User Group Resources

Missed a meeting? Looking for the materials? Curious to see what happens at Alteryx User Group meetings? We got you covered! We have compiled a list that showcases what happens at our meetings. When is the next Alteryx User Group meeting? Check out our events calendar on the Alteryx User Group page.    UPDATED: 12/4/2018   Date of Meeting User Group Content Topics Covered Presenters 11/16/18  Twin Cities  Recap, Pictures  - Finding the Lat/Lon from only a full or partial address  - Haversine Formula in Alteryx  Todd Godes, JLL Tessa Ennds, Cargill Mark Frisch, Marquee Crew 11/15/18  Orlando  Deck -2018.3/4 Demo -Use Case: Saving Hours with Alteryx (Calculating Daylight Savings Benefits)  Andrew Kim, Data Meaning Yamil Medina, Universal Orlando 11/13/18 Tampa Deck, Recap -2018.3 Demo -Tips & Tricks: Building an Intuitive Workflow -Workflow Workshop Ethan Ekkens, Alteryx Carolyn Westlake & Michael Ranon, Seer Analytics 11/7/2018 Jacksonville Deck, Recap, Pictures - Tips & Tricks - Alteryx Best Practice: Workspace Organized - Resolutions to Solutions: Bring your Alteryx questions   Joshua Burkhow, Prokarma 11/6/2018 Orange County Deck, Recap -Annoucements & Updates -Retail Site Selection w/ Containters -Alteryx Automation Capabilties -Forecasting Use Case David Savlowitz, Competitive Analytics Hasan Hboubati, Alteryx Andre Tokman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Michael Ponton, Competitive Analytics 10/17/2018 Kansas City Recap - 2018.3 Demo - Best Practices Use Case Michael Pennington, Ivy Investments 10/17/2018 Grand Rapids Recap, Pictures   - Spatial Use Case - Predictive Use Case - Community Updates - Alteryx For Good Reggie Wilerson, State Department Credit Union Stephanie and India, Consumers Credit Union Mark Frish, MarqueeCrew 9/27/2018 Transportation Recap, Recording - Diving into IoT data - Using Spatial Tools to Estimate Freight Costs Isaac Otto, Daimler Trucks John Thompson, Cargill 9/21/2018 Amsterdam Recap - Adidas Journey - Alteryx Academy - Alteryx 2018.3 Irina Mihai, Adidas 9/20/2018 Long Beach Recap, Pictures - Tips & Tricks (Using Containers) Joe Mako, Rosenblatt Securities 9/12/2018 Montreal Deck, Recap, Pictures - Automating Dashboards with Alteryx Automation Add-On - Simplifying Your Data Procedures: Alteryx Best Practices William Chan, Air Canada Scott Carr, KPMG 9/12/2018 Cleveland-Akron Deck, Recap, Pictures   - Inspire 2018 - Documentation Within Workflows - Acxion Data Connector - Alteryx to Tableau Gary Gruccio, Signet Mark Frisch, Marquee Crew Hudson Ozello and Sean Mancini, Clearsulting 9/10/2018 St. Louis Deck, Recap, Workflow - Zip Code Spatial Map Andrew Derbak, Schnucks 9/1/2018 Bangalore Recap, Pictures   - What a day that was! Bangalore Alteryx User Group Meet Q3 2018 Bangalore Alteryx User Group 8/29/2018 London Recap, Pictures, Materials - Alteryx Escape Room - Time Series Factory Ben Moss, The Information Lab Peter Gamble-Beresford, The Information Lab Phillip Mannering, The Information Lab Paul Houghton, The Information Lab 8/17/2018 Indianapolis Recap, Recording, Materials -30 Tips in 30 Minutes Patrick Digan, MedPro 8/16/2018 Twin Cities Deck, Recap, Pictures, Materials - CRew Macros - Spatial Tools - Tips & Tricks - Macros John Thompson, Cargill Jenny Schoohs, Cargill Tessa Enns, Cargill 8/15/2018 Chicago Deck, Recap, Pictures, Materials - Follet Use Case - Alteryx For Good: Thrive Chicago - New Macro Apps Todd Martin, Rise Interactive Megan McGowan, Rise Interactive Mackenzie Magnus, Thrive Chicago Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 8/15/2018 Channel Islands Pictures, Materials -Alteryx For Good Update- Robotic Process Automation and Alteryx- 18.2 Product Roadmap Jordan Barker, Alteryx 8/8/2018 Denver Deck, Recap Scientific Method Part 2 of 2 Alexandra Mannerings, Colorado Hospital Association 8/7/2018 Tampa Deck, Recap, Materials - Extracting and Parsing Data Dan Price, Twenty Twenty Analytics 8/7/2018 Grand Rapids Recap, Pictures - Crew Macros - Alteryx Server Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 7/24/2018 Twin Cities Recap, Materials Decision Tree Presentation Justin Richie, Go Data Drive 7/17/2018 San Diego Deck, Recap, Materials - Advanced Geospatial - Build a Connector Terry Alexander, Pfizer 7/10/2018 Jacksonville Deck, Recap - Crew Macros 101 Joshua Burkhow, Prokarma 6/28/2018 Pittsburgh Deck, Recap, Materials - MedExpress & Alteryx - Using R with Alteryx - Web Scraping with the Download Tool MedExpress Team Michael Fruhwald, BNY Steve Demarco, Mylan 6/28/2018 Long Beach Deck, Recap Techniques For Handling Data From Excel And Other Messy Unpredictables Files Joe Mako, Rosenblatt Securities 6/28/2018 Boston Deck, Recap - Making the Grade: Using Alteryx to Measure Student Progress - Data Driven Alerts: Using Alteryx to Identify Underpricing Activity Jessie Weissman, Harvard Business Joshua Marsh, Staples 6/28/2018 Transportation Industry Recap, Recording Webinar Recap: Inaugural Transportation Industry User Group Meeting William Chan, Air Canada Heather Harris, Alaska Airlines 6/21/2018 Portland, ME Deck, Recap, Materials - How to use the Transpose Tool - Defensive Configuration John Deterling, Arkatechture Matt Curtis, Vets First Choice 6/20/2018 Houston Deck, Recap Q2 Meeting Recap Felix Gonzalez, Shell 6/20/2018 North Jersey Recording Alteryx & Tableau Perfect Together Raz Nistor, Keyrus 6/19/2018 Singapore Deck, Recap, Materials Alteryx Designer Tips, Tricks and Best Practices Vincent Toh, Alteryx 5/27/2018 Bangalore Recap - For Alteryx Beginners - Excelling with Alteryx - Alteryx For Good Subrat Das, USEReady 5/18/2018 Seattle-Eastside Deck, Recap, Pictures - Costco + Alteryx - Alteryx + Tableau Demo Ed Hagstrom, Costco Steven Westburg, Costco Jacob Olsufka, Decisive Data 5/17/2018 Healthcare Recap, Recording - Forecasting insurance payments and organizational cash flow - Using Alteryx Gallery to publish apps while keeping health information secure Patrick McAuliffe and Charity Wilson 5/15/2018 Tampa Deck, Recap Automation (For Non-Gallery Designers) Forrest Harper, Healthplan Services 5/8/2018 New York City Decks, Materials Macros 101: What is a Batch Macro? Seth Moskowitz, Interpublic 5/3/2018 Channel Islands Recap, Pictures - Alteryx For Good Update - Tips & Tricks: Community Resources - Server & Connect Demo Shaan Mistry, Alteryx 4/19/2018 Orlando Deck, Pictures DynamoDB-Lambda-Mongo-custom Dashboards to Snowflake John Adams, Bringhub 4/12/2018 Detroit Recap Community, Inspire Anaheim, CREW Macros Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 3/29/2018 Atlanta Deck, Recap Macro Training Joshua Burkhow, ProKarma 3/28/2018 Orlando Deck, Recording - Tips & Tricks - Sports with Alteryx - Fix your FLow Andrew Kim, Advent Health 3/8/2018 Healthcare Industry Deck, Recording - Opioid Panel - Using Network Analysis to Detect Prescription, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Lynsie Daley, Intermountain Health Alexandra Mannerings, Colorado Hospital Association Katherine Yue, SCAN Health Plan Cassandra Olsen, SCAN Health Plan 3/2/2018 Indianapolis Deck, Recap API: Excel to Alteryx Dulton Moore, MedPro 2/28/2018 Orlando Deck, Recording Salesforce with Alteryx Kala Weinacker, Homeward Bound 2/27/2018 Cleveland-Akron Deck, Recap Querying Thousands of Similar Excel Files for Useful Data Ken Albert, University Hospitals 2/20/2018 Tampa Deck, Recap, Materials Alteryx Tips & Tricks Forrest Harper, Healthplan Services 2/16/2018 The Netherlands Deck, Recap - Hints & Tips - Workflows to Shell Presentation Roel Esselink, Shell 2/15/2018 Jacksonville Deck, Recap - How to Build Macros with HTML5, Javascript, & Python - A few things 6+ years of using Alteryx has taught me Joshua Burkhow, ProKarma 2/8/2018 Dublin Deck, Recap, Materials - Alteryx Apps Use Cases: Self-Services Apps and Tableau Audit App - Parsing PDFs using Alteryx: Extracting Homeless Figures - Deep Learning - Random Forests in Alteryx Euripedes de Campos Junior, AON Ollie Power, AON Shane Harding, AON 2/6/2018 Pittsburgh Recap Recap of the Second Pittsburgh Alteryx User Group Tyler May, Mylan 1/25/2018 Orlando Deck, Recap, Pictures Big Data, R, and Alteryx Data Meaning 12/14/2017 Orlando Deck, Recording Orlando Alteryx User Group Recording Andrew Kim, Adventist 12/14/2017 Detroit Recap Q4 Recap Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 12/13/2017 Twin Cities Recap, Pictures Thank you for attending the Holiday Mixer! Pedro Medina, Haystack Data 12/6/2017 Cleveland-Akron Recap In Case You Missed it: Q4 Cleveland-Akron User Group Meeting Recap Gary Gruccio, Signet Jewelers 12/6/2017 North Jersey Recording, Recap Q4 2017 Wrap Up Michael Wallendjack 11/21/2017 Bangalore Recap, Pictures AUG - Q3 Meet Abhisheck Bharadwaj, Team Computers 11/16/2017 Healthcare Recording - Parallel Processing - How we are using Alteryx to combat the opioid epidemic Forrest Harper, Healthplan Services Alexandra Mannerings, Colorado Hospital Asociation Lynsie Daley, Intermountain Healthcare 11/10/2017 Indianapolis Deck, Recap 2017 Q4 Meeting Recap Dulton Moore, MedPro 11/7/2017 Tampa Deck, Recap Dynamic Input with SQL Queries Nick White, Healthplan Services 10/26/2017 Dublin Deck, Recap, Materials - Email Network Analysis - Parsing HTML - An Analysis of Running Data Tesfaye Onsho, AON Ollie Power, AON 10/24/2017 Chicago Deck, Recap Alteryx Academy and Education Resources Joe Nelson, Alteryx 10/20/2017 Belgium Recap, Pictures, Links You Were Great, and Ready For Phase 2 Patrick Vandeputte, BNP 10/17/2017 Phoenix Deck, Materials APIs | OOOOOH, Scary Michael Perillo 9/28/2017 Boston Materials Macros & Applications Jesse Clark, Fallon Health 9/28/2017 Twin Cities Recap Thank you for making last night's User Group event! Pedro Medina, Haystack Data 9/28/2017 St. Louis Deck, Recap - CARTO Overview - Spatial Presentations Andy Derbak, Schnucks 9/27/2017 North Jersey Recording, Recap Sept 27th User Group Meeting - Hyperlink Attached Michael Wallendjack 9/21/2017 Jacksonville Deck, Recap Jacksonville Alteryx User Group Q3 2017 Meeting Presentation Joshua Burkhow, ProKarma 9/19/2017 Pittsburgh Recap Pittsburgh Alteryx User Group (PAUG) Recap and Information Tyler May, Mylan 9/12/2017 Cleveland-Akron Recap SAP Connector Demo Rahul, Grazitti 8/2/2017 Healthcare Industry Recording - Acquiring Nursing Home Compare Data from Data.gov - Intermountain Healthcare Executive Dashboard: How Alteryx Made it Possible - How the Colorado Hospital Associations uses Alteryx to identify across-hospital readmissions and calculate patient safety measures Nathan Taylor, Symphoney Post Acute Network Eduardo Segovia, Symphony Post Acute Network Devyn Woodfield, Intermountain Healthcare Alexandra Mannerings, Colorado Hospital Association 7/25/2017 Tampa Materials Q3 2017 Meeting Review Renato Baruti, Baycare Health 7/14/2017 Indianapolis Deck Alteryx File Types & Q3 Tips Patrick Digan, MedPro 6/29/2017 Vancouver Deck, Recap Keeping Your Workspace Organized Michael Dyatchenko, Analytix Studio 6/28/2017 Dublin Recap, Materials 3rd Meeting Follow Up Carlos Amaral, AON 6/16/2017 Bangalore Pictures Awesome!! Alteryx User Group meet @ Bangalore Stay tuned for next AUG meet details! Abhisheck Bharadwaj, Team Computers 6/15/2017 Stockholm Deck, Recap Notes from Meeting Leif Engdell, SVT 6/14/2017 North Jersey Recap 2nd Meeting Wrap Up Review Michael Wallendjack 5/23/2017 Cleveland-Akron Recap Creating Efficiencies in Generating E-mail Alerts & Time Savings in Processing Data Sandeepa Kolli, Brandmuscle Brendan Hearn, Brandmuscle 4/25/2017 Tampa Recap, Materials Q2 2017 Meeting Review Renato Baruti, Baycare Health 3/30/2017 Portland, ME Materials Fit Bark Connector - Macro Kevin Anderson, Arkatechture 3/29/2017 London Recap, Pictures, Materials #10 London Alteryx User Group Summary Joe Lipski, Javelin Group 3/22/2017 Cincinnati Deck, Materials Cluster Analysis with the goal to build a Decision Tree Model Joseph Rubleske, Ph.D, Northern Kentucky University 3/16/2017 Detroit Recap, Links Q1 Recap Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 2/28/2017 Cleveland-Akron Recap In Case You Missed It: Q1 2017 Cleveland-Akron Alteryx User Group Recap Mark Aretha, Data Robot Yong Kim, Data Robot Ian Reed 2/8/2017 New York City Recap NYC Alteryx User Group Meeting Review (2/8/17) Dennis Peters, ADP 2/7/2017 Tampa Deck, Recap Q1 2017 Meeting Review Renato Baruti, Baycare Health 2/3/2017 Seattle-Eastside Recap Q1 AUG Meetup Recap Nicole Johnson, T-Mobile 1/11/2017 Indianapolis Deck, Recap, Materials - Fuzzy Matching - Tableau Use Case Presentation Dulton Moore, MedPro Andy Carlson, Roche Brian Wolfe, Roche 1/11/2017 Bangalore Recap, Pictures Our First AUG Meet @ Bangalore Abhisheck Bharadwaj, Team Computers 12/13/2016 Cleveland-Akron Recap, Materials In Case You Missed It: Meeting 1 Recap Jon Albertini, Alteryx 12/8/2016 Grand Rapids Recap Q4 Meeting Recap & Thanks! Mark Frisch, MarqueeCrew 12/8/2016 Copenhagen Deck, Recap, Materials Santalytics Activity Daniel Brun, Inviso 11/15/2016 Tampa Deck, Recap Parallel Processing, Scheduling, Enhancement Ideas & Tips Forrest Harper, Healthplan Services 10/5/2016 Indianapolis Recap, Pictures Q4 Meeting Recap Patrick Digan, MedPro 9/29/2016 Philadelphia Recap Philadelphia User Group Meeting Recap Michael Wallendjack 9/28/2016 New York City Recap NYC Alteryx User Group Meeting Review (9/28) Dennis Peters, ADP 9/13/2016 Phoenix Deck - Alteryx Dynamic Input/Macros - Alteryx & Tableau Publishing Treyson Marks, Knight Transportation Michael Perillo, Charles Schwab 9/9/2016 Ft. Lauderdale Recap, Pictures Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach User Group On Fire! Todd Remmel, Office Depot 9/7/2016 Portland, ME Recap, Materials Meeting 2 in the books! Kevin Anderson, Arkatechture 8/9/2016 Tampa Recap, Links Second Meeting Review Renato Baruti, Baycare Health 6/30/2016 Washington, DC Recap, Links 30 June 2016 Meeting Recap Katherine Matthews, Entomological Society of America 6/23/2016 New York City Recap NYC Alteryx User Group Meeting Review (6/23) Dennis Peters, ADP 6/14/2016 Philadelphia Recap Philadelphia User Group 2nd Meeting Recap Michael Wallendjack 5/25/2016 Portland, ME Deck, Recap, Pictures Getting Data from API's Arkatechture 5/17/2016 Tampa Deck, Recap, Materials Creating R Macros Rod Light, Alteryx 5/12/2016 The Midlands Recap, Materials First Midlands Alteryx User Group Mike Moss, REVOO 5/5/2016 Dallas Recap Guide to Alteryx for Excel Users Bob Laurent, Alteryx   If you have questions or would like to be removed from this list, please email usergroups@alteryx.com.

So you want to create your own EventBrite... how exciting! Creating an EventBrite is best way to get a snapshot of who has registered for your User Group meeting, and how many attendees you can expect.   Not sure how to get started? You've come to the right place. Here, you'll find a guide for how to create and publish an event for your next meeting.       Let's get started on creating a new event from scratch:    Request access to the Alteryx EventBrite account by reaching out to @TuvyL, @LaurenU, or @MaddieJ EventBrite will send you an email with instructions for getting set up “Create Event” Fill out Event Details Add an Event Image Best Practice: Use Canva to make a fancy picture! There are tons of templates, fancy fonts, clip art, etc! We use the LinkedIn Post Header size. AUG Template.           5. Event Description Add your agenda, important reminders, security and parking information Standard messaging to get you started: Alteryx User Groups enable peers to connect, share best practices, and improve skill sets that help maximize their potential with Alteryx.   Agenda 5:00-5:10: Welcome & Introductions 5:10-5:40: Use Case Presentation 5:40-6:10: Alteryx Connect Demonstration 6:10-6:40: Alteryx Certification Program 6:40-7:00: Q&A and Networking   Tip: Use the “Add FAQs” feature to see a template of FAQs.   6. Select your User Group in “Organizer Name"       7. Create Tickets > Free Ticket > Fill out Ticket Name as “RSVP" 8. Fill in Quantity available Set quantity based on space available at your location 9. Select “Actions” > Ticket Settings       10. Specify dates of when “Ticket Sales Start” and “Ticket Sales End”     Tip: Set your date end based on if you need to submit a roster to the front desk/security. CA Team usually closes dates 1-2 days before a meeting . 11. Additional Settings: Set up your Event Type and Event Topic   Pro-Tip: Use “remaining tickets” if you have limited seating   12. Make your event live!     Managing EventBrite Read on for more tips and tricks for working with EventBrite to get the most out of managing your event:   Event Dashboard   Order Options Edit and customize RSVP information, manage your waitlist, change the event language, etc.   Order Form Set the collection type on “Each Attendee” to allow customization of information based on ticket type Select “Create Question” > Add your custom question Select the following: First Name Last Name Email Address Company/Organization Work Address Phone Deselect Home phone Save! Tip: Custom add your own questions! Survey members before your meeting.           Waitlist Waitlist Settings > Enable Waitlist > Update “Maximum Waitlist Size”, “Attendee Information to Collect”, “Time to Repond”, “Auto-Response Message”, and “Waitlist Ticket Release Message”   Invite & Promote:  Email invitations   Analyze Event Reports > Attendee Summary > Export   Manage Attendees Add Attendees Add on last minute parties manually. Select quantity > continue > fill out information on registration page Attendee List Print Name Badges Check attendees into your meeting   You can even download the EventBrite App on your phone! (iPhone or Android)   If you have any questions, please reach out to @MaddieJ, @LaurenU, or @TuvyL. Now go forth and learn local!

Great job, you just completed your meeting! But we aren’t finished! A successful user group takes time and dedication.   We encourage that you periodically update your User Group page with discussions, upload meeting minutes, and answer any questions to help keep your members engaged between User Group Meetings.   Connect with other Alteryx User Group Leaders like you! Contribute to our User Group Leader Forum. Contact UserGroups@Alteryx.com if you need to get access to the forum. Don’t forget that Alteryx can help you promote your event. Alteryx will contact users in the area of your User Group Meetings to Events @ Alteryx.   Feedback Surveys Feedback Surveys are a great way to check in with your User Group members. Surveys are usually sent out at least once a year, but if you would like, there is nothing wrong with sending one out after every meeting!   Draft up questions you would like to ask your members and set up a SurveyMonkey. Once that is completed, Alteryx will promote it on your behalf. Please share your results with the Customer Experience Team once the results have been completed! We would like to see how you are doing!   Expectations A successful User Group takes some time and dedication to keep members old and new, engaged throughout the year. Below are expectations that are helpful in order to maintain a successful User Group.   Role of the Customer Experience Team: Serves are a resource to the success of your User Group. Provides resources and aid in the organizing of your meetings.   Remember your strengths! You do not have the run this User Group alone or be the expert.  You are here to help facilitate discussion and sharing. Don’t forget to have fun! Make connections with like-minded individuals to come together, network, learn, and solve challenges that are faced in the workplace!   Divide and Conquer! You’re on a User Group Leadership Committee, divide the load and it will be easier! Let’s work as a team to support your growing community.   Tasks to be completed as a part of the User Group Leadership Committee: Marketing of Events: Please submit event details 3 weeks in advance to the Customer Experience Team. Keeping track of attendance at meetings Show up early at meeting site Coordinating and organizing presenters’ slides Meeting Photos Feedback Surveys Recognition of User Group Members Coordinate a succession plan (Attached Doc)

Good luck, and let us know how it goes! Be sure to discuss the cadence you want for your User Group and set a date for the next User Group meeting at the end of your meeting.   Follow up! Rewind and Repeat! Follow the steps above for planning meetings two and beyond!   Tips: Don’t forget to thank everyone for attending the meeting! Post shout-outs on social media. A little recognition goes a loooong way! Check the Alteryx User Group Leaders Community for more tips and interaction with other leaders around the world!   Make sure to share minutes and take pictures to post on your User Group Page.   Running a User Group sometimes takes a few trial runs to see what fits the group the best. Don’t be afraid to play around with the formatting of the meeting to suit your members’ needs.

Welcome to the Alteryx User Group Community! Thank you for your interest and dedication to lead members of your community closer to analytic freedom. Here are some quick tips and best practices to help support your new group.

Want to get to know other Users in your area?   The User Groups on Community are intended to drive conversation before, after, and between meetings. Below are some fun suggestions to help get things started. Happy posting!   Why you love Alteryx Share favorite tip using Alteryx Post a picture of you at Inspire Share your favorite tool and post a picture of it How you came to use Alteryx Today I learned? Something you are looking forward to at Inspire/new release Compliment a fellow user group member Post your favorite Alteryx youtube video Favorite movie at the moment? Post a picture of your dream vacation What is something cool you have learned using Alteryx What made your day today? We want to hear from you, if you have a fun topic in mind, reply to this posting!