Engine Works

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

Datasets

3 min to read

The Real Guide to Fake Data

Learn more about resources for creating and accessing the data you need.

Big Data

3 min to read

The Ins and Outs of In-DB: Do Something Awe-Inspiring with A...

Today I’m hyping up AWS, because it lives up to the hype: AWS makes it easier to do big – dare I say, awe-inspiring – things with Alteryx.

Best Practices

3 min to read

The Ins and Outs of In-Database, Starting with Snowflake

Sometimes it pays to be pushy. By “pushy” in this case I mean pushdown optimization, which is admittedly less catchy but still very cool.

Common Use Case

3 min to read

How to Create Merged Cells in Reports, Part 2

Can you merge columns in Alteryx outputs like you do in your Excel workbooks? Yes, it is possible! And here is how.

Common Use Case

3 min to read

How to Create Merged Cells in Reports, Part 1

Can you merge cells in Alteryx outputs like you do in your Excel workbooks? Yes, it is possible! And here is how.

Alteryx Designer

4 min to read

Alteryx Analytic Apps Introduction and Deep Dive Series: Par...

Start with the data.

Best Practices

6 min to read

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...

Common Use Case

4 min to read

Why You Can’t Spell Alteryx Without the YX

Getting started with spatial analytics in Alteryx.

Best Practices

3 min to read

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

8 min to read

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

5 min to read

Adding Custom Spatial Layers to Alteryx Base Maps

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

Datasets

4 min to read

The Cache Dataset V2 Macro

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

Alteryx Designer

2 min to read

REST API In 5 Minutes-No Coding

Set your timer…

Alteryx Designer

8 min to read

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

3 min to read

Downloading from TIGER

or how do I get free spatial data for Alteryx…

Datasets

1 min to read

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!