Connectors
Connectors are custom tools that can access cloud applications and products to read and write data or download and upload files. Alteryx publishes connectors to the Alteryx Community. You have to install a matching version of a connector on Alteryx Server to publish a workflow that uses the connector. Connectors are released independently from Server and require manual updates for new version releases.
The connectors are available as YXI files, a package of an Alteryx tool and all its dependencies. If you share a workflow that contains a YXI tool, the tool is not included and the recipient has to install it.
Install Connectors in Designer
To install a connector:
Download the YXI file for the connector from Alteryx Community.
Open the YXI file. The connector files install to folder depending on the mode.
When running Designer as a user (non-Admin):
:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx\Tools. Note—Windows might hide this folder.When running Designer as Admin:
- If Install for my account selected, Connector tool folder installs to
:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx\Tools.- If Install for all users, Connector tool folder installs to
:\ProgramData\Alteryx\Tools.
The connector’s folder is all Designer needs to use the connector. Therefore, you can copy the folder between your users' machines, or even Server, to install the connector. If you copy the folder to a different Designer version, make sure that the connector version uses the same Embedded Python Version.
Alteryx Server Considerations
To run workflows on a Gallery, Alteryx Server requires a separate installation of the connector on the Server machine.
If you want to publish and run a workflow with a Python connector to Alteryx Server, contact Customer Support for assistance.
Find and Select Versions
To display all available versions if you have more than one version of a connector installed, you can right-click the connector icon on your Designer canvas. Then select Choose version.
To see the version if you have only one version installed, go to the installation folder C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx\Tools and note the version in the folder name.
Available Connectors
Connector | Description |
|---|---|
Generate ad hoc reports from the Adobe Analytics report suites. | |
The Amazon S3 Download tool will retrieve data stored in the cloud. | |
The Amazon S3 Upload tool will transfer data from Alteryx to the cloud. | |
Read data stored in Anaplan into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer to Anaplan. | |
Run Automation Anywhere bots in Designer. | |
Read the data stored in your Box workspace. | |
Write the data to your Box workspace. | |
Perform sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, and language detection. | |
Read data stored in a Dataverse table into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer into a Dataverse table. | |
Read data from entities stored in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM instance to your Alteryx workflow. | |
Write data from your Alteryx workflow to entities stored in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM instance. | |
Read data stored in a Google Analytics 4 into Designer. | |
Read data from Google Analytics to your Alteryx workflow. | |
Query a table from Google BigQuery and read it into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer to tables in Google BigQuery. | |
Read files stored in a Google Drive into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer to Google Drive. | |
Read data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet into your Alteryx workflow. | |
Publish data from your Alteryx workflow to a Google Sheets spreadsheet. | |
Retrieve records from your Marketo instance. | |
Read Marketo records based on specific parameters | |
Make a call to the Marketo REST API endpoint: Create/Update Leads. | |
Read data from files stored in an Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) to your Alteryx workflow. | |
Write data from your Alteryx workflow to a file stored in an Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS). | |
Upload a data table from your Alteryx workflow to the Power BI web app. | |
Read data stored in MongoDB databases. | |
Write data to MongoDB databases. | |
Read files stored in OneDrive into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer to OneDrive. | |
Read data stored in Outlook into Designer. | |
Run Power Automate flows in Designer. | |
Publish an Alteryx data stream as a HYPER or TDE file. | |
Query your tables from Salesforce.com and read them into Designer. | |
Write to Salesforce.com tables from Alteryx. | |
Publish data from an Alteryx workflow as a dataset in Wave Analytics. | |
Read data from ServiceNow tables. | |
Read files stored in SharePoint into Designer. | |
Write data from Designer to SharePoint. | |
Read lists from SharePoint into Designer. | |
Write the content of a data stream to a SharePoint list. | |
Read data from Tableau into Designer. | |
Create Tableau HYPER dataset and save it to Tableau server or locally. |
