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Designer 2021.3 Release Notes

Release Note Product Versions

Version

Release Date

Release

End of Support

2021.3.1.47945

August 11, 2021

Major

February 11, 2023

2021.3.2.54175

September 7, 2021

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.3.63061

October 28, 2021

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.4.00445

December 21, 2021

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.5.03604

February 8, 2022

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.6.01129

May 12, 2022

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.7.05186

September 15, 2022

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.8.17680

December 14, 2022

Minor

February 11, 2023

2021.3.1 Issue

The Alteryx Designer 2021.3.1 release contained a defect that prevents users from publishing new workflows with a Gallery Data Connection to Alteryx Server. We immediately addressed this defect with the 2021.3.2 release. Note that you do not need to upgrade Alteryx Server.

New Features

Runner Tool (Sep 23, 2021)

Version 1.1.0: Released September 23, 2021. The Runner tool has been moved to the Developer tool category. It is now distributed as a YXZP file. For more information and installation instructions, go to the Runner tool help page.Runner Tool Icon Runner 工具

Compare Workflows

Use the Compare Workflows feature to compare 2 workflows and quickly identify the differences via visual indicators. You can access this feature via Options > Advanced Options in Alteryx Designer.对比工作流

Recommended Tools

The new Recommended tab in the Designer tool palette suggests tools that you can use while you build out your workflow. Select a tool on your canvas and the Recommended tab displays 6 common downstream tools that typically follow the selected tool.推荐的工具类别

New Intelligence Suite Tools

The Alteryx Intelligence Suite now includes 2 new Computer Vision tools. The Image Profile tool allows you to extract helpful information from images, and the Image Recognition tool lets you train a machine learning model to classify images.

Tool Container Enhancements

We made some updates to the Tool Container tool. Now, when you disable a Tool Container, the disabled container remains expanded on the canvas and appears dimmed to indicate the disabled state. You can collapse a disabled container to hide its contents. Select the expand/collapse icon within the tool container to do so.

Performance Profiling with AMP Engine

To optimize your workflow when building workflows with AMP, you can now analyze the performance of specific tools with Performance Profiling with AMP. You can turn on profiling with the Enable Performance Profiling checkbox in the Workflow Configuration Runtime settings. For more information, visit the Performance Profiling with AMP Engine help page.对 AMP 引擎进行性能分析

Microsoft Power BI

We made updates to the Microsoft Power BI connector:

  • Built-in multitenant Azure App with an option to use a custom Azure App.

  • Supports multiple table inputs.

  • Keeps existing dataset and its structure with updating and overwriting data.

  • Users can select which workspace to work with.

  • Proxy support.

Generate Support File

Generate a tech support file that contains information that helps our Customer Support Engineers properly troubleshoot your issue. You can upload this file when you submit your support case. Make sure to review the file contents and remove anything you might not want to include.

End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy

The Alteryx End User License Agreement (EULA) and Alteryx Privacy Policy are now accessible via the Help menu in Designer.

Auto Insights Uploader Tool Available via the In/Out Tool Category (version 2021.3.6.01129)

Starting with version 2021.3.6.01129, the Auto Insights Uploader tool is now a default tool in Alteryx Designer. You can access Auto Insights Uploader via the In/Out tool category.Auto Insights Uploader Tool

End of Support for 32-bit Database Connections

Alteryx Designer 2021.2 is the last version with the functionality to connect to 32-bit data sources. If you are currently using 32-bit connections, you will not be able to use those connections in 2021.3.

Fixed and Known Issues

Fixed

Major Release Version 2021.3

ID

Description

Version

Issue Status

DE9376

Charts from an Allocate report fail to draw correctly.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE10294

POST via Download tool doesn't encode ampersand in the value.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE12035

There should be a field conversion error when failing to convert a GeoJson string to a SpatialObj.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE12079

Join tool losing fields with the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE14255

Alias/Saved data connection is not supported for HDFS.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE17655

Generating spatial objects from Postgres.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE19244

Experian Demographics Reports: PDF format error.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE20055

HDFS access issue from Alteryx Designer (bad URL).

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE20746

Different error messages of ListBox on the original engine and AMP. The original engine provides more information.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE20847

Standard Macro: Missed expected error or differs with AMP and the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE21111

Fuzzy Match: Low performance with AMP when compared to the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE21909

AMP Batch Macro: Unexpected error in Union tool inside a Batch macro.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE22968

Email: Issue with email attachment with Japanese characters.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE23703

Python tool error when called via CreW Runner macro.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE24585

Python tool: Validation error for Gallery publication.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE26721

Database assets packaged incorrectly with version 2020.1 Server causing them to fail to connect.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE27325

Fatal error when you try to connect to sharepoint.com to file with no access with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE27470

MRR doesn't match MapInfo.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE27742

Internal error in macro with Detour with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE27866

DateTimeAdd fails range check in type pass.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE27935

PROJ_LIB conflict with PostGIS.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28102

"The output connection \"@1\" was not valid" in Batch macro with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28294

Multi-byte characters turning to question mark ('?') in body of Email tool in Designer.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28313

Data not passing through Block Until Done when reading from Salesforce with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28402

With AMP, Input Data tool reading a ZIP file with option Output File Name as Field=File Name Only shows file name incorrectly.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28464

Warning about invalid characters wasn't reported if the field appears across FileBlock boundaries (CSV input) with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28474

Global Search: Help and Community links.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28711

Profile panel is missing in the In-DB Browse tool.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28716

In the main workflow, the connection to the Macro tool changes when the macro is refreshed.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28737

Dynamic Rename: Incorrect columns renaming for Take Field Names from R Input Meta Data mode.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE28837

Fix message about file not found with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29214

With AMP, Browse tools are displayed in Analytic App results, even when not configured to be shown.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29275

Double-byte space in formula errors out in Designer 2021.1 with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29311

Macro force shutting down Alteryx Designer.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29344

The Run an Analytic App button doesn't apply Runtime tab changes when clicked.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29616

Browse tool throws an InboudNamedPipe GetOverlappedResult with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29653

Defect: Spline Model Marg_effect_header drops variable and can't build charts.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29694

Append Fields tool without connection doesn't fire error when a workflow is run with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29744

Dynamic Rename: New names are lost after a new tool is connected downstream.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29774

Join Multiple tool produces different results with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29806

Workflow continues to run after error with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29829

Excel reading 1 row less than the max number of rows.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29899

Workflow with R tools errors while running with AMP Engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29902

Not all GeoJSON types are supported in AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29915

Jupiter Notebooks returns a 404 error when switching to the AMP engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE29929

BUG-0002 AMP Error: Fuzzy Match: Out of Memory.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE30058

Cross Tab: Workflow failed on AMP Engine but works fine on the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE30082

Input tool: Content of a field and headers are truncated in AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE30169

Error outputting Spatial Object to YXDB with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33531

Fields not passed to downstream tools from In-DB macros when using AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33565

Fix ComposerText: Cannot output some Chinese characters using Reporting tools.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33566

Fix Output to the Easy Ones: Can't output some Chinese characters using Reporting tools.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33567

Fix PNG: Can't output some Chinese characters using Reporting tools.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33588

Data Profiling date fields in the bin are using 2 digit years in weeks and days bin.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33592

AMP memory deadlock with the new memory reservation.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33593

AMP doesn't recognize a deadlock.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33603

AMP passing progress on inactive tools.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33649

Report text error: Render to Excel (*.xlsx) turns with black background color.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33733

Batch Macro stops working after the first iteration if not all outputs have connected tools with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33774

The Join tool does not join the same data with different types.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33775

Batch Macro doesn't work correctly with AMP when Browse tool is not connected to anchor.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33776

The Imputation tool outputs an additional empty column and mixes the order of the fields on AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33779

AMP Engine Error: Output Data (7): Invalid CodePage: 'UTF16'; trailing text after the integer.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33780

Select Records tool selects the wrong range on AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33782

The Cross Tab tool produces a different field order in AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33785

The Input tool outputs filename as a field on AMP in an incorrect way.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33796

Batch Macro doesn't update the configuration of the tool correctly with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33804

CReW Macro Suite can't be installed under AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33852

Dynamic Rename tool's Take Field Names from First Row of Data improperly functioning via AMP Engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33879

Select Records tool select the wrong record when it is used with the Union tool.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33894

21.2 Workflow using AMP with large data into Join freezes Designer.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33945

Workflow that has macros returns the error: "Internal Error: Cannot find e1(13) to et tool's id mapping" with AMP Engine enabled.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33960

Join produces unstable record output from run to run with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33961

Summarize tool produces different output from run to run with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

US65515

SQL Server ODBC: Geometry/geography data read as None/ShapeTypeNull when newline appears after column names in select statement.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

US81856

SQL Server Write: Update default Spatial type to Geometry.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

US82272

SQL Server ODBC: Can't read/write geometry/geography with DSN-less or QuickConnect.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.2.54175

AIS-1399

Model fails on Resnet50 with images that are 600 x 600.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TBO-836

Revert breaking change to Lock Workflow feature when in FIPS environments.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TDES-2389 (DE33563)

Update for browser version in Designer for SAML dialogs.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TDES-3766

Gallery Data Connection can't be packaged with Designer 2021.3

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TDES-3768

TDES-3769

CEF Upgrade: All tools that use CEF are not loading if you drag and drop tools on the canvas from a global search.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TMG-77

German OS licensing failure.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TMG-89

Offline activation fails in 21.3.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

TMG-90

Activate Offline link is broken.

2021.3.2.54175

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.3.63061

TCPE-12

Blank screen when authenticating for OneDrive, Dropbox, Dataverse, Box, SharePoint, and Power BI Connectors in Designer version 2021.3.2.54175. We have fixed this issue for SharePoint Input and Output, as well as Power BI Output. Please note that you need to update these connectors for the fix to take effect.

2021.3.3.63061

Fixed

TGAL-5917

Designer fails to launch when whitelist endpoints respond unexpectedly.

2021.3.3.63061

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.4.00445

TCPE-103

GCSE-293

Report and Interactive outputs of the Association Analysis tool intermittently crash Designer.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TCPE-104

GCSE-291

Report and Interactive outputs of the Field Summary tool intermittently crash Designer.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDALI-4205

When viewing Behavior Profile reports via the Browse tool, Designer crashes without warning.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDALI-4215

GCSE-286 DE341913

Designer crashes when a Browse tool that follows Logistic Regression is dragged or selected.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDALI-4216

GCSE-282 DE341913

Viewing Report and Interactive outputs on a Frequency Table tool via Browse tools intermittently causes Designer to crash.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDCB-1208

DE17676

Visual Query Builder: Snowflake schemas that consist of only views don't show.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDCB-3780

In-DB: CSV writes to Databricks from Designer throw an error if any of the fields contain a delimiter.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TDES-3847 DE331781

Designer crashes when switching between Messages and Browse in the Results window.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TELC-2713

After upgrade from 2020.3 to 2021.2, all production workflows involving HDFS failed with the error: Failed to retrieve upload redirect URL (hadoop.example.com:50070):HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error - Unknown error.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TPIV-264

Add support for DSN-less connection string for Databricks In-DB Bulk Loader.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

TPM-399

The Output tool "Preserve Formatting on Overwrite" setting for XLSX files behaves inconsistently depending on whether the XLSX was last saved by Designer or Excel.

2021.3.4.00445

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.5.03604

TELC-2658

DE34056

Unable to write to HDFS with Kerberos when Tokens are larger than a certain size.

2021.3.5.03604

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.6.01129

TDES-4096

The Designer UI freezes when processing workflows with the v1 AMP version of the SDK.

2021.3.6.01129

Fixed

TDST-2802

GCSE-396

Image Input tool is unable to read the images if the length of the path (including filename) exceeds 260 characters in Windows 10 and Server 2019. However, there is no issue in Server 2016. All have long path enabled.

2021.3.6.01129

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.7.05186

TAAI-15

Proxy support for Auto Insights Uploader tool.

2021.3.7.05186

Fixed

TDCB-4085

GCSE-513

Designer crashes after you close a workflow with a Connect In-DB tool and Browse In-DB tool, and then create and run a 2nd workflow with the same tools.

2021.3.7.05186

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.8.17680

TINST-402

The installer displays an Overwrite window during the installation process (while installing Server version 2022.1.1.42588).

2021.3.8.17680

Fixed

Known

ID

Description

Version

Issue Status

DE29837

Error when trying to write to a range with Output Options > Append to Existing Sheet. Could not generate a unique name for field.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE29986

Generate Rows tool outputs NULL record while using FixedDecimal field.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE30011

Dynamic Input's change entire file path option handles relative paths inconsistently with the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE30093

Designer opens .xlsx files that are already open in Excel.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE30115

Excel only renders full borders when Cell Padding and Column Padding are set to 0.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE30181

Fix the AMP behavior for the Join Multiple tool when joining by duplicated fields.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33476

Vertical Merge Orientation of Layout tool results in omitted borders via Excel output of Render tool.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33546

DE: Download tool not able to render Chinese characters.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33560

Input tool will not accept % or + in the password of a PostgreSQL DB user or Greenplum DB user.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33569

Fix PDF: Can't output some Chinese characters using Reporting tools.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33584

21.2 AMP Engine error: "The file "debug_temp.yxmd" does not exist" using Debug mode (Interface Designer).

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33598

Snowflake Bulk Loader (Amazon S3) can't append to a table that contains an auto-populated column.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33604

Generate Rows tool is not reporting progress correctly with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33614

Setting Append Field Map to Map by Name doesn't work the first time you output to Snowflake.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33630

Browse tool returns "The FileID does not match in the FileHeader" error in Designer 2021.2.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33773

ConvertFromCodePage doesn't work correctly with AMP.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33777

Data Cleansing tool should not remove "©" as a punctuation mark with the original engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33793

Connection string is case-sensitive.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33817

Engine is unable to read files from a directory that contains a dot.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33846

Spatial type has a different name in AMP when used in a Cross Tab.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33880

Access of .xlsx files slow from a network drive in 20.x releases.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33910

Data Profiling of the Browse tool doesn't properly return all records.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33942

Fields are duplicated in Select functionality when there is a field order change and rename (case change).

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33950

Postgres Bulk Loader: Primary key violation reported as success.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33954

User canceled message caused by working being told to die is not recognized as an error by Alteryx engine.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE33959

OCI writes garbled characters for Chinese (multi-byte) characters.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE34021

First field does not render in Report Text tool.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE34028

Open Debug doesn't work with AMP Engine enabled.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

DE34038

Japanese Snowflake Table Name requires double-quotes.

2021.3.1.47945

Known

TCPE-12

Blank screen and user not authenticated when using Azure SSO in the Designer embedded browser. Affected tools: SharePoint Files, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Dataverse, Power BI Output.

2021.3.2.54175

Known

TCPE-104

Report and interactive outputs cause intermittent Designer crash.

2021.3.1.47954

Known

TDCB-3975

GCSE-371

When reading multiline headers, the header appears truncated.

2021.3.1.47954

Known

TDES-3766

Gallery Data Connection can't be packaged with Designer 2021.3

2021.3.1.47945

Known

Minor Release Version 2021.3.4.00445

TPM-1154

Sharepoint Files Input tool: Sharepoint lists are not loaded when you use the Service Principal authentication method.

2021.3.4.00445

Known

Security Updates

Fixed

Release Version 2021.3.1.47945

ID

Description

Version

Issue Status

DE33626

Disabled external entity parsing for Excel inputs.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

DE33627

Set entity expansion limit to 0 for Excel inputs.

2021.3.1.47945

Fixed

Minor Release Version 2021.3.6.01129

TELC-2814

GCSE-422

AMP Engine may log sensitive information when processing workflows that contain Gallery Connections.

2021.3.6.01129

Fixed