Hi, DFW Maveryx, and Happy New Year!  Save the date for our January DFW Alteryx User Group Virtual Meeting, which will be held on Friday, January 31st, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. CT!  We have some great topics to start the new year, and we begin with an awesome guest speaker:  Scott Jones, Principal Analytics Consultant at DCG!

For those who have been using Alteryx for a while, you may remember Scott Jones as the amazing Grand Prix Emcee!  Scott hosted the Grand Prix at the Alteryx Inspire conference for years, and his impressive voice announced the play-by-play events with energy and enthusiasm!  Those of you who have been using Alteryx for a LONG time may also remember Scott Jones as an expert solutions engineer (SE) at Alteryx - in fact, I met him in 2011 when he was supporting the retail company where I managed Alteryx internally!

Scott will be presenting Auto Insights and the new Magic Reports, and he has provided this overview:

Getting to Know Auto Insights

Learn about the newest offering from Alteryx that allows you to quickly analyze data, create reports, and share findings in a SaaS environment.  We will discuss best practices for loading data, how to create data examples automatically, and use machine learning algorithms to find the most interesting facts about your data.  Then use Magic Reports to create and edit projects for PPT or email with AI generated explainability in any tone for different audiences.

For more information about DCG and the many Alteryx and other platform services it offers, please visit Business Management Consulting Firm | DeMar Consulting Group

Next, I will present how to utilize the Spatial toolset in Alteryx with your own spatial data - or publicly available online data!  It is a common thought that the Spatial toolset can only be used with the add-on data bundles in Alteryx, for an additional cost.  However, if you have datasets with latitude and longitude data, or a shapefile (.shp), or a similar spatial data format such as MapInfo .tab or Google Earth .kml files, you can perform spatial analytics with them in Alteryx, with no add-ons required!

I will show techniques for spatial analytics in the following topics:

• How to convert latitude/longitude fields into points
• How to input polygon shapefiles from the U.S. Census
• Find the spatial relationships between spatial objects, such as points within polygons
• How to use tools that are not in the Spatial toolset for spatial analyses (yes, there are some hidden options!)
• How to convert GeoJSON data into a spatial object - and back again
• Tips and tricks for using spatial data within a workflow

Join us for an engaging user group meeting, and expand your knowledge about the many benefits of Alteryx within the Cloud and the spatial dimension!  

To RSVP, please click the "Register" link at the top right of this page; a Zoom meeting link will be sent to you upon registration.

Please also feel free to invite others who are simply interested in Alteryx.  Thank you all for your support of our over 900-member user group, and we look forward to seeing you at the meeting and celebrating the new year!

@Deanna and the DFW Alteryx User Group Leadership Team