What's New
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2018.4
User Experience Enhancements
- Several enhancements have been made to the user interface. See Get Started with Designer and Main Menus.
- The toolbar has been removed. In most cases, toolbar functionality has been moved to the area just above the canvas, including the Run button.
- The overall look and feel of the user interface has been updated.
Data Sources
- Gzip now supports the ability to read a single data file from a Gzip file. See Gzip File Support.
- When connecting to a Hana database, the session's default application variable is set to ALTERYX. See SAP Hana.
- You can now create a column or row store for an SAP Hana DB connection. See File Format Options and then look for Table Type.
- To support new ODBC drivers that do not work out of the box with Alteryx, you can now create a custom Lua script which will map driver and database data types to Alteryx types. Use the common.outputOptions enums to modify the write options currently supported in Alteryx. For more information, visit the Customizable ODBC Driver Connections documentation located in the RuntimeData folder where Alteryx has been installed.
Key Alteryx Output Option Append Append Existing Delete Delete Data & Append Overwrite Overwrite Table (Drop) Create Create New Table UpdateWarn Update; Warn on Update Failure UpdateError Update; Error on Update Failure Upsert Update; Insert If New
Tools
- The Publish to Tableau Server tool is now available in the Connectors category on the tool palette. Older versions of the tool are available in the Data Sources district on the Alteryx Gallery. See Publish to Tableau Server Tool.
- The Write Data In-DB tool now supports the conditional update and deletion of rows in a table based on incoming records. See Write Data In-DB Tool.
Additional Enhancements
- Proxy set up now supports the user entering a URL or a file path that points to a Proxy Auto Config (PAC) file.