Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Connecting to an Oracle APPS schema causes Designer to get stuck in "Not Responding".

All the In-DB connections in Alteryx Designer are lost. Where are these settings stored?

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.

Cannot update passwords in the Input Data or the Output Data tool.

Note: This article is out of date. CLICK HERE for up-to-date, single source help on magnification, mouse keys, mouse, and keyboard shortcuts in the Alteryx Designer product. There are many different keyboard shortcuts to help you in your task of building modules in Alteryx.  As in most software packages, the standard set of keyboard functions native to the Windows operating system also apply to Alteryx.   Handy shortcuts specific to Alteryx: Ctrl + Alt + B : Show/Hide Toolbar Ctrl + Alt + T : Show/Hide Toolbox Ctrl + Alt + V : Show/Hide Overview Ctrl + Alt + R : Show/Hide Results Window Ctrl + Alt + C : Show/Hide Configuration Window Ctrl + Alt + D : Show/Hide Interface Designer Ctrl + Shift + B : Add all Browses after selected tools Ctrl + R : Run Workflow F5 : Refresh Configuration Ctrl + Shift + - : Align selected tools horizontally Ctrl + Shift + + : Align selected tools vertically Ctrl + Arrow Key : Nudge tool by one pixel The full list of keyboard shortcuts can be found here.   Canvas Navigation was updated in Alteryx Version 10.1. Check out the blog posted here. Standard Shortcuts Ctrl + N : Open a new workflow Ctrl + O : Open an existing workflow Ctrl + Z : Undo Ctrl + Y : Redo Ctrl + F : Find Tool (this allows you to find tools in your workflow by name or number) Ctrl + X : Cut selected (in the canvas this will cut the selected tools, text will be cut if the text is selected inside the tool's configuration window) Ctrl + C : Copy selected tools (in the canvas this will copy the selected tools, text will be copied if the text is selected inside the tool's configuration window.  Also, you can select specific rows from a browse tool and copy those rows using this command) Ctrl + V : Paste tools (if rows have been copied from a Browse tool this command will create a Text Input on the canvas of copied rows from the clipboard) Ctrl + A : Selects all tools in the workflow Ctrl + S : Save your module (SaveAs if this is the first time the module is being saved) F1 :This single button will bring up the help file specific to the tool you have selected on the canvas, otherwise it pulls up the generic help window. Ctrl + Tab : Switch between open workflows (if you have more than one workflow open in a single session of Alteryx)   Other commands and Handy Shortcuts: Right Click and Drag : Inside a select tool, or any tool with  "Select" functionality, you can select a field, or group of fields, and right click and drag those fields to a new destination in the field structure.  This eliminates needing to click the Up/Down arrows to reorder fields. Hold down the mouse wheel : Pan the canvas Space Bar + Left mouse click : Pan the canvas Shift + mouse wheel : Scroll canvas horizontally Ctrl + roll mouse wheel : Zoom the Canvas Ctrl + Arrow Key : Nudge tool by one pixel Splash Screen : To remove the splash screen while the program loads simply click on the image Open one or more files : Drag files from Windows Explorer directly to the canvas. Workflow files (*.yxmd, *.yxwz, *.yxmc) will open directly in a new tab on the module canvas. Data files will be represented by a configured Input Tool for each data file on the active workflow.

  ******************* Update 10/16/2019 Tips + Tricks is at Inspire Europe ! We added some exciting 2019.3 tips & tricks to our book for this occasion. New version is attached.   ***************************   Thanks to everyone that joined us in Nashville for our 2019 Tips and Tricks tour and special thanks to everyone who submitted tips for our Tips + Tricks Book.   Enclosed you will find 91 pages full of Tips + Tricks that will help you save clicks in Alteryx.  The Tips and Tricks book covers our fan favorite tips for saving time when developing workflows and our best tips for organization. Utilize the book to learn everything from workflow design to organization, optimization, to our best time savers.    We hope to see you all at our next Tips and Tricks session.       @MargaritaW , @JessicaS  & @HenrietteH  Your Customer Support Engineering Team  

The below is taken from the Tips & Tricks series presented at Inspire 2016. Special thanks to Margarita Wilshire and the Customer Support team for compiling these useful tips!

Why play fair when you can stack the deck in your favor?

This post includes THE 2017 Tips & Tricks booklet.

  Our incredible user community came through once more with their most valuable Alteryx tips & tricks, these along with our own are now captured in our Tips & Tricks 2018 book.   Our sincere gratitude to our user community for their contributions and for attending our session at Inspire 2018 !   Enclosed is our 100 + pages of tips & tricks … enjoy !     Margarita, Henriette & Jessica Customer Support Engineering