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Alteryx Designer Cookbook

You're reading from   Alteryx Designer Cookbook Over 60 recipes to transform your data into insights and take your productivity to a new level

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804615089
Length 740 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alberto Guisande Alberto Guisande
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Inputting Data from Files 2. Chapter 2: Working with Databases FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Preparing Data 4. Chapter 4: Transforming Data 5. Chapter 5: Data Parsing 6. Chapter 6: Grouping Data 7. Chapter 7: Blending and Merging Datasets 8. Chapter 8: Aggregating Data 9. Chapter 9: Dynamic Operations 10. Chapter 10: Macros and Apps 11. Chapter 11: Downloads, APIs, and Web Services 12. Chapter 12: Developer Tools 13. Chapter 13: Reporting with Alteryx 14. Chapter 14: Outputting Data 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Macros and Apps

So far, we have worked with straightforward workflows within Alteryx. In this chapter, we will explore recipes to take Alteryx functionalities to another level, creating and reusing pieces of logic.

Alteryx’s help page defines a macro as follows:

A macro is a workflow or group of tools built into a single tool that can be inserted into another workflow. Create a macro to save an analytic process you perform repeatedly. Use the macro within a workflow without having to recreate the analytic process each time.

There are four types of macros:

  • Standard macro: This macro is designed to package a process into a workflow to be used as a tool.
  • Batch macro: This macro runs multiple times in a workflow and creates an output after each run. The macro runs once for each record or a selected group of records in data. The macro requires at least one control parameter tool as an input.
  • Iterative macro: This macro runs in the workflow...
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