2020-10-27T02:39:22Z

What needs improvement with Alteryx Designer?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Shailaja Nuthalapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2024-01-04T14:10:26Z
Jan 4, 2024

When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx. When you click on a pivot table in Excel, it goes into the details of it. Alteryx Designer gives you the subtotal and merges all the lines but doesn't give you the drill-through option.

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Ajay Nayak - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-12-28T06:57:00Z
Dec 28, 2023

Sometimes, while getting data from a third-party product, like data sources that are not present in your system, Alteryx works a bit slowly. Even if you have a good configuration and you are pulling data from an SQL server like SAP, then the solution also has a slow work process. It shouldn't be that much slow if you are pulling ten thousand records, it should not take thirty minutes.

MA
Real User
Top 20
2023-11-10T09:42:25Z
Nov 10, 2023

There are a few areas where the solution could be improved. When configuring the Logix, the UA could be improved. Column-to-column mapping can be challenging when integrating from source to target. While designed to be user-friendly, the UI-level configurations could use some enhancements. In my experience using the trial version, I couldn't access detailed configurations like deep table access for updates or inserts in the UI. Additionally, scrolling with the mouse sometimes triggers selecting other filters. There is also a need for more documentation and support, especially when dealing with complex API-level tasks. Overall, there's room for improvement at the UI level.

KP
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-10-17T09:06:08Z
Oct 17, 2023

I have been thinking a lot lately about the standalone nature of Designer since it only provides a desktop version of Alteryx, because of which there is no collaboration or automation possible with Designer. I would like to see more collaboration and automation features in the product. Collaboration and automation features are available at ten times the price of the standard Alteryx Designer, making it a very expensive tool. The price of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

Ayinde Hammed - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-10-02T09:30:00Z
Oct 2, 2023

The conditional join feature should be improved.

Kaitlin  Pisani - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 20
2023-09-18T14:03:07Z
Sep 18, 2023

Alteryx's data science and machine learning capabilities are where it loses out to DataIQ. Also, the fact that the server and designer are separate is very frustrating. And, as somebody who needed to assign licenses to people, it was very difficult to collaborate with others and show who has licenses for Alteryx without having to use a third-party process to visualize that. I would love to see an improvement to the user admin privileges in being able to assign and transition licenses to people more easily. That is something that needs to be key. There's a software called Server Pal that Anypoint has, but I know some other things out there to help people with the server admin piece. One of the most frustrating pieces is that there's not something inherent to Alteryx for administration purposes. Moreover, Alteryx has some opportunities to improve collaboration as well.

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RY
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-23T18:41:51Z
Aug 23, 2023

Alteryx Designer's cost should be improved. Alteryx Designer should add an intelligence suite and machine learning suite to its base products.

Rithik Rai - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-07-26T12:53:53Z
Jul 26, 2023

It is challenging to view the data using Alteryx Designer, though there is an option for browsing. We can use another tool for filtering the data along with it, but the interface for its drop-down functionality is not intuitive.

Dominic Mutai - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-07-12T13:37:30Z
Jul 12, 2023

Alteryx Designer's pricing and support could be improved.

Madhu Srinivasan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-12-09T18:49:28Z
Dec 9, 2022

I would like to be able to include small snippets of code inside of the solution. The tool has only drag-and-drop features to make it easy to use, but sometimes I feel like this makes it more complicated. For example, even with a small calculation, I need to do four drag-and-drops, which makes the tool and workflow look very complex. I would be happy with the ability to run a small SQL query or Python script.

AS
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-10-04T12:10:50Z
Oct 4, 2022

We need more documentation. We have some POCs available, but they can partner with Alteryx to create some more. In addition, they should release a cloud version of the product.

LeandroSodré - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-16T16:04:44Z
Sep 16, 2022

The data engineering and integration need to be improved. I'm not sure if it already exists, but it could include some components that allow you to simply connect to the API's endpoint and consume it. To do it today, I would have to use Python components and develop it through a script. It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results.

ES
Reseller
Top 20
2022-07-22T13:51:16Z
Jul 22, 2022

Alteryx could move faster to create a cloud equivalent of the desktop version of Designer. They could also make their new releases more stable as they always seem to have bugs. In the next release, Alteryx Designer should include more integrations with Qlik Sense and Qlik Sales.

Odwayne Lawes - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-06-28T16:00:09Z
Jun 28, 2022

An improvement for Alteryx Designer would be faster bug fixes and updates.

ZavedAhmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-04-04T12:53:39Z
Apr 4, 2022

Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use.

FN
Real User
2021-12-27T19:24:00Z
Dec 27, 2021

Alteryx needs to improve its web governance. The gallery you use to filter the data is something else that could use some work. For instance, if you have a report connected to a database and want to filter a specific user, you should be able to suggest a specific region or a particular year. I know that the Alteryx isn't designed for data governance, but that would be great to think about.

KD
Real User
2021-05-28T11:10:35Z
May 28, 2021

I have been working mostly on the designer aspect of the solution and I have found that the product and needs to improve its reporting tool. The actual usage part of it needs to be explained more. It's too vague right now. For example, the solution needs more specific use case information. I need to know how we can deal with the BI tools on the market and the reporting tools standards. I want insights into these types of comparisons.

SS
MSP
2020-12-11T18:10:33Z
Dec 11, 2020

If the price were reduced then it would be more competitive.

ES
Real User
2020-12-11T10:06:03Z
Dec 11, 2020

The product could offer more connectors and more databases with support for the in-database function. For example, there is one special feature that we use that's an in-database connection feature. When we use this, the operation that we are designing runs directly on the database. However, currently, it only works with a few databases. We would like to have more options for this feature. It needs to integrate better across other databases. The reporting features can be a bit complicated sometimes. There could be more scheduling options available on the server.

OE
Real User
2020-10-27T02:39:22Z
Oct 27, 2020

Its price can be improved. It is too expensive for our country. Because of its high price, we can't sell Alteryx Designer in this region. We used to be their reseller partner. There is also an additional cost for automating the data and running the flows, which makes it even more expensive. It will be very good if they can let users automate the data for free. Other solutions like Tableau provide this feature for free.