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Challenge #46: Formatting a Date from an Integer

Tberney
Asteroide
Always fun trying to balance clarity and apparent efficiency.
Question - is there any performance difference between a single formula tool with multiple steps vs the same # of individual formula tools? I would expect the difference to be small and in favor of a single tool
TMB
MikeLR
Cometa

 I'm not sure if there will be much of a difference in performance but here's a way of finding out. I have found it really useful for improving my workflows.

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer/Performance-Profiling-in-v10/td-p/3771 

Tberney
Asteroide

New to me, but I will definitely play with it

Lucatelli
Asteroide

Please find attached my proposed solution.

Harkamal
Asteroide

here is my solution

jsenk
Meteoro

Solution

pawanmalik
Asteroide

My solution for this challenge.

FlorianC
Alteryx
Alteryx

The switch statement is great to manage multiple cases like this.

 

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Florian Carrier
Strategic Solution Consultant
Alteryx
gguedes1
Asteroide

Completed Challenge

KevinHarrison
Asteroide
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I like to mess with Regex tools.