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Simultaneously Connect Tools
Tired of connecting tools one-by-one? This can definitely become inconvenient when you want to join/union many inputs, or if you want to run a slew of analyses from a single source, as the following example demonstrates:
Have no fear! The days of manually connecting tools one at a time have come to an end. With the release of Alteryx 11.7, you can simultaneously connect to multiple tools. The "View Possible Connections" option is now listed when you right-click on a tool, or it's connectors.
After clicking the "View Possible Connections" option, the following screen will appear:
To connect the Text Input Tools to the Join tool, we can select all of the Text Input tools under the Output Connections section and select the Union tool under the Input Connections section:
Toconnect theUnion tool to the Predictive tools, we can select all of theUnion tool under theOutput Connectionssection and select thePredictive tools under theInput Connections section:
And that's it!Be sure to enjoy this new feature in 11.7!The documentation for thisfeaturecan be found here:Workflows: Connect tools: Connect multiple tools at once.
