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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 your Python libraries don't work the way they should in Python tool, restoring the tool to it's original state could be the solution. This article walks through how to restore Python libraries and the virtual environment associated with the Python tool.
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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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When upgrading Designer from 2021.3 to 2021.4 or 2022.1, you may encounter an error about SRCComposer_x64.dll module not found
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What's the difference between Admin and Non-Admin installs of Alteryx? Stuff and things.
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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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If there is a space in the temporary directory, Predictive tools in Data Investigation, Predictive and Time Series and even R tool fail with errors like the following: Error in parse(text - 5): :1:17:unexpected INCOMPLETE_STRING
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Google Big Query v3.0 Input tool with ‘Service-to-Service’ authentication errors with "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'message_types_by_name'"
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The SharePoint connector allows you to use Service Principal for downloading and uploading files, but it requires the Sites.All permission, which gives the user access to all the Sites in the tenant. This article describes how to set it up.
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Saving a workflow to Gallery fails with an error if there is a configuration issue with "On Success - Show Results to User" option in the Interface Designer window.
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The article provides troubleshooting steps when "404 not found" error is encountered in Python tool.
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When you try to insert a record to an Amazon Redshift table which has a column with attribute IDENTITY(seed, step), the record is inserted fine, but the value of the first column to be inserted is null instead of the value being passed into the Output Data 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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Instead of displaying the error that causes Python package installation failure, Alteryx.installPackages() fails on decoding the error message.
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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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