Alteryx Designer Reviews

It has a simple to use drag and drop interface.

There is so much functionality, it is difficult to know everything.

Alteryx Designer is a very intuitive way to map out a process in a step by step visual workflow which can be then executed with the click of a button. Tedious manual tasks can be automated with ease. Traditionally, programming required drawing out ones algorithm in a flowchart and then having to translate that into computer code. With Alteryx, the flowchart itself is the code. It features a vast...

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Alteryx Designer is excellent for data mining/wrangling for eventual output to be used for reporting but it's internal report generation and presentation tools are not as robust as others when it comes to publishing a polished presentation. I prefer to use Designer to produce my final data result set and export to Excel where I can then take advantage of Microsoft Office formatting and presentation options.

With Alteryx, you're creating a workflow to alter the data, rather than altering the data directly. Because you're creating the workflow, each of the steps are easily auditable and you can swap out the source files when it changes. This is a huge bonus and time saver as data will tend to change.

Alteryx has a huge learning curve. It's hard to get started without some sort of live tutorial from someone that has been using it for a long time.

Not so steep learning curve, Alteryx is built around the human common sense. The fact that you can (View/Process) the data as a branch at any stage of the processing is really useful, and the way the software designed allows you to go backward and see what happened.

The limitation of some tools and the high barrier to developing new functionality.

Ease of use & speed of use. Very user friendly and intuitive. Processes massive amounts of data very quickly, even on a desktop/laptop.

With the frequent releases, there seems to be more (minor) bugs than in the past when releases weren't so frequent.

This application has no limits as it relates to everything data. With Alteryx, I have been able to automate my data cleansing / loading activites within hours and now runs within SECONDS daily. Truly remarkable product, and quite frankly scares me at times how well it works.

Price for the premium packages. However, the price points are accurate and justified based on what the application can do.

Friendly graphic interface. The drag and drop workflows are fun to create

The tool is a bit pricy. However it is worth the spending when you need it

I would argue that this is the number one product for data science. I have change my entire analytics department for the better with using alteryx.

No major complaints on this software, my team loves it!

Easy to use You can see data as it passes through each tool. Seamless integration with excel, database other sources Good reporting options

Lack of customer service Not able to read excel files with macro enables format correctly

Its ability tto blend multiple data sources and build data pipeline for cleaning and preparation for reporting and analysis.

I fell in love with this software, it is super easy to use and efficient. Nothing to dislike.

It has a lot of out-of-the-box integrations with pretty much any data source you can imagine. It connects flawlessly with on-prem and SaaS sources as well. The designer UI is very easy to work with. Drag and drop functionality makes it convenient for non-programmer/business users, while scripting support allows for powerful transformations and data processing. Additionally, data prepping/cleaning, ETL operations, visualization, etc. are super easy to learn and implement. Also, there is a big user community that makes finding help and support easy.

This is an expensive product. Even at the enterprise level, it's a significant cost, so you need to think about the trade-offs before committing to it. It can be slow sometimes if other users are running resource-intensive tasks. You may have to wait for others to complete their tasks or add more resources, which again can be costly. Storage options are also lacking especially cloud-based ones. Although, the vendor is considering support for this in the future releases.

Easiness to use,PLug and play,For non technical poeple this is amazing tool.Time Saver.

I heard from Admin that license is expensive

There is basically a module for doing everything Connectivity in both inputs and outputs is simply superb

Output to PDF to export reports might need better capabilities Documentation of less used features might be insufficient compared to most commonly used features

The ease of use is great. We can teach people how to data analyst very quickly. The functions they continue to add have been great.

We have issues at times with it hanging or shutting down but customer support is quick to respond and resolve issues.

Alteryx is a tool that you can easily learn and use.Its saves you time.

At the point when different users access the same workflow on a server it may become unstable.

Drag and drop interface, the ability to manipulate my data at any point and expand my analytics through spatial and predictive.

The Server solution could be better developed to be ready to integrate with other enterprise wide features (for example, managing users, databases, schedules)

- Great for data prep and processing. Very light weight ETL tool. - Ability to enhance the data by applying statistical models, available public data, etc. - UI interface is very intuitive with drag and drop components

- Hard to scale (Best use case is for individual projects) - Expensive to use, high license cost

We utilize these reports in order to track down to really granular levels within our organization. It is so helpful to narrow down what you need or to see wide ranges.

It would be helpful to generate more graphics. Not impossible but a little more difficult.

I love the easy interface and the various options for different data analysis and prediction techniques. The flexibility is top-notch.

You might have to pay extra for extra features. It's not a big deal but it's not entirely convenient.

The inputs are easy to use, the tools are easily understood and well described in the help files and they easily connect with one another. Writing neat output files is made easy regardless of file type. The ability to use R within the module has made a lot of analyses much easier.

The transition to newer versions of Alteryx is much too complicated when you have to skip a few of the in-between versions, which my company often does.

1. Works with large size data - I have used 10GB files as well! 2. Easy to clean and modify data - moreover, gives you option to save workflow so that you don't have to repeat the same steps again and again

1. Whenever I run alteryx flow, numbers become string when I open them in excel. So everytime I have to remember to add one more step to change them back to numeric which is a little cumbersome 2. A few features are difficult to understand - help topics could have been more elaborate

Alteryx is very easy to use, you have a repository of tools and what is true is that the sky really is the limit. This tool will be as simple or as complex/powerful as you want or need.

Okay, here's a personal gripe: there's not a lot of learning available online for Alteryx and the "trainings" in the website are actually somewhat lackluster. What is available on Udemy is not as specialized as one might hope.

This tool's ease of use allows our non-analytical teammates to easily do basic data analysis by themselves, freeing up our analytics team for more technical questions

For those who are unfamiliar with self-serve/point-and-click analytics tools, the software can be a little overwhelming for the first few hours

I love the icons. I am very visual and enjoy knowing what I am doing by simply looking at the icons. This software can be as technical and as user friendly as you make it. The drag and drop of request allows users to play around with the files, data and request without being afraid of braking a formula like in Excel.

I don't like whenever I get a "null" error and it does not allow me to correct it. I manipulate the data, remove filters and the null remains visible. Perhaps having a pop up to show where the error lies in your work.

I like how it lets me peel off the database and dig through the data more efficiently myself compared to having data analyst help with the task.

There was quite a bit of learning curve before getting used to what Alteryx can do.