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Sentiment analysis in Alteryx Alteryx is a great platform to run some analytics, in a graphical and easy-to-explain format. One thing I've been experimenting with lately is natural language processing. In the above workflow I'm leveraging the built-in #rstats environment to scrape data from a financial analyst's report. Using Alteryx's built-in data cleansing and reporting tools, I then re-shaped and pivoted the data for further processing. Sometimes people ask, #rstats (aka the "R programming language") or #Python? The answer is: "Why choose, when you can have both?" In the example above, I'm then processing the data with a Python script which leverages the open source  VADER library. Although more appropriate with social media inputs, I'm experimenting with this sentiment analysis library before moving on to other libraries. I then take the data back out into a scatterplot provided by #rstats The box plot above is basi...

woot woot! Passed the Alteryx Designer Core certification earlier last month, and I thought I would share my experience: Logistics Sign-up Preparation Official sources: eLearning resources Non-official sources: Other blog posts Content of certification During the exam Relevance to role Next steps Logistics Sign-up was effortless! Your first step is to register for the  Alteryx Community  by creating a community profile. I did all the usual steps: introduced myself on the forum and browsed a few topics. When it's time to do the actual exam, you just need to navigate to the  Certification page  and launch the web-based exam. Note that it's an open book exam:  You may use Alteryx, the Community, and the web . The passing mark is 80% and you can re-take it after one elapsed week should you be unsuccessful in your attempt. Preparation You don't need any fancy external courses, or other eLearning programs, as Alteryx's own...