Alteryx User Group May 25 th 2016

Agenda Introductions What is Alteryx? Community and learning Learning resources Alteryx community Online user groups Alteryx knowledgebase Use case 1: Slack Use case 2: Fitbit Use case 3: LinkedIn

About Arkatechture OUR MISSION We Build Data Driven Business for Everyone. We strive to bring precise performance insight to companies of all sizes and industries. WHAT WE DO Arkatechture is a Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse consulting company delivering simple, cost effective lean solutions. Our tagline; build, measure, learn comes from lean manufacturing principles that have been embraced and engineered into our approach to Data Integration projects. Our areas of expertise include Data Warehousing, Data Visualization, Data Analytics, Data Migrations, Master Data Management (MDM), Cloud and Big Data. We are a team with a shared passion for technology and efficiency, combining speed and quality in everything we do. We seek to establish partnerships with our customers. WHO WE ARE We are comprised of local New England talent. We strive to groom and shape capable people, improve efficiency in any industry, and provide clients a better understanding of their business through data.

Why Alteryx? Traditional EDW vs Data Lake Multiple vs Single tool base ‘s

What is Alteryx A tool that empowers business users to prep, blend, analyze and share data in hours not weeks. Key Features: Data input and output to/from most any source. Strong data blending and “munging” tools. Geospatial analytics. Predictive modeling. Built in third party data – Experian, TomTom ect… Public and private galleries for sharing. workflows, macros, and analytical applications.

Community Find answers quickly with enhanced search and content recommendations Create valuable connections with peers and industry experts Submit your ideas to help us improve our products Earn reputation and rewards for your contributions Share your knowledge with the community Read insightful blog posts by data gurus Learn from real world examples* Join today:

User Groups One centralized location for User Group members A forum to establish peer-to-peer support Share ideas, experiences and best practices Access to Alteryx Associates Primary communication channel for upcoming meetings.

Learning Online Courses Getting started videos Self paced videos Virtual training – Weekly/Bi-weekly releases Daily demo Community Weekly challenges Knowledge base Try an answer posted questions

Todays Theme – Getting Data from API’s What is an API? Why should you care? How can Alteryx help?

Use Case 1: Fitbit Office Challenge What we will cover: 1.Creating a Fitbit developer application. 2.Dealing with API user authorization (OAuth2). 3.Using Alteryx to download data. 4.Parse JSON to table. 5.Write results to SQL database.

Use Case 2: Slack What we will cover: 1.Multiple API calls. 2.Unique message IDs. 3.Parsing the reactions. 4.Dynamic history. 5.Visualize data in tableau.

Use Case 3: LinkedIn What we will cover: 1.Exporting data from LinkedIn. 2.Passing parameters to a workflow. 3.CSV parsing. 4.Using R tools. 5.Using built in Alteryx reporting.

Open Forum/Questions

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