Imputation Tool
One Tool Example
Imputation has a One Tool Example. Visit Sample Workflows to learn how to access this and many other examples directly in Alteryx Designer.
Use Imputation to replace a specified value within one or more numeric data fields with another specified value.
A typical use case is to replace all NULL() values with the average of the remaining values for fields Q1_Sales and Q2_Sales so the NULL() values do not affect the final outcome of their forecasting model.
Configure the Tool
Fields to impute: Select the fields you wish to update.
Incoming value to replace: Specify one of 2 choices.
Null()
User specified value: Use the text box to enter a value.
Replace with value: Specify one of 4 choices.
Average: Average of all values, not including Incoming value to replace.
Median: Value separating the higher half from the lower half, or the middle value.
Mode: Value that appears most often.
User specified value: Use the text box to enter a value.
Include imputed value indicator field: Add a field to specify whether or not a value has been imputed.
Output imputed values as a separate field: Leave the original field to impute as-is and add a new field for the imputed value.
View the Output
The default output includes the original data stream with the imputed values embedded within the original data.
If Include imputed value indicator field is selected, there is an additional field next to each field selected for imputation with the prefix as the original field name and a suffix of _Indicator.
If Output imputed values as a separate field is selected, there is an additional field next to each field selected for imputation with the prefix as the original field name and a suffix of _ImputedValue.