Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Definitive answers from Designer Desktop experts.
For problems with Windows not launching Designer or displaying an error message, the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter may help.
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How to clear the INDBC file history in the Manage In-DB Connections window.
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Not able to clear the connection string history. There is no option or button to clear it.
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.NET Framework is a software framework developed by Microsoft that supports the building and running of apps and XML web services. The framework version can have an impact on the installation and operation of Alteryx.
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How to register and create Dynamics CRM Application on Azure
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Tips for when there isn't enough room on Designer canvas
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Troubleshooting the Error: The field “[field_name]” is missing. Compare the tool configuration with the input stream.
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Set a location for your temporary Alteryx files for individual workflows or globally with your user settings!
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When sharepoint lists have date fields, they are off by the UTC current timezone set in sharepoint.
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Error while connecting to a database, from the Input Data Tool - Error: Input Data (13): Error SQLDriverConnect: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application.
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"Error: Input Data (1): Error opening connect string: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (SECDoClientHandshake()).]SSL Security error.\08001 = 18" after upgrading SQL Server to 2019 and disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1
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Scheduled Workflow is stuck in "Initializing" status
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Error when using the Assisted Modeling tool on a Proxy environment
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ERROR: "Could not build wheels for cryptography which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly" while installing OneDrive tools in Alteryx Designer
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SMTP fails in Email tool. The error "Record#1: Unable to create a socket after looping through all network addresses for YOUR-MAIL-HOST-NAME" is returned.
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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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Data types W_String or VW_String are not available for Flat File ASCII files.
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While trying to run an App, the Action tool errors out as - "Render(8): The file is not a supported format" in the Alteryx Designer.
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