Challenge #263: Supernatural 7-Sphere

A solution to last week's challenge can be found here.

Most Alteryx users would consider themselves to be inquisitive, which leads to a never-ending quest for knowledge and some snazzy solutions along the way. It also means we are likely to ask a lot of questions - some of which we can't answer... In desperation we may resort to asking/shaking a certain billiard ball for answers. It's time to create a more modern version for those troublesome times!

Create an Analytic App that allows users to enter a yes/no question and randomly receive one of seven helpful responses.

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Aaron_Harter

Was this a topical weekly challenge?

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Sample Interface:
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Sample Output:
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Luke_C

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philipmannering

Score.

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AngelosPachis

Nice and fun challenge to start this week! 😎

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BeginnerMindset

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Blake

See your future by running the app on the public gallery!

I definitely don't have 7 ambiguous responses that get produced...

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I opted to use the report text tool to create a nicer output.

Possible responses.

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dsmdavid

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Ball 8 sayings from: http://www.otcpas.com/advisor-blog/magic-8-ball-messages/

I had to ask after seeing @PhilipMannering's reply and...

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alexnajm

Fun Magic 8 ball!

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clmc9601

My solution!

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DeanWest

Was this a fun weekly challenge?

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Spalders

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Kenda

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Sashikumar

My solution.

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AkimasaKajitani

My solution.

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CatheyH

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I enjoyed this one. managed to get down to 4 tools eventually.

I found it fascinating that the input and output don't need to be linked since the output is not reliant on the input.
App works fine without the tools in the grey box - I only put those on so that you could see both question and answer in the final view.

Edited to reduce number of tools used

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RolandSchubert

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collinalldata

That might be my fastest ever time to complete!

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kelly_gilbert

All-knowing 7 sphere, was this weekly challenge fun?

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I was going to change the color, because I thought it looked too much like a Pokéball. However, I learned that the 7 ball in billiards is always burgundy!

I also learned that the distribution of responses in the well-known question ball is 10 affirmative, 5 non-committal, and 5 negative. I tried to distribute mine similarly (3 positive, 2 non-committal, 2 negative).