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Practice Exercise

Learning Path 1: Exercise 1: General

Shalini_D
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Solution

CZM101
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Attempt at Practice Exercise 1

Muskan122
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Solution for Practice Exercise

rohit_cboty
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Alteryx Practice Exercise 1

Sahil_Kana
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My solution

yanshi
6 - Meteoroid

Hello, attached is my completed workflow for exercise 1. Thanks!

VaishnaviSK
6 - Meteoroid

1

hbenigno
7 - Meteor

           

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<Text>Initial State</Text>
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<Node ToolID="1">
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<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Passwords />
<File OutputFileName="" FileFormat="19" SearchSubDirs="False" RecordLimit="">Start 1.yxdb</File>
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<Annotation DisplayMode="0">
<Name />
<DefaultAnnotationText>Start 1.yxdb</DefaultAnnotationText>
<Left value="False" />
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<RecordInfo>
<Field name="Customer_ID" size="255" source="File: " type="V_String" />
<Field name="Store_Number" size="255" source="File: " type="V_String" />
<Field name="Customer_Segment" size="255" source="File: " type="V_String" />
<Field name="Region" size="255" source="File: " type="V_String" />
<Field name="TransInYear" source="Formula: Round(([TransactionsPerYear]*50), 1)" type="Int16" />
<Field name="Weekly Sales" source="Formula: round(([FinUniversity]*[Income]),.01)" type="Double" />
<Field name="Store Volume" source="File: " type="Double" />
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<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Text>Practice Exercise 1</Text>
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<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxGuiToolkit.TextBox.TextBox">
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<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Text>Find the five customers with the highest number of transactions in the Southern region and remove the "Weekly Sales" and "Store Volume" columns.</Text>
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<Name />
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<Node ToolID="8">
<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxGuiToolkit.TextBox.TextBox">
<Position x="78" y="186" width="492" height="108" />
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<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Text>An Input Data tool contains 100 records, each representing a unique customer's transaction information...</Text>
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<FillColor name="White" />
<Shape shape="0" />
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<Name />
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<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxGuiToolkit.TextBox.TextBox">
<Position x="606" y="318" width="84" height="96" />
</GuiSettings>
<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Text>Final State Updated</Text> <!-- Changed annotation text -->
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<Name />
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<Left value="False" />
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</Node>
<Node ToolID="13">
<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxBasePluginsGui.AlteryxSelect.AlteryxSelect">
<Position x="174" y="342" />
</GuiSettings>
<Properties>
<Configuration>
<OrderChanged value="False" />
<CommaDecimal value="False" />
<SelectFields>
<SelectField field="Weekly Sales" selected="False" />
<SelectField field="Store Volume" selected="False" />
<SelectField field="*Unknown" selected="True" />
</SelectFields>
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<Name />
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<Left value="False" />
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</Node>
<Node ToolID="14">
<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxBasePluginsGui.Sort.Sort">
<Position x="270" y="342" />
</GuiSettings>
<Properties>
<Configuration>
<SortInfo locale="0">
<Field field="TransInYear" order="Descending" />
</SortInfo>
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<Annotation DisplayMode="0">
<Name />
<DefaultAnnotationText>TransInYear - Descending</DefaultAnnotationText>
<Left value="False" />
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</Properties>
<EngineSettings EngineDll="AlteryxBasePluginsEngine.dll" EngineDllEntryPoint="AlteryxSort" />
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<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxBasePluginsGui.Sample.Sample">
<Position x="366" y="342" />
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<Configuration>
<Mode>First</Mode>
<N>5</N>
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<Name />
<DefaultAnnotationText>First 5</DefaultAnnotationText>
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<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxBasePluginsGui.Filter.Filter">
<Position x="474" y="330" />
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<Properties>
<Configuration>
<Expression>[Region] = "East"</Expression> <!-- Changed filter condition to "East" -->
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<Simple>
<Operator>=</Operator>
<Field>Region</Field>
<Operands>
<IgnoreTimeInDateTime>True</IgnoreTimeInDateTime>
<DateType>fixed</DateType>
<PeriodDate>2019-10-10 17:41:12</PeriodDate>
<PeriodCount>0</PeriodCount>
<Operand>East</Operand>
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<Name />
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<GuiSettings Plugin="AlteryxBasePluginsGui.BrowseV2.BrowseV2">
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<Origin ToolID="14" Connection="Output" />
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<Origin ToolID="15" Connection="Output" />
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<Connection>
<Origin ToolID="16" Connection="True" />
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<Memory default="True" />
<GlobalRecordLimit value="0" />
<TempFiles default="True" />
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<ConvErrorLimit value="10" />
<ConvErrorLimit_Stop value="False" />
<CancelOnError value="False" />
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<EnablePerformanceProfiling value="False" />
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<ShowConnectionStatusIsOn value="True" />
<ShowConnectionStatusOnlyWhenRunning value="True" />
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<DescriptionLink actual="" displayed="" />
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</Example>
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<Enabled value="True" />
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Irfan31
5 - Atom

solution