Engine Works

Under the hood of Alteryx: tips, tricks and how-tos.

It's the most wonderful time of the year - Santalytics 2020 is here! This year, Santa's workshop needs the help of the Alteryx Community to help get back on track, so head over to the Group Hub for all the info to get started!

Best Practices

How To Rapidly Retrieve Data From Large Data Sets Using Alte...

You've just been given a data set with billions of records; you need to quickly retrieve certain segments of that data; and you need to do this type of data retrieval many times in...

Why You Can’t Spell Alteryx Without the YX

Getting started with spatial analytics in Alteryx.

Best Practices

Compare 2 Data Sets

There's no single tool to do this directly in Alteryx, but with some ingenuity you can do this yourself - this blog tells you how!

Alteryx for Good

Alteryx for Good with DataKindUK, Shared Assets and the Ecol...

Last weekend was the climax of nearly two months work as part of my Alteryx for Good project. This work has encompassed huge amounts of data preparation (particularly using open da...

Datasets

Adding Custom Spatial Layers to Alteryx Base Maps

This post shows users how to add their own spatial layers to Alteryx Maps.

The Cache Dataset V2 Macro

This update to the Cache Dataset macro includes options to manage the storage and cleanup of cached files.

REST API In 5 Minutes-No Coding

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Alteryx Designer

The Cache Dataset Macro

Developing resource-intensive workflows can be a challenge when testing changes involves running the workflow through iterations that may take several minutes or more before being...

Datasets

Downloading from TIGER

or how do I get free spatial data for Alteryx…

Datasets

2010 US Census

Did you know that Nevada was the fastest growing state between 2000 and 2010, growing by 35%? Texas experienced the largest population increase, up by 4.3 million people!