Focus on Your Analysis, Not Your SQL CodeBeth Narrish, Senior Product Marketing Manager

Dan Hilton, Solutions Architect

Mar 7, 2017

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Agenda

• SQL and SQL Challenges

• Who is Alteryx

• Benefits of Workflow

• Demo

• Q&A

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The legacy approach to analytics is often challenging for organizations

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Data BlendingPredictive &

Spatial AnalyticsProduction &

Output CreationData Access Prep

& Cleansing

Data integration tool Analytic coding App creationData quality tool

Slow, long process Multiple tools and process steps

Expensive software and labor

IT Staff Data Scientists Line-of-Business

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And while many organizations are relying on spreadsheets for data analysis, they are also using low-level SQL queries

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Only

Harvard Business Review: Data Blending: A Powerful Method For Faster, Easier Decisions

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• SQL is the standard language for relational database management systems and has been for 40 years

• Source: American National Standards Institute

• While NoSQL has gained popularity with Hadoop, MongoDB and other sources, SQL is still king

• Impala and Spark can utilize SQL

Why SQL?

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But SQL can pose challenges for analysts and their colleagues

• Colleagues often cannot pick up SQL code and understand how data was pulled

• Documenting steps is needed to repeat the process when data changes

• Troubleshooting each step in a complex query can be tedious

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A Leading Platform for Self-Service Data Analytics

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Prep, blend, and analyze all your data using a repeatable workflow

Deliver deeper insights in hours, not weeks

Deploy and share analytics at scale

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A Leading Platform for Self-Service Data Analytics

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Enrich

Prep & Blend Analyze

Input All Relevant Data

Share

Output All Popular Formats

How Alteryx Helps SQL Coders

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Why Workflows?

TransparencySee data flow through the process, and the actions performed at every step

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Why Workflows?

Seamless TransformationsExtract, transform and load data without writing any code

Efficiency In Debugging, Testing and PrototypingStop spending time writing code only to get a null data set; understand exactly what is happening at each stage of your analytic process

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Why Workflows?

AccessibilityAccess structured, unstructured or semi-structured data from virtually any environment: SQL Server, NoSQL databases, desktop, cloud, Big Data environments, and more

FlexibilityLeverage existing SQL statements, and develop new procedures

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Demonstration

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

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