Alteryx Designer and FIPS: Tool Differences
Alteryx Designer-FIPS version 2022.1 was the first release of Designer that offers a FIPS 140-2 capable option for customers that require FIPS compliance. Please note that FIPS standards are developed by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use by US government agencies and contractors. For more information about FIPS, go to the NIST FIPS FAQ page.
The general (non-FIPS) release version of Alteryx Designer is not FIPS capable. A separate release (and installer) is available under separate license terms, for our FIPS 140-2 customers.
Warning
If you've previously used Alteryx Designer, you might notice that certain Designer tools* and features are either not available or offer limited functionality with the Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.1 release.
Over time, we plan to make many of these tools and features available again in future Alteryx Designer-FIPS releases.
*Note that One Tool Examples associated with excluded tools are also not available.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS empowers data analysts with data prep, blending, and analytics solutions—with drag-and-drop capabilities that speed up every step of the analytic process. You have access to many of the great features typically available in Designer, with some limitations that we’ve noted on this page.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2024.1 Release
Alteryx Designer version 2024.1 offers separate GA and FIPS 140-2 capable products. For more information about FIPS, go to the NIST FIPS FAQ page.
The general release version of Alteryx Designer is not FIPS capable. A separate release (and installer) is available under separate license terms, for our FIPS 140-2 customers.
Feature and Tool Differences
Please note that certain tools and features might be limited or not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. Over time, we will continue to evaluate which tools and features to make available again in future Alteryx Designer-FIPS releases.
You can read about the differences below and at Alteryx Designer and FIPS: Feature Differences.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2023.2 Release
Alteryx Designer version 2023.2 offers separate GA and FIPS 140-2 capable products. For more information about FIPS, go to the NIST FIPS FAQ page.
The general release version of Alteryx Designer is not FIPS capable. A separate release (and installer) is available under separate license terms, for our FIPS 140-2 customers.
Feature and Tool Differences
Please note that certain tools and features might be limited or not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. Over time, we will continue to evaluate which tools and features to make available again in future Alteryx Designer-FIPS releases.
You can read about the differences below and at Alteryx Designer and FIPS: Feature Differences.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2023.1 Release
Alteryx Designer version 2023.1 offers separate GA and FIPS 140-2 capable products. For more information about FIPS, go to the NIST FIPS FAQ page.
The general release version of Alteryx Designer is not FIPS capable. A separate release (and installer) is available under separate license terms, for our FIPS 140-2 customers.
Feature and Tool Differences
Please note that certain tools and features might be limited or not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. Over time, we will continue to evaluate which tools and features to make available again in future Alteryx Designer-FIPS releases.
You can read about the differences below and at Alteryx Designer and FIPS: Feature Differences.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.3 Release
Alteryx Designer version 2022.3 offers separate GA and FIPS 140-2 capable products. For more information about FIPS, go to the NIST FIPS FAQ page.
The general release version of Alteryx Designer is not FIPS capable. A separate release (and installer) is available under separate license terms, for our FIPS 140-2 customers.
Feature and Tool Differences
Please note that certain tools and features might be limited or not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. Over time, we will continue to evaluate which tools and features to make available again in future Alteryx Designer-FIPS releases.
You can read about the differences below and at Alteryx Designer and FIPS: Feature Differences.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2 Release
With the release of Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2, you now have access to several tools that were not available via the Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.1 release.
Note
The tools listed in the 2022.1 Release section below continue to be unavailable or have limited functionality unless otherwise noted in this section.
These tools are now available in the 2022.2 Alteryx Designer-FIPS release:
In/Out Tools: Map Input tool
Interface Tools: Map tool
Connectors Tools:
Microsoft Azure Data Lake Input and Microsoft Azure Data Lake Output
OneDrive Input and OneDrive Output
PowerBI Output
SharePoint Input (formerly SharePoint Files Input including lists reading functionality)
SharePoint Output (formerly SharePoint Files Output including lists writing functionality)
Note
Restart Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2 after you finish the installation of connectors.
To fully leverage the unlocked connectors, you need to enable DCM and select Allow or AllowAll in User Settings > DCM > SDK Access Mode and restart Designer to apply changes.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2 requires all workflows that use the Community Data Connectors above to also use Alteryx Multi-threaded Processing (AMP)—which is the default engine for all new workflows. If you plan to use these updated connectors in older workflows, you might need to enable AMP via Workflow - Configuration > Runtime > Use AMP Engine.
Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.1 Release
Alteryx Intelligence Suite
Alteryx Intelligence Suite is not available as part of Alteryx Designer-FIPS. This includes all tools in these tool categories:
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Text Mining
Predictive Tools
Predictive tools are not available as part of the Alteryx Designer-FIPS. This includes tools in these tool categories:
AB Testing: All tools in this category are not available.
Data Investigation: These Data Investigation tools are not available:
Association Analysis
Contingency Table
Distribution Analysis
Field Summary
Frequency Table
Heat Plot
Histogram
Importance Weights
Plot of Means
Scatterplot
Violin Plot
Predictive: All tools in this category are not available.
Predictive Grouping: All tools in this category are not available.
Prescriptive: All tools in this category are not available.
Time Series: All tools in this category are not available.
Data Products
Business and Location Insights Data Packages are not available as part of Alteryx Designer-FIPS. This includes all tools in these tool categories:
Address
Behavior Analysis
Calgary
Demographic Analysis
Connect Tools
The ODBC Loader tool is not available.
Data Connector Tools
These Connectors tools are not available in, or not compatible with, Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Note
Note that most of these Connectors are Alteryx Marketplace Data Connectors.
Adobe Analytics
Automation Anywhere 360 (Deprecated)
Dropbox Input (Deprecated)
Dropbox Output (Deprecated)
Dynamics CRM Input (Deprecated)
Dynamics CRM Output (Deprecated)
Google Analytics (Deprecated)
Google BigQuery Input (Deprecated)
Google BigQuery Output (Deprecated)
Google Sheets Input (Deprecated)
Google Sheets Output (Deprecated)
Marketo Append (Deprecated)
Marketo Input (Deprecated)
Marketo Output (Deprecated)
Microsoft Cognitive Services Text Analytics (Deprecated)
MongoDB Input (Deprecated)
MongoDB Output (Deprecated)
Publish to Tableau Server (Deprecated)
Salesforce (Legacy Tool, Deprecated)
Salesforce Einstein Output (Deprecated)
Tableau Output (Deprecated)
Twitter Search (Deprecated)
UI Path (Deprecated)
Developer Tools
Blob Convert: The Output MD5 Hash of Binary Data option is not available.
Download: In Alteryx Designer-FIPS, authentication credentials can't be passed via a workflow. You can download from websites that require authentication credentials via DCM connections.
The MD5 functions are not available inside these tools:
Dynamic Rename
Dynamic Select
Message
The Python tool is not available.
The R tool is not available.
In/Out Tools
ODBC Drivers
Although Alteryx Designer-FIPS supports ODBC drivers, the FIPS-capable drivers aren’t available for download from our websites.
These In/Out tools are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Auto Insights Uploader
Map Input (Available starting with the Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2 release.)
XDF Input
XDF Output
The Input Data, Output Data, and Dynamic Input tools have partial functionality in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. These In/Out file types are not available:
CYDB (Alteryx Calgary)
MDB (ESRI Personal GeoDatabase, Microsoft Access 2000-2003)
SZ (Alteryx Spatial ZIP)
XLS (Microsoft Excel 1997-2003)
OLE DB connections are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS.
Interface Tools
These Interface tools are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Map (Available starting with the Alteryx Designer-FIPS 2022.2 release.)
The MD5 functions are not available inside of these tools:
Action
Condition
Error Message
File Browse: The ability to connect to databases is not available.
Text Box: The Mask Text option is not available.
Laboratory Tools
These Laboratory tools are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Charting (Deprecated)
Connect JSON Builder
Connect Output
Jupyter Flow
Key-Value Pair Extraction
Visual Layout
Preparation Tools
These Preparation tools are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Create Samples
Oversample Field
Random % Sample
These Preparation tools have limited functionality in Alteryx Designer-FIPS. The MD5 functions are not available inside these tools:
Filter
Formula
Generate Rows
Multi-Field Formula
Multi-Row Formula
Reporting Tools
These Reporting tools are not available in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Charting (Deprecated)
Insight
Table: MD5 functions are not available.
SDK Examples
The Python SDK Example tool is not available.
Spatial Tools
DriveTime calculations are not available as the Business and Location Insights Data Packages are not supported in FIPS. These Spatial tools have optional DriveTime calculation options which have been removed in Alteryx Designer-FIPS:
Distance
Find Nearest: Additionally, the ability to connect directly to databases is not available.
Trade Area
Non Overlapping Drivetime is not available.
Spatial Match: The ability to connect directly to databases is not available.