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Alteryx Designer Desktop Knowledge Base

Definitive answers from Designer Desktop experts.
The Report Map Tool (master it here) allows to create thematic maps by selecting a "Theme" field on the Data tab and then further defining the theme on the Layers tab
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The Table Tool has many options for formatting data - e.g. prefixes and suffixes can be added, certain fields can be highlighted based on formulas and many more. Don't fret if you want to format more than one column at once - there's a workaround using the "Dynamic or Unknown Fields" option.
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how to merge cells with the table tool
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This article will help you configure Gallery workflows to use temporary files in the Engine’s staging directory for e-mail attachments or output.
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I have configured my map to zoom to a specific layer, but the map is not zooming as expected. I have confirmed that the 'Zoom to Layer' checkbox in the Layers tab of the Report Map tool is checked only for the layer in question.
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This article entails a list of what the tool can do at this point and what it can’t at this point. Also, short instructions on how to set up the tool. 
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When using Expert Mode: Treat text as Raw PCXML in the Report Text tool, the first field used from a text input field only renders as the field name and not the value.
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when the background color of the Report Text Tool is set to [None], when being rendered to Excel the color returning as black
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SMTP fails in Email tool. The error "Record#1: Unable to create a socket after looping through all network addresses for YOUR-MAIL-HOST-NAME" is returned.
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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.
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The addition of page numbers to a report is quite simple, there are two steps: First, add a Text tool immediately before your Render tool.  In the Text tool, under the Special Tags drop-down select the Current Page option.  The example below is a more elaborate example employing the annotation text “page” and “of” and the special tags to display the current page and total number of pages in the document. Secondly, in your Render tool, check the Footer checkbox, and select the “Text” field as the field to display for the Footer.   Done!
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When creating a finance report with the Alteryx reporting tools, you might want to annotate numbers a certain way. This article will show you how!
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