Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Definitive answers from Designer Desktop experts.
Upon configuring a Render Tool to output to a PowerPoint Presentation, the resulting file is corrupt.
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Assisted Modeling tool will cause an exception if a data set is too huge. Anything around 40K is fine.
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Status 500: Server Error UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION: An unexpected error occurred. Please include this ErrorId if you contact support: 1049741870-255018 (1453348545)
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Receive error “Get Table List Error: Win32 Exception” when connecting to Databricks.
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Workaround for defect TDCB-1263/DE20744 that was fixed in Designer version 2021.4.
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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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Python tool will not load Jupyter Notebook if the Detour tool is used and the path is diverted to another path where the Python tool is not on by default.
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Installing a package from the Python tool is an important task. In this article, we will review all the possible functionality included with the Python method Alteryx.installPackages().
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When trying to license Alteryx Server on a Windows 8 based computer , the user receives the error "An internet connection is required for activation. Please connect to the internet and try again, or contact customer support. Contact your license administrator for help with licensing. Defect TCPE-196
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XML Parse tool does not detect specific child
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Alteryx.read() returns "attempt to seek past the end of the file" on an empty incoming data source
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When trying to connect to your working Designer's Scheduler, you are getting the error "machine-name" is not an active controller
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When user tries to input CSV file that has delimiter character encapsulated in quotes (so that it should not be considered a delimiter), connector will not consider the file valid.
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The ODBC connection error "Netsuite ODBC Connection Error "[NetSuite][ODBC 64bit driver][OpenAcess SDK SQL Engine]You have entered an invalid e-mail address, password or context (AccountID, RoleID) information" occurs when connecting to NetSuite via a Input Data tool.
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When accessing the MongoDB that is backing the Alteryx server using the MongoDB Input tool reading in AS_Schedules, AS_Queue, AS_Applications, AS_Results collections for analysis in a workflow, it throws the error "MongoDB Input: cursor id not found: generic server error" for larger collections
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When trying to add a license key to Alteryx License Server an error - The System cannot find the file specified - may be seen if the password contains a pipe character |
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Platform Product: Designer Issues – Working with Alteryx Customer Support Engineers (CSEs)
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