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Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Definitive answers from Designer Desktop experts.
Running a cell in Jupyter Notebook containing Alteryx.read() returns "Unable to connect to input data" error. This happens if the workflow is saved in a file path containing an ampersand (&).
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A workflow app (.yxwz) containing a Python tool creates the temp folder for the tool in the workflow location instead of the default/global temp directory.
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Running workflow containing Jupyter Flow tool in Gallery fails if the server machine is not in a domain.
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Using Python tool with AMP engine result in the loss of the Jupyter notebook (404 : Not Found), reverting to E1 makes the user code disappear (open a new instance of the Notebook).
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"Error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required" when installing Python library 'pandas-dedupe' in the Jupyter Notebook interface
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Python tool will not load Jupyter Notebook if the Detour tool is used and the path is diverted to another path where the Python tool is not on by default.
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Installing a package from the Python tool is an important task. In this article, we will review all the possible functionality included with the Python method Alteryx.installPackages().
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If the workflow path contains a "&", Python tool will fail to load. 404: Not Found will be seen.
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Alteryx.read() returns "attempt to seek past the end of the file" on an empty incoming data source
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When using a python tool with pandas package, xlrd is unable to read .xlsx files, only .xls.
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The code changes made in the Python tool will be lost after running the workflow immediately.
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For troubleshooting installation issues, it is helpful for Support to know which files were installed.
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A walkthrough of installing prophet onto your Designer Python Tool Environment using conda-forge
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This article describes how to locate the Workbook.ipynb file behind the Python Tool in order to check access rights and resolve certain errors (most commonly, 404 errors).
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GPU cannot be detected in our Python tool environment when using the Tensorflow package.
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How to find the logs of Jupyter, web interface of Python tool
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This article explains why importing the Google Cloud BigQuery libraries v1.23.0 through the Python tool fails.
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How to fix an issue where the Python Tool Configuration Panel is blank
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When troubleshooting Python Issues in Alteryx, this Health Check can be used to determine whether your Jupyter Environment installation is complete and functional.
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Making a copy of a workflow that contains a Python tool will cause the JupyterGuidDir to be duplicated. Because of this reason, both copies will point to the same Jupyter Notebook document. If the user makes changes on one copy, the other will be changed too which is not desirable.
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