htm?Highlight=Data%20types

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