Engine Works

How Powerful Is Alteryx?

Well… the answer is as powerful as you would like it to be, thanks to our Platform SDK tool!

The Alteryx Feature You Wish You Knew About – XML View of Wo...

As I have continued on my path and learned more about automation, macros, apps, and even creating my own tools, one feature is a must-know for this – XML VIEW OF WORKFLOWS!

A Quick Tutorial: Debug your Python SDK Tool Using the Pytho...

Fellow Alteryx Python SDK wizards, are you ready for a new spell in your spell book? This short tutorial will cover the very basics of using the Pdb module to debug your Python SDK...

The Prestige: Dynamic Macro Interfaces With the HTML GUI SDK

An example of how to use the HTML GUI SDK to build a dynamic interface that completely changes the functionality of a simple underlying macro.

BUILD2 – Learning to Pilot the SnakePlane

Introducing SnakePlane: a Better Way to Work with the Python...

SnakePlane might be the best thing to ever happen to the Python SDK.

An Overview of the Alteryx Abacus Add In

Using the HTML GUI SDK as a Coding NOOB

Creating an Alteryx Custom Function in C++

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

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...

Dev Toolbox: Python Edition

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

Dev Toolbox: C++ Edition

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Alteryx Tool Generator

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

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!

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...