Field Python Class

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The Field class is provided as a reference class to extend the class members of a Field object instantiated within the running Alteryx process. Use the methods in the Field class to impact field types and metadata.

Field Types

This is a list of the field types recognized by the Alteryx Engine:

binary	boolean
numeric	byte, int16, int32, int64, fixeddecimal, float, double fixeddecimal requires both size and scale. See Data Types for more information about fixed decimal in Alteryx.
string	string, wstring, v string, v_wstring
date/time	date, time, datetime The format for these types is YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS.
spatial	spatial object
blob	blob

Read-Only Field Attributes

description: The description of the field.

max_bytes: The maximum number of bytes a variable-length field can hold.

name: The name of the field.

offset: The offset of the field.

position: The 0-based index of the field in its parent RecordInfo.

scale: The scale of the field.

size: The size of the field in bytes.

source: The source of the field.

type: The type of the field.

Methods

equal_type

equal_type((Field)other_field) -> bool :

Returns true if the other_field argument has the same type, size, and scale as this field.

get_as_bool

get_as_bool((RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as a boolean value.

get_as_double

get_as_double((RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as a double value.

get_as_int32

get_as_int32((RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as an int32 value.

get_as_int64

get_as_int64((RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as an int64 value.

get_as_string

get_as_string((RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as a string value.

get_as_blob

get_as_blob(RecordRef)record) -> object :

Returns the value of this field in the specified record as a blob value.

get_null

get_null((RecordRef)record) -> bool :

Returns true if the value of this field in the specified record is [Null].

set_from_bool

set_from_bool((RecordCreator)record_creator, (bool)value) -> None :

Sets the value of this field in the specified record_creator from a boolean value.

set_from_double

set_from_double((RecordCreator)record_creator, (float)value) -> None :

Sets the value of this field in the specified record_creator from a double value.

set_from_int32

set_from_int32((RecordCreator)record_creator, (int)value) -> None :

Sets the value of this field in the specified record_creator from an int32 value.

set_from_int64

set_from_int64((RecordCreator)record_creator, (int)value) -> None :

Sets the value of this field in the specified record_creator from an int64 value.

set_from_string

set_from_string((RecordCreator)record_creator, (str)value) -> None :

Sets the value of this field in the specified record_creator from a string value.

set_from_blob

set_from_blob((RecordCreator)record_creator, (blob)value) -> None :