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ALTERYX CORE EXAM PREP 2026/2027 BANK
COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING QUESTION AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWER (VERIFIED)
GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
ALTERYX CORE
Maximize your success on the Alteryx core exam with focused
preparation that strengthens your understanding of data
blending, spatial analytics, and predictive modeling within the
Alteryx platform. This exam resource is perfectly designed for
data professionals seeking to validate their expertise in
advanced analytics and data processing.
What are the two sections of the Input Data Configuration
window? ...... ANSWER ....... Connect a File or Database
AND Options
What does entering "*" do with an input file? ...... ANSWER
....... It brings in anything that starts with the characters
before the "*" and anything after it
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What does entering "?" do with an input file? ...... ANSWER
....... It brings in anything that starts with the characters
before the "?" plus one character
What are the limits for the data layout preview window in the
Input Data tool? ...... ANSWER ....... 100 records or fewer
in wide files
How do you convert an Output Data Tool to an Input Data
Tool? ...... ANSWER ....... 1.) Right-click the Output Data
tool you want to convert to an Input Data tool.
2.) Select Convert To Input Data.
What are the 3 ways to add the Browse tool to the workflow?
...... ANSWER ....... -Drag a Browse tool to the canvas,
and connect it to an upstream tool.
-Right-click on a tool on the canvas and select Add
Browse After.
-Use the Shift+Ctrl+B keyboard shortcut and select the
tools in a workflow.
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Without the browse tool, up to how much data shows in the
Results window? ...... ANSWER ....... 1 MB of data
How do you disable a browse tool? ...... ANSWER ....... -
Select a random point on the canvas to display the
Workflow - Configuration window.
-In the configuration window, select Runtime.
-Check Disable All Browse Tools to make the Browse
tools in the workflow unavailable. To enable Browse
tools, uncheck Disable All Browse Tools.
YXDB (Alteryx Database) Configuration ...... ANSWER .......
- The most efficient file type for reading data into Alteryx
- Fast, Efficient, Clean
Options:
(1) Record Limit
- Limit the number of rows to import to improve runtimes
- Manually type the number of records to read in
(2) File Format
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(3) Search SubDirs
- Search Subdirectories to input other files with the same
name, type or structure
(4) Output File Name on Field
- Add a column showing source file name or full path
- By default, none of this information will be included with
the input data
Dynamic Input Data Tool ...... ANSWER ....... - Reads
multiple Sheets of Data from source .xlsx workbooks
-Templates set the guidelines for what information is
imported and how the information appears when all of
the sheets are read in
- If a sheet DOES NOT MATCH the template, it WILL NOT
BE IMPORTED
- Imported data is stacked VERTICALLY
ALTERYX CORE EXAM PREP 2026/2027 BANK
COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING QUESTION AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWER (VERIFIED)
GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
ALTERYX CORE
Maximize your success on the Alteryx core exam with focused
preparation that strengthens your understanding of data
blending, spatial analytics, and predictive modeling within the
Alteryx platform. This exam resource is perfectly designed for
data professionals seeking to validate their expertise in
advanced analytics and data processing.
What are the two sections of the Input Data Configuration
window? ...... ANSWER ....... Connect a File or Database
AND Options
What does entering "*" do with an input file? ...... ANSWER
....... It brings in anything that starts with the characters
before the "*" and anything after it
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What does entering "?" do with an input file? ...... ANSWER
....... It brings in anything that starts with the characters
before the "?" plus one character
What are the limits for the data layout preview window in the
Input Data tool? ...... ANSWER ....... 100 records or fewer
in wide files
How do you convert an Output Data Tool to an Input Data
Tool? ...... ANSWER ....... 1.) Right-click the Output Data
tool you want to convert to an Input Data tool.
2.) Select Convert To Input Data.
What are the 3 ways to add the Browse tool to the workflow?
...... ANSWER ....... -Drag a Browse tool to the canvas,
and connect it to an upstream tool.
-Right-click on a tool on the canvas and select Add
Browse After.
-Use the Shift+Ctrl+B keyboard shortcut and select the
tools in a workflow.
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Without the browse tool, up to how much data shows in the
Results window? ...... ANSWER ....... 1 MB of data
How do you disable a browse tool? ...... ANSWER ....... -
Select a random point on the canvas to display the
Workflow - Configuration window.
-In the configuration window, select Runtime.
-Check Disable All Browse Tools to make the Browse
tools in the workflow unavailable. To enable Browse
tools, uncheck Disable All Browse Tools.
YXDB (Alteryx Database) Configuration ...... ANSWER .......
- The most efficient file type for reading data into Alteryx
- Fast, Efficient, Clean
Options:
(1) Record Limit
- Limit the number of rows to import to improve runtimes
- Manually type the number of records to read in
(2) File Format
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(3) Search SubDirs
- Search Subdirectories to input other files with the same
name, type or structure
(4) Output File Name on Field
- Add a column showing source file name or full path
- By default, none of this information will be included with
the input data
Dynamic Input Data Tool ...... ANSWER ....... - Reads
multiple Sheets of Data from source .xlsx workbooks
-Templates set the guidelines for what information is
imported and how the information appears when all of
the sheets are read in
- If a sheet DOES NOT MATCH the template, it WILL NOT
BE IMPORTED
- Imported data is stacked VERTICALLY
