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Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

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A workflow that includes a Python tool may throw an error of the form "Error: unable to read data (C:\AppData\Alteryx\Engine\Engine_23200_be6a9480b4fc4e038a8668b82debdf74_\aa37b5ac-6323-472b-8f0f-5cb0b95b822e\4460abb7be83bae8f01b9bf1238a923c.yxdb)"
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Error: Can’t find the file: “[path\FileName]”. Make sure the file path is correct. Error text being revised from Error: File not found "[path\FileName]"
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Received the error "Error in PDF Rendering. Error Number: 4119: FILE OPEN ERROR" whenever using Table Tool or Render Tool.
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Workflow worked in versions before 2020.3 After upgrading to 2020.3 receive error "An unknown error occurred in II_PushRecord"
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Calgary Loader (2) PagedFile::Add: keys out of order, sort not supported yet.
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User is getting an error writing an excel file to a shared drive.
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User is getting the error "Detour tools in macros must terminate within that macro" when trying to use a macro in a workflow
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This error occurs when a transaction limit is exceeded. It can be resolved by configuring bulk uploads on the server or using an iterative macro.
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This error may occur with Desktop Automation schedules. It can be corrected by changing the Alteryx Service log on account.
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Designer requires .NET version 4.7 or newer to use the TLS 1.1 or 1.2 protocols. For workstations with Windows 7, other configurations are also needed.
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The SharePoint List Output tool cannot write to metadata columns. This capability will be added in a future release.
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Error while installing additional R packages in Alteryx Designer - "GenericTool (1): Can't find plugin "AlteryxRPluginEngine.dll""
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An in depth look at how Apache Spark works with Alteryx and the data sources available.
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When using Expert Mode: Treat text as Raw PCXML in the Report Text tool, the first field used from a text input field only renders as the field name and not the value.
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When running a workflow that uses a RegEx tool ahead of a Select Record tool, you receive different results with or without uding the Use AMP Engine.
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Users can experience this error message upon opening Alteryx Designer or upon select the File menu option.
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Oracle database character set is AL32UTF8. The field defined is VARCHAR2. Writing back some Chinese characters to this field using OCI ends with garbled characters.
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Error: The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator
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Email tool error "Failure when receiving data from the peer" for a specific 'from' address
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The Visual Query Builder comes up empty for Teradata Database.
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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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