Multi-Field Binning Tool
Multi-Field Binning Tool
One Tool Example
Multi-Field Binning has a One Tool Example. Go to Sample Workflows to learn how to access this and many other examples directly in Alteryx Designer.
Use Multi-Field Binning to replicate some of the functionality of the Tile tool—additional features allow the data to be binned on multiple fields. Built primarily for the predictive toolset, Multi-Field Binning only accepts numeric fields for binning. You can bin fields on either equal records or equal intervals.
Version Warning
Warning
If you use this tool in a workflow made before version 9.1 of Alteryx, the workflow might break when used in later versions because this tool now outputs an Int64 column instead of a String to improve the sorting behavior.
There are multiple versions of the Multi-Field Binning tool. To use a previous version of the tool, right-click on the tool and select the version from the Choose Tool Version option.
Configure the Tool
Select the Multi-Field Binning tool on your canvas to access the tool Configuration panel.
In Select fields for binning..., use the check boxes to choose the fields for binning (only numeric fields are shown.)
Note
If too many records have the same group value, a tile is skipped.
Choose the tile method you are going to use for binning. The options are...
Equal Records: Input records are divided into the specified number of bins. Each bin is assigned the same number of records. This is based solely on the record's position in the input file.
Equal Intervals: The minimum and maximum values of the selected fields are determined. The range is split into equal-sized sub-ranges. Records are assigned to bins based on these ranges
Edit the Number of Tiles (max of 1,000) counter to specify how many bins you want to create.
View the Output
The output data stream includes all fields that went into the tool. A new field is created for each field that is selected for binning.
FieldName_Tile_Num