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Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

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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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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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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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Error: "Could not load requested Drivetime dataset: Latest:TeleAtlas_US" when running a workflow
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When a folder name starts with a period (.), the Input Data tool throws a "Can't find the file" error.
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When trying to create a temporary table for use in the Data Input Tool (connecting to Google BigQuery) the workflow errors out with "Executing PreSQL: CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY TABLE... Invalid query: Use of CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE requires a script or session"
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Publishing workflow to Alteryx Server fails with "Error opening connect string: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server: Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication.\42000=18452
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Error "Unable to find the dll: "AlteryxBasePluginsEngine.dll"" in workflows containing a Python-based Connector and a Table Tool
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Whenever attempting to connect HDFS to a Dynamic Input Tool, users may encounter the error: "Server root URL must be in the form "http://server:port""
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When querying data with ROWID using Oracle OCI driver with the Input Data and Connecting IN-DB tools will result in the following errors: "You have found a bug".
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Receive error “Get Table List Error: Win32 Exception” when connecting to Databricks.
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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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Error: "Input Data (1117): Internal Error: Invalid parameter detected in function (null). File: (null) Line: 0 Expression: (null)." when pulling data from PostgreSQL
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Error being returned via the Select Tool functionality for field names with updated case type.
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Error when choosing Options > Advanced Options > System Settings: Method not found: 'Void AlteryxGuiToolkit.Dialogs.Licensing.ManageLicenses.ShowLicensingDialog(System.Windows.Forms.Control, Boolean, Boolean)'
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Error: "An unexpected error occurred" when performing an Offline License Activation in Designer.
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When trying to connect to a snowflake database, I am getting the error CURLerror (curl_easy_perform() failed) - code = 6 msg = 'Couldn't resolve host name'.
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After upgrading the Alteryx License Server to 2021.4, any commands entered using the flexnetlsadmin.bat batch script fail with the License Server asking for a valid Server Base URL.
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A column with spatial data and spaces in the column name throws a "Incorrect syntax" error when reading from or writing to SQL Server.
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