Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Definitive answers from Designer Desktop experts.
Image Input tool is not able to extract JPG2000 images in the PDF file. It returns an empty image.
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With the release of 2018.3 comes a very exciting new functionality – workflow caching! Caching can save a lot of time during workflow development by saving data at “checkpoints” in the workflow, so that each time you add a new step to your workflow, it does not need to rerun the workflow in its entirety, rather it can pick up from your last Cache point. There are a couple conditions where tools cannot be selected as cache points, including tools with multiple output anchors, and tools in "circles".
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Microsoft released a Windows Defender update that is deleting a user’s shortcuts.
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Selecting the “Custom” match style in Fuzzy Match tool causes an exception error when clicking on the “Edit” button. This happens in Designer version 2022.3
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AlteryxSpatialPluginsEngine.dll could not be loaded: The specified module could not be found
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A basic troubleshooting for authentication errors for AWS S3 Upload/Download tools
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the issue occurs when opening a data source in Designer
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Where do you start when you see "An Unhandled Exception occurred"?
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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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When attempting to Write to MySQL with the output option "Update: Insert if New" you get an error if the table has a composite primary key of multiple fields and none of the data have changed in the row
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Saving style changes in Fuzzy Match tool from Designer Admin version requires that the Designer is started in Administrator mode.
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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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Directions for setting up Google Big Query with Bulk Write in Designer 22.3
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These macros allow you to convert IP addresses to DWORD formatting and vice-versa for IP validation. These can be used to determine if an IP address was part of a range and, if it was, create two new ranges on either side of it.
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