Indianapolis, IN

We are excited to announce that our 2024 Q3 Indianapolis Alteryx User Group Meeting will be held at OpenLane in Carmel!   Agenda:  @patrick_digan will be talking all about Alteryx Abacus - use cases, best practices, & fun demos The three UG leaders will continue with our tool deep-dive series and each share an in-depth look at one of the tools from the Reporting category Surprise event with Alteryx tips Send your best Alteryx tip/trick to @Kenda for a chance at a prize! Light refreshments will be included.   Check back later in the comments section for additional details regarding parking and where to go.   Indianapolis Alteryx User Group Leadership Team:  - Patrick Digan, @patrick_digan   - Desmond Turner, @Desmond   - Kenda Sanderson, @Kenda  ... View more

  Hi Indianapolis User Group members,   In anticipation of the upcoming second edition of the Weekly Challenge User Group October Takeover, Academy is taking over your User Group board for a moment! Thanks @Kenda for for always being so proactive in pushing this initiative forward! 👏   The following are some of the benefits for you and your group through your participation in the October Takeover:   Increased Engagement: Boost interaction and participation within user groups through exciting Weekly Challenges. Community Building: Strengthen community bonds by encouraging members to collaborate and share their solutions to the challenges. Visibility and Recognition: Gain exposure and recognition for your user group by showcasing your activities to a broader audience. Skill Development: Provide members with opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge through practical challenges. Networking Opportunities: Connect with other user groups, fostering a collaborative environment and exchange of ideas.   It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or an advanced user of Designer; what truly matters is your creativity and the great ideas you submit!   Submit your Weekly Challenge idea by September 6. If your idea is selected, it will be published, and you will receive a prize. The author of the best challenge will win the grand prize. Additionally, the authors of Weekly Challenges from the User Group that submits the most challenges for the October Takeover will all receive a special prize from the User Group Program Team!   Please refer to the attached document for submission details, evaluation criteria, and prize information.   Last year’s October Takeover was a great success, and we received many fantastic ideas.   Our four finalists were: Ippei Nakagawa @gawa: Tokyo User Group; Challenge #391: Which Combinations of Pokémon Types Do Not Exist? Charity Wilson @Charity_K_Wilson: Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas User Group; Challenge 392: Calculate Climate Extremes Mya Starling @myastarling: Milwaukee User Group; Challenge 393: Find the Best Yarn Talia Sanders @tsand22: Indianapolis User Group; Challenge 394: Fantasy Football Team   The big winner was @gawa  who received 72 responses within the first week of posting his challenge, and over time, it accumulated around 150 responses. Check out his fantastic challenge for some inspiration!   Please contact us at academy@alteryx.com if you have any questions.   We are excited to review the innovative and creative challenges you submit. Let's make this year's Weekly Challenge User Group October Takeover even more fun and successful than the last!   Happy creating!   Sylvia ... View more

Once again the Community is hosting a User Group takeover for the weekly challenges during the month of October. Check out all of the details here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alter-Nation/Attention-User-Groups-Join-the-Weekly-Challenge-October-Takeover/ba-p/1301975   We'd love to see some participation from the Indy group! Last year our UG member @tsand22 was featured in the fun. ... View more

We recently held our Q2 meeting at COhatch in Broad Ripple.  It was a a great opportunity to spend some time with some fellow Alteryx enthusiasts and pick up a few tips.  The meeting began with introductions and then moved on to a continuation of our tool deep dive series which focused on the Parse category of tools.   @Kenda shared her very own macro called the DateTime KReW.  Those familiar with the CReW macros will find some humor in her naming choice.  Her take on the DateTime tool allows for multiple fields to be converted at once and also allows the user to update the existing field(s) instead of creating a new field or fields.   @patrick_digan walked us through some great ways to use the RegEx tool.  This included tokenizing a string to rows and then using a formula tool to convert the individuals letters to hex format.  He also shared an example of parsing consecutive digits from a string as well as showing how sensitive RegEx formulas can be.  One extra or missing space can make or break a formula if it is not accounted for   @Desmond did a brief presentation on the Text To Columns tool.  The often overlooked advanced options within the tool can be very powerful when used in the right situation.  Pay attention to the "ignore delimiters" and "skip empty columns" options the next time you are in the tool and see how you can apply them to your workflow.        Here are some resources to learn more about these tools: Intro to regex: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Interactive-Lessons/Creating-Regular-Expressions/ta-p/441412 Parsing Lessons: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Interactive-Lessons/tkb-p/interactive-lessons/label-name/Parsing%20Data Date Time KReW: https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/functions/datetime-functions.html https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Community-Gallery/DateTime-Parse-KReW/ta-p/912063 Text To Columns: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Tool-Mastery/Tool-Mastery-Text-To-Columns/ta-p/36256   Workflows for all three presentations are attached.    We wrapped up the meeting with a game of Alteryx themed Jeopardy.  The Jeopardy board was created with an Alteryx workflow which was really cool.  It was a close contest but the team of MedPro's @vbrown and IU's Rishi pulled out the victory and to take home some Alteryx swag.  The questions and answers or is it the answers and questions (sorry for the bad Jeopardy joke) are attached so feel free to see how many you can answer...   Hope to see you all at the Q3 meeting!     ... View more

We're looking forward to our next in-person meeting of the year!   Location: COhatch Broad Ripple Room: The Big Room Agenda:  - Tool deep dive with the user group leaders. Learn more about some of our favorite tools  - Trivia game to test your knowledge on all things Alteryx!  - Inspire & 2024.1   We hope to see you there!   Indianapolis Alteryx User Group Leadership Team:  - Patrick Digan, @patrick_digan   - Desmond Turner, @Desmond   - Kenda Sanderson, @Kenda  ... View more