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Designer Cloud Educational can import data from a variety of flat file formats and other distributed sources.
NOTE: Designer Cloud Educational does not modify a source. Instead, a set of metadata is associated with the source data, which enables transformation of the source. On export, a new version of the data is written to one or more specified output destinations.
Steps:
When data is imported, a reference to it is stored by the platform as an imported dataset. The source data is not modified. In the application, you modify the recipe associated with a dataset to transform a sample of the imported data.
NOTE: Any user with a valid user account can import data from a local file.
Login to the application.
- In the menubar, click Library for Data.
- Click Import Data.
To add a dataset:
- Select the connection where your source is located.
- Upload:
- Select Upload to upload a file from your local desktop. You can select multiple files to upload. For this example, select only one file.
- Navigate and select the file or files for your source. Click Open.
- Backend storage, such as S3:
- Navigate and select the file or files for your source.
- To queue the dataset for uploading, click the Plus icon next to its name.
- You can select multiple files.
- Navigate and select the file or files for your source.
- Select the Add to new flow checkbox. This option creates a new flow, which is a container object for your Alteryx assets. Your imported dataset is added to it.
To begin working with your dataset, click Continue.
- The imported dataset and its containing flow are created.
- You can begin working with the dataset in the Transformer page. For more information, see Transform Basics.
Tip: If you are interested, you can create a visual profile of your source data before you begin transforming. For more information, see Profiling Basics.
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