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SharePoint Data Type Conversions

Note

This feature may not be available in all product editions. For more information on available features, see Compare Editions.

This section covers data type conversions between the Trifacta Application and SharePoint.

Note

The Alteryx data types listed in this page reflect the raw data type of the converted column. Depending on the contents of the column, the Transformer Page may re-infer a different data type, when a dataset using this type of source is loaded.

Access/Read

Note

Image, Link, and Address fields from SharePoint are imported into Dataprep by Trifacta as JSON strings. Incorrect formatting or modification of these strings within the product may result in errors when published back to SharePoint Lists.

Source Data Type

Supported?

Alteryx Data Type

Notes

Choice (menu)

Y

String

Currency

Y

Float

Date and Time

Y

Datetime

Link and Image

Y

String (JSON)

Lookup

Y

String

Address

Y

String (JSON)

Multiple lines of text

Y

String

Lines in the source are demarcated in the String value using the newline character.

Number

Y

Float

Person or Group

Y

String (JSON)

Single line of text

Y

String

Task outcome

Y

String

Yes/No

Y

Boolean

Publish/Write

Alteryx Data Type

SharePoint List Data Types

Notes

String

String

Note

Text

Varchar

URL

Choice

Note

Secondary types are published only if appending or truncating an existing table. See below.

Integer

Integer

Decimal

Float

Currency

Datetime

Date and Time

Bool

Boolean

Map

Note

String

Text

Varchar

Note

Secondary types are published only if appending or truncating an existing table. See below.

Array

Note

String

Text

Varchar

Note

Secondary types are published only if appending or truncating an existing table. See below.

All other data types

String

For more information, see https://cdn.cdata.com/help/RSF/jdbc/pg_datatypemapping.htm.

Depending on the publishing action, output data types may vary.

Appending or truncating a SharePoint List:

If you are appending or truncating an existing SharePoint List, all column data types are published to the target data types as expected, as long as the data being published can be parsed and published by SharePoint.

Writing to a new SharePoint List:

Some data types in Dataprep by Trifacta do not have a direct mapping to SharePoint List data types. Examples:

  • Address, Link, Person, Choice, and Image data types are published to SharePoint Lists as a multi-line String.

  • Currency is published as a Number.

  • Datetime values in Dataprep by Trifacta are written back to SharePoint Lists as DateTime types, even if the source data from SharePoint is Date type.

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