Small to Big Fuzzy Matching
I was working with a client who has a contact database with 500 million records. Once a month or so they have a smaller dataset to add to their growing database. Their first step is to perform fuzzy...
View ArticleWhat's New With Spatial Database Integration
Input/Output Tools:For the next release of Alteryx, I have been creating a new option for ODBC Spatial Connections. This will allow spatial objects to be added and retrieved from Netezza 4.5, SQL...
View ArticleAmazon EC2
Have you heard about cloud computing yet? Mostly the term is referring to things like Google Docs that you can use online potentially replacing Office. Amazon has taken it to the next level. You can...
View ArticleNew GeoJSON format in Alteryx
One of the latest additions to Alteryx, available in an upcoming beta release, is the ability to express spatial objects as variable length strings. This is done using GeoJSON, a geospatial data format...
View ArticleAlteryx Engine Update
Wasn't summer supposed to be a quiet time? It feels like things are moving faster than ever here at Alteryx, so why not have a release? I'm excited to announce the release of version 6.2 of Alteryx...
View ArticleAlteryx web and the Private Cloud
For years we have been getting requests from our users for a web platform that will give more users in their organization access to the power of Alteryx. The universal theme from many users is that...
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