Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

Find answers, ask questions, and share expertise about Alteryx Designer Desktop and Intelligence Suite.
SOLVED

Concatenate 3 Columns into ONE NEW COLUMN

Adam_B
8 - Asteroid

Hello, 

I have searched through the discussion boards and I am not finding help on one issue I have.  I have to create a NEW Column named "NewCOLUMN", in that column I would like to use 3 columns information, separated by a comma.  Attached is a copy of the data.  

 

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Joe8/2/2010Smith
Steve8/25/2008Perry
Sue1/4/2010Parsons
Peter1/25/2021Piper
Ralph10/22/2000Machio

 

I would like NewCOLUMN to show Row 1 as: 

Joe,02/08/2010,Smith

 

I can do this in Excel with a concatenate formula as CONCAT(A2,",",TEXT(B2,"dd/mm/yyyy"),",",C2)

 

But how do I do this in Alteryx???

 

16 REPLIES 16

@Adam_B , you can use the following expression in the formula tool: [Column 1]+","+[Column 2]+","+[Column 3]

Adam_B
8 - Asteroid

@michelle_mathews So this is the error I am getting. 

Adam_B_1-1664828867349.png

 

 

Adam_B_0-1664828848762.png

 

@Adam_B , looks like you have extra square brackets in there. Each column name should be enclosed by single square brackets like this [Column Name]

binuacs
20 - Arcturus

@Adam_B One way of dong this

 

binuacs_0-1664829212940.png

 

Adam_B
8 - Asteroid

@michelle_mathews the raw data has the column name with a Bracket, so when I chose it, it comes into the formula

Adam_B_0-1664829725965.png

 

@Adam_B , gotcha. Are all 3 columns string? Trying using a Select to ensure that date field is a string before concatenating. Alternatively, another user posted an example on how to account for that within the formula. 

Adam_B
8 - Asteroid

@michelle_mathews  Not sure what mean by Select, as in the preparation tool? 

@Adam_B , yes. Attaching an example 

Adam_B
8 - Asteroid

@binuacs I am getting this parse error

Adam_B_0-1664830477623.png

 

Labels