Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

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ERROR: "General error; 1033 error while parsing protocol" while connecting to SAP HANA DB using the Input Data Tool in Designer
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A basic troubleshooting for authentication errors for AWS S3 Upload/Download tools
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This article explains how to troubleshoot and resolve the error "You have found a bug. Replicate, then let us know." when using a Python-based connector
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How to check which version of a Connector tool is used in a workflow
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After authenticating with the Box tool in Designer, the File Path field has a red 'Please enter correct path.' error under it. With this error present, no files or folders are visible under the Select File section.
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The custom tool or tool that uses Python SDK throws out an error is there is any error on the workflow canvas.
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The Salesforce Tools do not support user's SSO credentials.
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When a workflow writes a large data set to Tableau Server, it may throw an error halfway through because the Tableau Server credentials token expired.
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An overview of Azure applications and how they are used by Alteryx Designer to securely access your data.
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The SharePoint connector allows you to use Service Principal for downloading and uploading files, but it requires the Sites.All permission, which gives the user access to all the Sites in the tenant. This article describes how to set it up.
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When using a Python-based connector (e.g. Salesforce Input, Azure Data Lake File Input), an error message referring to CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED appears. With the new releases of the connectors tools there are three additional errors that can happen and can be resolved with these steps.
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When trying to create a new dataset using PowerBi Tool, Designer shows 400 Bad Request error
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Information to know about connectors not connecting when a endpoint has Zscaler installed.
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After connecting to Sharepoint URL with Client ID and Secret, Tenant ID, and selecting the Lists option, no lists are displayed
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Error: "The following fields are not updatable members of the target table" received when performing an update to a record with the Salesforce Output Tool. The column is locked for editing by your Salesforce Administrator or is the incorrect primary key to reference for updating the record.
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A video walkthrough for the setup and configuration of the Microsoft Dataverse connector, which has succeeded the Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector.
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Product defect pertaining to the SharePoint Files Input Tool and reading XLSX files.
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Alteryx provides many built-in data connectors and there are additional ones available for download from the Gallery.
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Power BI Output tool fails with "Bad request syntax or unsupported method" error if null values are found in an integer data type field.
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