Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

This article addresses the replacement of PDF Input tool with the Image Input tool starting from 21.2 version of Alteryx Designer

SnakePlane is an abstraction layer that makes working with the Python SDK easy! This three-part tutorial breaks down building a tool using SnakePlane and SnakePlane Pilot.

Steps on how to reinstall a Python-based .yxi tool.

With the Python Tool, Alteryx can manipulate your data using everyone’s favorite programming language - Python! Included with the tool are a few of pre-built libraries that extend past even the native Python download.

Alteryx Designer comes with tools (based on both R and Python) to create and use predictive models without needing to write any code. But what if you've got custom models written in R or Python outside of Designer that you want to use in Designer, or vice versa?

Python:ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ayx'

How to enable Jupyter Server log which is no longer created by default in 2020.1.

What happens when one installs the YXI file of a Python-based tool in Alteryx Designer.

How to handle metadata with Python tool.

The Python tool interface is based on a Jupyter Notebook. As of Alteryx Designer 2018.4, the Python tool can create logs for its web configuration. The frequency of these logs can be increased by switching on the debugging log level. Note that output file will be bigger and that it will impact Python tool performance in Designer.\n  

Fix Python tool installation error: An error occurred while installing package 'defaults::vs2015_runtime-14.16.27012-hf0eaf9b_1'. AssertionError()

In some cases the Python tool will not start. This article discusses the common root cause that during installation there was not enough disk space for all the Python environment files to be created.

This is article will show you the "DataWrap2WrigleyDb::GoRecord: Attempt to seek past the end of the file" error and how to solve it.

Python tool doesn't show any results.

This article will walk through how to have different Module versions for different workflows. This example will use PyPDF2 as the Module

This article will review the method of creating a requirements text file that can be used to reinstall the same packages. Then a process to reinstall the same packages.

If you are using a version of Designer≥2018.3, use the Python tool! If you are on an older version, this article is for you.

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)"

how to get started with jupyter notebook

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