Engine Works

Getting started with spatial analytics in Alteryx.

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!

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 data that was recently released by the UK’s Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – DEFRA), spatial analytics and advanced analytics. All this hard work culmlinated in a 12-hour focussed data dive to show the charities involved the ‘art of the possible’ in terms of using such amazing data sources in combination with analytics.

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

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

Set your timer…

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 able to see results. This post walks through using the Cache Dataset macro to develop workflows in a smarter way, avoid repeated long run times, and speed up the process of blending and analyzing larger sets of data.

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!