Cloud Quest #8: Settle the Score

[AYXAcademy]

Hi Maveryx,

We posted the solution JSON file to Cloud Quest #7. Check it out and let us know what you think! Send suggestions to academy@alteryx.com or leave a comment below!

Let’s dive into this week's quest!

1. Upload the provided Cloud Quest 8 - Start File.json file into your Analytics Cloud library.
2. The input and output datasets are included in the start file.

For more detailed instructions on how to import and export Designer Cloud workflow files, check out the pinned article Cloud Quest Submission Process Update.

Scenario:

A group of friends are playing their favorite game. Not understanding the importance of inputting data in an easy-to-work-with format, they devised an incredibly inefficient way to keep score of their game!

In the game, there are five rounds of play and five players (a, b, c, d, and e—the first letter of their names). Each time the player’s initial appears in lowercase, the player is awarded 1 point. Each time their initial appears in uppercase, 1 point is subtracted from their overall score. Now it is your job to figure out each player’s score for each round and their respective totals after all five rounds of play. Who won? 

Hints: 

1. Tokenize the input data into rows.
2. There are many ways to calculate scores for each letter, but an If/Then statement can accomplish this in one expression.
3. When pivoting, you can perform multiple calculations at once including Sum and Total Column.

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A combination of the Cross Tab, RegEx, Formula, and Dynamic Replace tools should solve your problem, but not necessarily in this sequence.

If you find yourself struggling with any of the tasks, feel free to explore these interactive lessons in the Maveryx Academy for guidance:

• Getting Started with Designer Cloud
• Building Connections in Designer Cloud
• Building Your Workflow in Designer Cloud

Once you have completed your quest, go back to your Analytics Cloud library.

• Download your workflow solution file.
• Include your JSON file and a screenshot of your workflow as attachments to your comment.

Here’s to a successful quest!

 

[JoachimCaronTIL]

Here is my solution

 

[ScottMcV]

I saw the missing case sensitivity someone referenced elsewhere that would have made it easier and ran into it myself.

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[AkimasaKajitani]

My solution!

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I hope that the RegEX_Match function has the case intensive option similar to the Designer Desktop.

[Shelbey]

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[Towers]

really like regex 

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[RobertW]

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[mceleavey]

Nice and easy. Come on, Alteryx gods, challenge me. Really go to town on me.

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I tokenised the Score string to rows using any character, then regex matched the uppercase characters. I then assigned points to the matched/un-matched records then set all to lower case. Then I simply cross-tabbed back creating a sum by each character and created the total field.

[OllieClarke]

I thought that would be more straightfoward

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Who knew = was case insensitive :(

[OllieClarke]

@mceleavey I know my attempt is way more convoluted than yours, but you can drop a tool by creating the total column in the cross-tab as well :)

[mceleavey]

You are correct, sir!