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Simulation Summary Tool Icon Simulation Summary Tool

User Role Requirements

User Role*

Tool/Feature Access

Full User

Basic User

X

*Applies to Alteryx One Professional and Enterprise Edition customers on Designer versions 2025.1+.

The Simulation Summary tool helps you visualize simulated distributions and results from operations on those distributions. Obtain visual and quantitative analysis of input versus output variables.

Important

This tool is not automatically installed with Designer. To use it, download and install the Alteryx Predictive Tools for your version of Alteryx Designer. Depending on your Alteryx account type, you have two download options:

For more information, go to Download and Use Predictive Tools

Connect an Input

Connect an Alteryx data stream with fields to visualize and analyze.

Configure the Tool

  • Select the output fields: Select the fields to analyze for the effects of independent variables. A field can be chosen as an independent variable and a dependent variable.

  • Select the input fields: Select the fields to analyze for effects on the dependent variables.

View the Output

Connect a Browse tool to each output anchor to view results.

  • D anchor: This is the data output.

  • R anchor: This output displays the Sensitivity Analysis Report.

  • I anchor: This output shows an interactive dashboard that displays a histogram of each field as well as summary statistics.