Engine Works

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

Developer

11 min to read

Creating an Alteryx Custom Function in C++

A step by step guide to create a simple TOTAL function adding all numerical inputs.

Developer

2 min to read

Dev Toolbox: Front-End Edition

The final installation in the Dev Toolbox series inspects a front-end developer's tools of the trade. Get it? Inspects? Like inspecting an element on a web page? No?...I'll see mys...

Developer

2 min to read

Dev Toolbox: Python Edition

Our second installation in the Dev Toolbox series takes a deeper look into a Python developers' tools.

Developer

5 min to read

Dev Toolbox: C++ Edition

The first installation of the Dev Toolbox Series, a look into the toolbox of a C++ developer!

Developer

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Dev Toolbox Series

Ever wonder what an Alteryx C++ developer's favorite code editor is? Or a Python developer's favorite book? Or how about a front-end developer's favorite testing framework? If you...

Alteryx Server

8 min to read

Using the Alteryx API from….Alteryx

What if you administer an Alteryx gallery and wanted to verify that all macros are being correctly setup? Where would you even start?

Apps and Macros

4 min to read

A New Kind of Macro

The Python tool opens new doors for Alteryx macro development.

Developer

5 min to read

Managing Metadata Made Easy with the Python SDK

Have you ever wondered how new tools placed on the canvas know what fields are being passed to it? Are they psychic or something? Not at all! It's metadata! The metadata fields Nam...

Apps and Macros

5 min to read

Workflow Text Messages Using Twilio

Have you ever wanted to be notified if a workflow ran into an issue? Or get push notifications when incoming data quality didn't meet your standards? Check out the Twilio SMS Alert...

Apps and Macros

6 min to read

Error Messages in HTML Macros

No one likes to see an error message, but as an Alteryx tool developer, you have the ability to make seeing an error a useful experience that helps guide the user through configuri...

Developer

6 min to read

Using the HTML GUI SDK to Update the Publish to Tableau Serv...

Learn about widgets and data items from the HTML GUI SDK. See a simple example of how the SDK is used to update the Publish to Tableau Server tool.

11 min to read

Building an HTML Macro

New to the HTML GUI SDK? In this example, I will be walking you through the development of a simple HTML macro from creating the correct folder structure to packaging it up and sha...

Developer

5 min to read

JSON Build Tool

Do you interact with REST APIs? Do you format your data as JSON using multiple Alteryx Designer tools? If so, you should download the attached JSON Build tool. The JSON Build tool...

Developer

8 min to read

Authentication with the HTML GUI SDK

Want to start putting those Alteryx and JavaScript skills to good use and build a fancy new connector? Come as we walk you through an example using the HTML GUI SDK to get through...

Developer

6 min to read

Alteryx Connect BYOM – “Bring your own metadata” with an SDK

With Alteryx Connect, our Social Data Cataloging and Data Discovery solution, you will be able to get your own custom metadata connectors in practically no time. This article intro...

8 min to read

Overview of Alteryx Developer Platform

Want to leverage Alteryx capabilities in a web-app? Maybe you want to create your own data connector. Come as we introduce you to all of our developer tools so that you can show US...

Developer

2 min to read

Alteryx Tool Generator

Read about the Alteryx Tool Generator to build custom tools that utilize the HTML GUI SDK and JavaScript engine API.

Developer

6 min to read

Outlook Input tool Created with the Alteryx SDK

If you ever wanted a way to Input your Outlook emails and attachments into your Alteryx Workflows, read on and check out the Outlook Input tool I created using the Alteryx SDK!

4 min to read

How'd They Do That? 2016 Presidential Election App Architect...

If you haven't had a chance, please checkout the Decision 2016 Presidential Election application. The app predicts who the winning candidate will be within a given U.S. neighborhoo...

Developer

6 min to read

A Day in the Life of an Alteryx Engineer

Have you ever wondered what being an Alteryx engineer is like?

Developer

5 min to read

Behind the Scenes of the Tool Mastery Series: Community APIs...

Recently we celebrated the launch of our long anticipated Tool Mastery Series, a collective of Knowledge Base articles tasked with communicating the most inspired uses of each Alte...

Apps and Macros

4 min to read

Detours, Empty Fields, and Rankings

This is an introductory explaination to the Detour tool, the handling of empty fields in Interface tools, and how these two concepts can work together. I show how this is used in a...

Developer

2 min to read

Announcing the Guide to Creating Your Own Connector Series

Are you struggling with OAuth, trying to build a payload, or wondering how to get information from the API that you need?

Developer

2 min to read

YXI Files in Alteryx 10.5

YXI files are a new Alteryx file type that provide a mechanism for packaging and installing new tools in Alteryx. This creates a new possibility of creating and publishing tools so...

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.

Developer

3 min to read

REST APIs Part 2 - Authentication

Key words to look for when authenticating to a REST API within Alteryx

Alteryx Tools

9 min to read

I Am The Developer Toolset (And So Can You!)

Think the Developer toolset isn't for you? Think again. Start using these tools and change the way you are building workflows.

Apps and Macros

8 min to read

The Ultimate Alteryx Holiday gift of 2015: Read ALL Excel Ma...

"How do I read from multiple Excel workbooks/worksheets?" is a question we hear fairly regularly. Let's put together an Alteryx macro that will read any number of Excel worksheets...

Alteryx Tools

2 min to read

The Ultimate Alteryx Holiday gift of 2015: Read All Excel Wo...

"How do I read from multiple Excel workbooks/worksheets?" is a question we hear fairly regularly. Let's put together an Alteryx macro that will read any number of Excel worksheets...

Alteryx Designer

2 min to read

REST API In 5 Minutes-No Coding

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