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Challenge #125: US Grand Prix Lap 1 - Data Prep

JimmyG
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

I'm excited to present to you Lap 1 of the 2018 US Grand Prix! If you were at Inspire in Anaheim with us in June, you saw our 3 finalists (@BenMoss@mattagee@NicoleJohnson) solve this workflow in front of roughly 3000 Alteryx users and fans. 

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Tackling this workflow won't compare to the experience our finalists had, but it will give you a glimpse into what it takes to compete in the Grand Prix. To make it more life-like, I suggest doing the following.

 

1) Open up the workflow and give yourself 2 minutes to read the prompt - don't touch the mouse!

2) Time yourself - the drivers had a maximum of 12 minutes to finish.*

3) To take it to the next level, invite your friends and neighbors over, provide them food and drinks, and put on some headphones as you solve.

 

*At Inspire, the journey did begin by the drivers having to find the data in Alteryx Connect - I've provided the data for you in the workflow.

 

 

Kenda
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Off to a running start!

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Had never used the Field Summary tool before. Definitely would have felt the pressure in front of 3,00 people!
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LordNeilLord
15 - Aurora

Took about 5 mins, so I spent the rest of the checking that all of my values matched....but there are some discrepancies!

 

I suspect the answer file came from a slightly different source

 

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AGoyal
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution. 

jasperlch
12 - Quasar

Solution attached. Thanks!

NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Well, let me just say that while this round was FAR less stressful than the last one, it was not nearly as fun... :)

 

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Finished this one for the second time in just about 3 minutes - about half the time, and from what I can recall, about half the tools! But then I spent another 3 or so minutes trying to figure out why my answers didn't match when I used the Expect Equal tool... Upon further investigation, I suspect that the solution provided removed the decimal places in the Pay Rate field (turning $14.00 into  $1400, etc.), which is resulting in the difference in min/max data for the Pay Rate field. Otherwise, looks like a match (and based on the requirements of the Join, was technically a match for the requirements of the challenge despite the difference in the Pay Rate field).

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Nice to get a chance to relive this one in a less intense environment haha! But I would still go back and take that on-stage adrenaline rush any day... :)

 

Cheers! (Now, to go study up again on what on earth went wrong in Round Two, just in case that one is next in the pipeline...)

 

NJ

Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Great Challenge!

KevinW
8 - Asteroid

 I love my formulas (and to be honest, I forgot about the datetime tool)!  ah well, it saved me one tool in the workflow.

 

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
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1) Perhaps I'm missing something, but don't we need to address the duplicate employee id's before we join? It seems like 1204033041 is listed twice in both files. I sorted the data and then used a multi-row formula tool to add a grouped by record ID.
2) I don't think we have the exact same starting dataset as some of the values in the answer don't match the values coming from my solution.
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svenk
8 - Asteroid

My Solution!