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Challenge #71: Recreate SQL Joins in Alteryx

MattD
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

The solution to last week's challenge is HERE!

 

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Today’s challenge is for all of our analysts and data scientists who used SQL in a past (or their current) lifetime! Using the schematic above, can you recreate all the SQL joins with the Alteryx Join Tool and the datasets we have provided?

 

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Hint: this should be easier for those of you who have mastered the Union Tool.
Former Alteryx, Inc. Support Engineer, Community Data Architect, Data Scientist then Data Engineer
alex
11 - Bolide

Who's gonna join the fun this week and submit their workflows?

Natasha
9 - Comet

Thanks for a quick SQL joins recap, though I find Alteryx joins are so much more intuitive!

 

 

NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

My solution! And just for kicks, did it as an app! Pick your join type and it will give you the results... SOOO much more fun than writing boring old SQL queries :)

 

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SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

So - I sacrificed utility for prettiness <shameful grin> and there's a few components in there that aren't needed but gave me a nice symmetry to the whole thing, and gave me a place to hang a label.

Oh, and just to add insult to injury, in making this nice and symmetrical, it also becomes less readable than @alex and @Natasha 's solutions because all the inbound connectors overlap.

 

<grin> yes - pretty silly trade-off, I know (less readable, less efficient, but easier on the eye)

 

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I've packaged my workflow along with a simple macro that allows you to check your results with very little effort

 

Have a good week all - 4 more to go!

 

Sean

 

 

SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

PS - for extra credit @NicoleJohnson - perhaps worth trying this with detour components or Dynamic Replace (thanks to @Joe_Mako for challenging me to learn this one).

 

If you're going to over-achieve, why not push the boat out ALL the way?   :-)

estherb47
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Oh my, lots of browses to show the different joins. Much simpler than SQL!!

 

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NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

@SeanAdams I actually tried Detours first, but kept detouring myself into errors... :) I will definitely give it a go again though! Can't guarantee it will be as pretty as yours, however... what a masterpiece! We'll just call you Vincent van Alteryx ;)

Simona
7 - Meteor

Pretty nice exercise, I found it quite easy but it was a good refresh for the wording :)

Attached my solution :)

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

Sorry, but my dog ate my homework.

 

No pretty pictures here today....

 

Cheers,

Mark

Alteryx ACE & Top Community Contributor

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