Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

For those who haven't used CONTROL+[SCROLL on your Mouse]. You can use this with filters & formulas (maybe more?). The result is the difference between night & DAY!

Performance tuning is an art.  Start sketching today!

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)"

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]"

Set yourself up for success with excerpts from the 2017 Tips and Tricks Book for bringing data into your workflows!

Set yourself up for success with excerpts from the 2017 Tips and Tricks Book for workflow design!

Error while installing additional R packages in Alteryx Designer - "GenericTool (1): Can't find plugin "AlteryxRPluginEngine.dll""

Disk Management - File Size by Directory Report

Error: "Query timeout" when running a workflow connected to Amazon Athena.

How to clear the INDBC file history in the Manage In-DB Connections window.

Not able to clear the connection string history. There is no option or button to clear it.

How to register and create Dynamics CRM Application on Azure

Tips for when there isn't enough room on Designer canvas

Welcome to Alteryx 11.0 new feature Data Profiling in the Browse Tool.  We are excited about this and we hope you will be too! The Data Profiling in the Browse tool was created to assist the user in better understanding the quality of their data at any point within the workflow. This option will assist users in understanding the quality of their data, assist in troubleshooting and help fix issues that may arise when attempting to parse, join, or output their data.

Error received running chained workflows using the Run Command event.

Where to find "Small Data Sets" on the Web

Big data is data that is usually with sizes beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to manage and process within a tolerable elapsed time.

SQL Server read performance is slow in Designer.

How to download and install SQL Server ODBC drivers.

Error: "ORA-00900: invalid SQL Statement" occurs when running a procedure in the Pre or Post SQL Statement for Input or Output Data tools.

Error: "The account is locked" when running a workflow after a database password has changed.