Using Help

There are many ways to launch Help for your Alteryx product.

Online help

The most current online help is available at help.alteryx.com. You can also find release notes here.

Offline help

The offline help is available in the RuntimeData folder where Alteryx has been installed.

  • Admin version: Alteryx\bin\RuntimeData\HtmlAssets\help.alteryx.com\AlteryxCurrent
  • Non Admin version: Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Alteryx\bin\RuntimeData\HtmlAssets\help.alteryx.com

Search

Search, which is located in the top right corner of Alteryx Designer, searches Designer tools, Gallery items, Connect assets, Help content, and Community posts.

  • Click a result to view the Help page in a web browser.
  • Click View more Help results to open Designer Help in a web browser.

Tool help

To launch the help page for a tool, select the tool on the canvas and then press F1.

Alternatively, you can right-click the tool in the toolbar and then select Help.

To view the tooltip for the tool, click the tool in the toolbar.

Help for a specific version

The most current online help is available at help.alteryx.com. You can find help for a specific version by using the instructions for Tool Help or by inserting the version number in your browser URL. For example, to go to Help for version 2018.4, type the following URL: https://help.alteryx.com/2018.4/Designer_Home.htm .