Alteryx Interview Questions

1. Why would an organization use a tool like Alteryx?

2. What are some of the key features or capabilities that Alteryx offers?
3. What is Alteryx server?
4. What is Alteryx Analytics Gallery?
5. What Is An Analytic Application?
6. What Is The Analytics Gallery?
7. What Is A Viewer?
8. What Is A Member?
9. What Is A Data Artisan?
10. What Is Required To Run Applications In The Public Gallery?
11. What Is Required To Run An Application In A Private Collection?
12. What Is Required To Build Applications?
13. What Is Required To Publish Applications In The Analytics Gallery?
14. How Do I Run An Application?
15. What Kinds Of Reports Can An Application Create?
16. What Kinds Of Tabular And Spatial Data Output Can An Application Create?
17. What Browsers Are Supported By The Analytics Gallery?
18. How Can An Application Be Shared?
19. What Are The Options If I Want To Publish An Application And Data That Exeed 100mb?
20. Are There Limits To The File Size Of Applications And/or Data Published In The Analytics Gallery?
AlterYX Interview Questions And Answers
Question # 1) Why would an organization use a tool like Alteryx?
Answer # Alteryx offers easy to learn solutions that allow organizations to quickly prepare, blend, and analyze data in a 
timely manner regardless of the business intelligence skillset the staff withholds. Alteryx supports dataset feeds from multiple 
platforms that can be used in the same repeatable workflow. Alteryx is used by organizations that want to have a quick 
turnaround in analyzing data without having to create custom code.
Question # 2) What are some of the key features or capabilities that Alteryx offers?
Answer # Alteryx Designer is the main tool that Alteryx offers. The Alteryx Designer allows a user to create repeatable 
workflows from an easy to learn interface with the capability of connecting to multiple platforms, blend, cleanse, and produce 
analytics results. The Alteryx Designer includes the following tools:
Input/Output – Access data from locations such as on a local desktop, in a relational database, in the cloud, or third-party 
systems and deliver that data to a wide variety of formats and sources.
Preparation – Ease the process of getting data ready for analysis or downstream processes with a set of drag and drop tools that 
eliminate the need for SQL coding and complex formulas.
Join – Working with multiple sources of data doesn’t need to be difficult. Blend multiple data sources regardless of the data 
structure and formats through a number of tools.
Predictive – Get access to over 30 prepackaged tools of the most widely used procedures for predictive analytics, grouping, and 
forecasting to help analyst throughout the predictive analytics process.
Spatial – Geospatial data can offer a wealth of information, take advantage of location based data to make more informed 
decisions and understand things like trade areas, drive-time analysis, and more.
Investigation – Before a process or analysis takes place, analysts need to understand the details of the data before they can dive 
into to deeper analysis.

Parse & Transform – Data comes in all shapes and formats and many times it needs to be restructured and re-shaped in order for 
the data to be analyzed- parsing and transformation tools help users change the data to the format they need for further analysis.

Question # 3) What is Alteryx server?

Answers # Alteryx Server enhances the use of the Alteryx Designer because it allows you to share your results between 
users, teams or departments. The processing of the workflows occurs on the server instead of the individual’s workstation.

Question # 4) What is Alteryx Analytics Gallery?

Answers # Alteryx Analytics Gallery gives the organization the opportunity to process the workflows in the cloud. This 
allows an organization to process large datasets (Big Data) in a centralized and single environment.
Question # 5) What Is An Analytic Application?
Answer # Pre-packaged data and analytic integration published to the Alteryx Analytics Gallery by Data Artisans to answer 
specific strategic analytics questions.
Question # 6) What Is The Analytics Gallery?
Answer # The Analytics Gallery is a publicly hosted web service where applications can be published, securely shared, and 
run in the cloud.
Question # 7) What Is A Viewer?

Answer # A Viewer is a free user of the Analytics Gallery. A Viewer can run all applications published in the Public Gallery.

Question # 8) What Is A Member?

Answer # A Member is a user who can run applications that are shared privately through Collections. A Membership is granted 
by a Data Artisan. A Member also shares the privileges of a Viewer to run all applications published in the Public Gallery.

Question # 9) What Is A Data Artisan?

Answer # A Data Artisan is a user who creates analytic applications using the Alteryx Designer Desktop and then shares 
them publicly and/or privately in the Analytics Gallery. A Data Artisan also shares the privileges of a Member.
Question # 10) What Is Required To Run Applications In The Public Gallery?
Answer # Anyone can sign up and become a Viewer, with the ability to run all applications in the Public Gallery, for free. As 
soon as you confirm your email, you will have access to the Public Gallery.
Alteryx Technical Interview Questions
AlterYX Interview Questions # 11) What Is Required To Run An Application In A Private
Collection?
Answer # You must be a Member to run applications shared in private Collections. Memberships are granted by Data 
Artisans, who create and share applications.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 12) What Is Required To Build Applications?
Answer # Applications are built with Alteryx Designer Desktop. Download the Designer Desktop Free Trial.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 13) What Is Required To Publish Applications In The
Analytics Gallery?
Answer #  Applications are published from the Alteryx Designer Desktop into a private Studio.
A Studio is automatically created for license holders of the Designer Desktop.
Trial users of the Designer Desktop can set up a Studio with a 30-Day Studio Free Trial
A user with the Designer Desktop and a private Studio is known as a Data Artisan.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 14) How Do I Run An Application?

Answer # Click on the title of an application to view application details and click the Run button; or simply click the icon.

Configure the application to suit your needs. Depending upon the application, you might be prompted to enter an address for 
geocoding, to input a customer file for demographic analysis, or to select data from a range of choices that apply to your 
business.
Click the Run button at the bottom of the application.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 15) What Kinds Of Reports Can An Application Create?
Answer # Depending upon how the application was built, it may produce Word, Excel, HTML, and/ or PDF files, containing 
a variety of text, tables, charts and maps.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 16) What Kinds Of Tabular And Spatial Data Output Can An
Application Create?
Answer #  Depending upon how the application was built, it may produce CSV, MDB/ ACCDB, DBF, FlatFile, MID/ MIF, 
SHP, TAB, YXDB, and/or KML files.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 17) What Browsers Are Supported By The Analytics Gallery?
Answer #
Internet Explorer (IE8 or higher)
Firefox
Google Chrome
Safari
AlterYX Interview Questions # 18) How Can An Application Be Shared?
Answer #  When an application is published in a Studio, all Data Artisans belonging to that Studio can access it.
An application in a Studio can also be shared to the Public Gallery, where anyone can access it.
An application in a Studio can also be shared in a Collection. Any users added to the Collection can access it.
Are Chained Applications Supported In The Analytics Gallery?
At present, chained applications are not supported.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 19) What Are The Options If I Want To Publish An
Application And Data That Exeed 100mb?
Answers # Use the Cloud Connector tools within the Designer Desktop to host your data on the cloud.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 20) Are There Limits To The File Size Of Applications And/or
Data Published In The Analytics Gallery?
Answer #  Yes, applications and data are limited to 100MB.
Advanced Alteryx Interview Questions
AlterYX Interview Questions # 21) What Tool Configurations Or Question Types Cannot Be
Used In The Analytics Gallery?
Answer #  Input and output files referenced by Tools must be in the same directory as the application.
The application Question type “Folder Browse” cannot be used in applications published to the web.
In the application Question type “File Browse,” the “Save As Dialog” configuration cannot be
checked.
Application results (under analytic application properties) cannot include Browse tools.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 22) What Capabilities In The Designer Desktop Cannot Be
Used In The Analytics Gallery?
Answer # The following tools are prohibited in applications published in the Analytics Gallery.
Run Command tool
Run Command event
R tool (Macros included in the Designer Desktop that use the R tool are permitted.)
Email tool
Send Email event
Download tool
AlterYX Interview Questions # 23) Can I Publish Applications Using Private Data?
A) Yes, applications using private data can be published in your private Studio, and can be shared in Collections. They cannot be 
shared in the Public Gallery.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 24) What Is “private Data?”
A) A license of the Alteryx Designer Desktop may include a variety of private data sets, including demographic data, 
psychographic data, business list and consumer list.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 25) How Can I Share An Application Through Email Or Social
Media?
A) (Public Gallery applications only) Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click the Sharing 
button to share via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 26) How Can I Remove An Application From The Public
Gallery?
A) Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click the Sharing button and choose “Remove from 
Public Gallery.”
AlterYX Interview Questions # 27) How Can I Share An Application In The Public Gallery?
A) Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click the Sharing button and choose “Place in 
Public Gallery.”
AlterYX Interview Questions # 28) Can I Allow Users Within My Collection To Share It With
Others?
A) Each Collection includes a checkbox on the upper right that states “Other users may share this collection.” When this box is 
checked, anyone in the Collection will have the ability to add other users to the Collection.
The Data Artisan who created the Collection will see the names of any additional users who are added to the Collection, and can 
remove them.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 29) When I Add A New Application To A Collection, Are The
Users In That Collection Notified?
A) Yes.
AlterYX Interview Questions # 30) Is There A Limit To The Number Of Applications Or
Users I Can Add To A Collection?
A) No.
Advanced Alteryx Interview Questions And Answers
31) How Can I Find Users To Add To A Collection?
A) Select the Collection and use the Search Users field on the right. Any registered users of the Analytics Gallery that match 
your search terms will be returned.
Additionally, you can add someone who has not registered with the Alteryx Analytics Gallery by entering a valid email address. 
An invitation will be sent.
32) What Types Of Users Can Run Private Applications In A Collection?
A) If an application in a Collection has not been shared in the Public Gallery, Viewers (who have been invited to join the 
Collection) can view the application, but cannot run it. Only Data Artisans and Members can run the application.
33) Can A Viewer Who Is Added To A Collection Run The Applications In The Collection?
A) Only those applications in the Collection that have also been shared in the Public Gallery by the Data Artisan can be run by 
the Viewer.
34) What Types Of Users Can Be Added To A Collection?
A) Data Artisans, Members, and Viewers can all be added to a Collection. You can even enter the email address of someone who 
has not yet visited the Analytics Gallery.
35) My Organization Has More Than One Data Artisan. Who Controls The Distribution Of
Memberships?
A) At present, all Data Artisans have equal access to Membership distribution under Studio Settings.
Alteryx Tool Interview Questions
36) I Am A Data Artisan Or Member. I Want To Run An Application Shared With Me From A
Different Organization. Do I Need A Membership From That Organization?
A) No. A single Analytics Gallery Membership entitles you to run private applications shared from any Collection.
37) As A Data Artisan, Do I Also Need A Membership?
A) No, Data Artisans are also Members.
38) Can An Application Be Added To More Than One Collection?
A) Yes.
39) What Applications Can Be Added To A Collection?
A) Only applications published in the Data Artisan’s Studio may be added to a Collection. Applications in the Data Artisan’s 
Studio may also (at their discretion) be shared in the Public Gallery. However, applications in the Public Gallery that were 
published from other Studios cannot be added to a Collection.
40) As A Data Artisan, How Can I Tell How Many Memberships I Have To Distribute?
A) Click on your User Name to go to your Settings.
Select the Studio Tab.
Find “Memberships available to distribute” in the Members section.
Alteryx Designer Interview Questions
41) As A Data Artisan, How Do I Grant A Membership To Someone?
A) Click on your User Name to go to your Settings.
Select the Studio Tab.
In the Members section, enter an Email address or User Name.
42) As A Data Artisan, How Can I Share An Application Privately With Someone?
A) Publish an application from the Designer Desktop to your private Studio.
Add the application to a Collection.
Add the User to the Collection. In order to run the application, the user must be a Member.
43) What are the advantage and disadvantages of Alteryx Designer?
Advantage:
1. Alteryx has fantastic blending capabilities
2. Alteryx can interact with most popular databases and files available today
3. Alteryx is the only ETL tool in the market that can output a tableau data extract (TDE)
 4. Alteryx is not just an ETL tool, it can be used to perform a whole lot of analytics on your data
5. Alteryx integrates with R seamlessly and can be used for predictive modelling.
6. Alteryx can also be used to build reports with prompt filters
Disadvantages:
1. While Alteryx outputs a tableau data extract seamlessly it cannot read a similar extract
2. Alteryx does not have good support for special characters
3. Alteryx is not stable and crashes frequently when multiple users access the same workflow on
the server
4. Slight learning curve to understand all the tools and some of the Statistical R packages aren’t
always straightforward.
44) How do you turn annotations on and off?
A) Per Tool: You can turn them on/off per tool, meaning you want to keep some annotations while omitting others. To do this 
click on the individual tool. Go to Annotation from the Properties window and in the Display Mode, select the appropriate 
choice.
Per Module : There is a toggle switch on the Module Properties window where you can either turn all the annotations on or off 
for that particular module. Additionally you can have greater control leaving this feature on and controlling the annotations per 
tool as described above.
Through Global Settings: You can set up the global settings so that Annotations will appear the same way for each and every 
module and tool.
45) What is the difference between the Transpose tool and the CrossTab tool?
A) The Transpose and CrossTab tools are alike in that they both transform the orientation of your data, but are opposite in their 
behavior.
The Transpose tool pivots horizontal data to a vertical axis. The CrossTab performs the reverse, pivoting vertical data to the 
horizontal axis, by summarizing the data on a grouping field.
Alteryx Certification Questions
46) How can you save an expression ?
A) Expressions can be saved so that they can be used over and over again without having to create them from scratch.
Create your expression using a combination of selecting variables and inserting them into functions . Once you are happy with 
the formulated expression, click the Saved Expression tab. Hit the Save button and specify a name for your expression. Your 
expression is now saved for future use.
47) You received the following error, “No Values found before GetMean()” – What does
this mean?
A) Check your configurations upstream. If there is an Allocate Append tool, be sure the spatial object specified in the drop down 
selection is a polygon object and NOT a point object. If the error is coming from a Reporting Map tool, ensure you are not 
choosing Smart Tiling on a String field as a Thematic mapping tile mode.
48) How can you change a word or a character or remove it?
A) From the File menu, go to Open Sample –> Basic Samples –> Data Problem and Solution Flexibility
49) How can you change a field type?
A) Primarily the best place to change a field’s type is through the Formula tool. There is more control for custom conversion 
through the formula tool.
The next best place to change a field’s type is the Select tool or, there are a number of tools that have an embedded select within 
the tool.
Therefore you can change a field’s type there as well. Tools that contain an embedded select are: Join, Join Multiple, Append 
Fields, Spatial Match, and Find Nearest
50) Why would an organization choose Alteryx opposed to other open or semi-open source
applications?
A) There are many reasons why a company or user would choose to use Alteryx instead of other open or semi-opened 
applications. Reputation and ratings can have a large impact on what tool to use and Alteryx has the following 
acknowledgements in the Gardner Magic Quadrants:
Top quartile for complexity of analysis
Top quartile for overall ease of use
Top quartile for customer experience and operations
Rated highest for product quality
Top quartile for top support
51) Why did Alteryx decide to integrate R for predictive analytics over other
programming?
A) Integration of R allows Alteryx to utilize a third party solution that many users may already have had exposure too as well as 
enhance the analytical capabilities by including predictive modeling and spatial analytics.
The predictive analytics become part of the entire workflow in Alteryx which results in a quicker turnaround in getting the end 
results.
52) Tell me about your greatest work related accomplishment.
A) Explain interviewer with the best work related accomplichment in your previous company. How did you plan, execute and 
achieve that task.
53) At our company we value organization. Tell us about a time when you were particularly effective on prioritizing tasks and 
completing a project on schedule.
54) What experience do you have using team-based messaging applications?
55) What do you think you will like about this Alteryx role with our company?
56) How do you keep up-to-date on new technologies and trends in this industry?

57) We want to hire people, who have the desire to lead others. How many people did you supervise at your last position?
1Q.Why would an organization use a tool like Alteryx?

Alteryx offers easy to learn solutions that allow organizations to quickly prepare, blend, and analyze data in a
timely manner regardless of the business intelligence skillset the staff withholds. Alteryx supports dataset feeds
from multiple platforms that can be used in the same repeatable workflow. Alteryx is used by organizations that
want to have a quick turnaround in analyzing data without having to create custom code.

2Q.What did you bring to the #drivenbydata Summit?

My focus at #DrivenByData was to cover the idea that Analytics is for the People. More empowerment. Better
context. Great data-driven decision-making should be democratized to everyone.
3Q.What are some of the key features or capabilities that Alteryx offers?
Alteryx Designer is the main tool that Alteryx offers. The Alteryx Designer allows a user to create repeatable
workflows from an easy to learn interface with the capability of connecting to multiple platforms, blend, cleanse,
and produce analytics results. The Alteryx Designer includes the following tools:
>> Input/Output – Access data from locations such as on a local desktop, in a relational database, in the cloud,
or third-party systems and deliver that data to a wide variety of formats and sources.
>> Preparation – Ease the process of getting data ready for analysis or downstream processes with a set of
drag and drop tools that eliminate the need for SQL coding and complex formulas.
>> Join – Working with multiple sources of data doesn’t need to be difficult. Blend multiple data sources
regardless of the data structure and formats through a number of tools.
>> Predictive – Get access to over 30 prepackaged tools of the most widely used procedures for predictive
analytics, grouping, and forecasting to help analyst throughout the predictive analytics process.
>> Spatial – Geospatial data can offer a wealth of information, take advantage of location based data to make
more informed decisions and understand things like trade areas, drive-time analysis, and more.
>> Investigation – Before a process or analysis takes place, analysts need to understand the details of the data
before they can dive into to deeper analysis.
>> Parse & Transform – Data comes in all shapes and formats and many times it needs to be restructured and
re-shaped in order for the data to be analyzed- parsing and transformation tools help users change the data to
the format they need for further analysis.

Alteryx Server enhances the use of the Alteryx Designer because it allows you to share your results between users, teams or departme

Alteryx Analytics Gallery gives the organization the opportunity to process the workflows in the cloud. This allows
an organization to process large datasets (Big Data) in a centralized and single environment.
4Q. How can you change a word or character or remove it?
From the File Menu, go to Open Sample --> Basic Samples --> Data Problem and Solution Flexibility.
5Q. What Is An Analytic Application?
In order to answer specific strategic analytics questions proposed by Data Artisans Pre-packaged data and
analytic integration published to the Alteryx Analytics Gallery.
Q.Why would an organization choose Alteryx opposed to other open or semi-open source applications?

There are many reasons why a company or user would choose to use Alteryx instead of other open or semi-
opened applications. Reputation and ratings can have a large impact on what tool to use and Alteryx has the
following acknowledgements in the Gardner Magic Quadrants:
Top quartile for complexity of analysis
Top quartile for overall ease of use
Top quartile for customer experience and operations
Rated highest for product quality
Top quartile for top support
WHAT IS ALTERYX?

Alteryx is an American computer software company based in Irvine, California, with a development center in B
Colorado. The company’s products are used for data blending and advanced data analytics. Alteryx has a stated
enabling advanced analytics to be performed by non-specialists.
WHAT IS AN ANALYTIC APPLICATION?
Pre-packaged data and analytic integration published to the Alteryx Analytics Gallery by Data Artisans to answer
strategic analytics questions.
WHAT IS THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
The Analytics Gallery is a publicly hosted web service where applications can be published, securely shared, and
cloud.
WHAT IS A VIEWER?
A Viewer is a free user of the Analytics Gallery. A Viewer can run all applications published in the Public Gallery.
WHY WOULD AN ORGANIZATION CHOOSE ALTERYX OPPOSED TO OTHER OPEN OR SEMI-OPEN SOURCE APPLICATIONS?
There are many reasons why a company or user would choose to use Alteryx instead of other open or semi-ope
applications. Reputation and ratings can have a large impact on what tool to use and Alteryx has the following
acknowledgements in the Gardner Magic Quadrants:
Top quartile for complexity of analysis
Top quartile for overall ease of use
Top quartile for customer experience and operations
Rated highest for product quality
Top quartile for top support
In addition to the recognition that Alteryx has received from Gardner’s Magic Quadrants, Alteryx has an advantag
offering a one in all solution and also partners with other vendors to strengthen the capability of the solutions.
WHAT IS A MEMBER?

A Member is a user who can run applications that are shared privately through Collections. A Membership is gran
Data Artisan. A Member also shares the privileges of a Viewer to run all applications published in the Public Galle

WHAT IS A DATA ARTISAN?

A Data Artisan is a user who creates analytic applications using the Alteryx Designer Desktop and then shares th
and/or privately in the Analytics Gallery. A Data Artisan also shares the privileges of a Member.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO RUN APPLICATIONS IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY?
Anyone can sign up and become a Viewer, with the ability to run all applications in the Public Gallery, for free. As
confirm your email, you will have access to the Public Gallery.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO RUN AN APPLICATION IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION?
You must be a Member to run applications shared in private Collections. Memberships are granted by Data Artisa
create and share applications.
WHY DID ALTERYX DECIDE TO INTEGRATE R FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS OVER OTHER PROGRAMMING?
Integration of R allows Alteryx to utilize a third party solution that many users may already have had exposure too
enhance the analytical capabilities by including predictive modeling and spatial analytics. The predictive analytics
of the entire workflow in Alteryx which results in a quicker turnaround in getting the end results.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BUILD APPLICATIONS?
Applications are built with Alteryx Designer Desktop. Download the Designer Desktop Free Trial.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH APPLICATIONS IN THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
Applications are published from the Alteryx Designer Desktop into a private Studio.
A Studio is automatically created for license holders of the Designer Desktop.
Trial users of the Designer Desktop can set up a Studio with a 30-Day Studio Free Trial
A user with the Designer Desktop and a private Studio is known as a Data Artisan.
HOW DO I RUN AN APPLICATION?
Click on the title of an application to view application details and click the Run button; or simply click the icon.
Configure the application to suit your needs. Depending upon the application, you might be prompted to enter an
geocoding, to input a customer file for demographic analysis, or to select data from a range of choices that apply
business.
Click the Run button at the bottom of the application.
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF RUNNING AN APPLICATION?

Applications can be authored to create a variety of different reports and data outputs. When the application proce
finishes, the results will appear in the same window as the questions you answered before running the applicatio

Reports can be previewed after an application has completed by clicking on the Preview link.
Additionally, results for applications that have been run can be found in the application detail view, and the “App R
on the left of the screen.
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WHAT KINDS OF REPORTS CAN AN APPLICATION CREATE?
Depending upon how the application was built, it may produce Word, Excel, HTML, and/ or PDF files, containing
text, tables, charts and maps.
WHAT KINDS OF TABULAR AND SPATIAL DATA OUTPUT CAN AN APPLICATION CREATE?
Depending upon how the application was built, it may produce CSV, MDB/ ACCDB, DBF, FlatFile, MID/ MIF, SHP
and/or KML files.
I RAN AN APPLICATION BUT I CLOSED THE WINDOW BEFORE IT FINISHED RUNNING. HOW CAN I VIEW THE RESULTS?
Application results are stored with your account and can be accessed at any time. As long as you are signed in,
any applications that have finished running can be found in two places:
Under the application details page for an application.
Under “App Results” (visible on the left side of the screen when you are signed in).
HOW CAN I VIEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT AN APPLICATION?
Click on the name of an application to view details, such as the upload date, description, author, studio, copyrigh
of times run. The application details page also includes buttons enabling you to Run, Share, and (if enabled) Dow
application.
WHAT BROWSERS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
Internet Explorer (IE8 or higher)
Firefox
Google Chrome
Safari
HOW CAN I FIND THE APPLICATIONS I NEED?
Each section of the Analytics Gallery features a context-sensitive Search field you can use to find applications.
Searching in the Public Gallery returns applications in the Public Gallery.
Searching in the Studio tab returns applications in your Studio.
Searching in a Collection returns applications in the Collection.
Additionally, a Collection created by you will offer a second search window, which allows you to find applications
and add them to your Collection.
WHAT IS A STUDIO?
A Studio contains all of the applications published by the Data Artisans within an organization.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE APPLICATIONS PUBLISHED IN A STUDIO?

All of the Data Artisans within an organization, and only those Data Artisans, can view and run any applications in
HOW CAN I RENAME MY STUDIO?
Click on your User Name to go to your Settings.
Select the Studio Tab.
Enter a new name in the Studio Name field.
Click the save button.
HOW CAN AN APPLICATION BE SHARED?
When an application is published in a Studio, all Data Artisans belonging to that Studio can access it.
An application in a Studio can also be shared to the Public Gallery, where anyone can access it.
An application in a Studio can also be shared in a Collection. Any users added to the Collection can access it.
ARE CHAINED APPLICATIONS SUPPORTED IN THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
At present, chained applications are not supported.
WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS IF I WANT TO PUBLISH AN APPLICATION AND DATA THAT EXEED 100MB?
Please use the Cloud Connector tools within the Designer Desktop to host your data on the cloud.
ARE THERE LIMITS TO THE FILE SIZE OF APPLICATIONS AND/OR DATA PUBLISHED IN THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
Yes, applications and data are limited to 100MB.
WHAT TOOL CONFIGURATIONS OR QUESTION TYPES CANNOT BE USED IN THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
Input and output files referenced by Tools must be in the same directory as the application.
The application Question type “Folder Browse” cannot be used in applications published to the web.
In the application Question type “File Browse,” the “Save As Dialog” configuration cannot be checked.
Application results (under analytic application properties) cannot include Browse tools.
I BUILT AN APPLICATION THAT USES A PROHIBITED TOOL IN A SAFE MANNER. HOW CAN I APPLY FOR AN EXEMPTION?
Email curator@alteryx.com and explain how and why each prohibited tool is used, along with the general purpos
application.
Publish the application in your Private Studio and check the box “Others may download this application.”
Add the application to a Collection and share it with curator@alteryx.com.
Your application will be reviewed and an exemption may be made to allow it to be run.
WHAT CAPABILITIES IN THE DESIGNER DESKTOP CANNOT BE USED IN THE ANALYTICS GALLERY?
The following tools are prohibited in applications published in the Analytics Gallery.
Run Command tool
Run Command event
R tool (Macros included in the Designer Desktop that use the R tool are permitted.)
Email tool
Send Email event
Download tool
CAN I PUBLISH APPLICATIONS USING PRIVATE DATA?
Yes, applications using private data can be published in your private Studio, and can be shared in Collections. Th
shared in the Public Gallery.
WHAT IS ``PRIVATE DATA?``
A license of the Alteryx Designer Desktop may include a variety of private data sets, including demographic data
psychographic data, business list and consumer list.
HOW CAN I SHARE AN APPLICATION THROUGH EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA?
(Public Gallery applications only) Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click th
button to share via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.
HOW CAN I REMOVE AN APPLICATION FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY?
Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click the Sharing button and choose “Re
Public Gallery.”
HOW CAN I SHARE AN APPLICATION IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY?
Click on the name of an application to view the application details page. Click the Sharing button and choose “Pl
Gallery.”
I PUBLISHED AN APPLICATION AND SHARED IT IN A COLLECTION (OR IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY). SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE
THE APPLICATION IN THE DESIGNER DESKTOP. CAN I UPDATE IT?
First, select the original version and delete it. Next, re-publish the application and add it to your Collection (or to t
Gallery)
CAN I ALLOW USERS WITHIN MY COLLECTION TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS?
Each Collection includes a checkbox on the upper right that states “Other users may share this collection.” When
checked, anyone in the Collection will have the ability to add other users to the Collection.
The Data Artisan who created the Collection will see the names of any additional users who are added to the Co
can remove them.
WHEN I ADD A NEW APPLICATION TO A COLLECTION, ARE THE USERS IN THAT COLLECTION NOTIFIED?
Yes.
IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS OR USERS I CAN ADD TO A COLLECTION?
No.
COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND?

I’m George Mathew, President and COO of Alteryx. I’m responsible for Products, Marketing, and Strategy a
background has been in BI and Analytics for a good part of a decade now. Previously I was the Group VP a
for SAP Business Objects BI. I tend to be very focused on data analytics especially as they impact busines
Using technology products to solve massive business problems is what I live for.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ALTERYX? CAN YOU PRESENT THE COMPANY AND SPEAK ABOUT ITS P
FUTURE CHALLENGES?

Alteryx has been a rocket ship of growth these past few years. Primarily, this is driven by the idea that more
users should have better tools to drive self-reliant analytic work.This has been the generational shift of our
enterprise software that we’ve been gaining tremendous tailwind from. Alteryx added 400 new subscribing c
and 10s of thousands of new users this past year. Naturally, this kind of explosive growth has it’s own intrin
challenges. Frankly, I’m delighted in how well Alteryx is serving our core data analysts customers in their on
analytic success. So the associated growth challenges are more than welcome in comparison to being unlo
irrelevant software in this amazing market!

Today, we have more than 800 customers worldwide relying on Alteryx daily, and our focus is to ensure we
empower line-of-business analysts, enabling them to discover and share ever-greater business critical insig

WHAT DID YOU BRING TO THE #DRIVENBYDATA SUMMIT?

My focus at #DrivenByData was to cover the idea that Analytics is for the People. More empowerment. Bet
Great data-driven decision-making should be democratized to everyone.
IN YOUR OPINION WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY BIG DATA AND TH
OF THINGS CONCERNING BUSINESS?

Business users are still underpowered in terms of their direct ability to take advantage of data in their decision-m
processes. This is both the most important challenge and the biggest opportunity that product and service provid
Data, Analytic, IoT arena. At the same time, security concerns around data spillage are preventing organizations
building a ‘culture of data’ from within.
WHAT IS / ARE THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION(S) ABOUT BIG DATA IN YOUR VIEW?
The biggest misconception about big data is the notion of big. All data in various sizes and forms matters. T
importance of data is not just the size of data but what insights you can derive from it.
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DATA SCIENCE AND DATA INTELLIGENCE – HOW DO YOU SEE THIS?
I think data science, data analytics, and business intelligence are more of a continuum of work vs. separate
tasks.
BIG DATA IS CAUSING ENTERPRISES TO FIND NEW WAYS TO LEVERAGE INFORMATION SOURCES TO DRIVE GROWTH. WHA
SUGGESTIONS?
Focus on analytic decision-making. Keep a ‘diary’ of what decisions you made with data (big, small, and ev
between). The most important thing about data is how you use it for a possible analytic decision.
HOW CAN YOU USE BIG DATA ANALYTICS OR LARGE AND COMPLEX DATASETS TO PREDICT FUTURE CUSTOMER BEHAVIO
AND OUTCOMES?

The blending of internal, external, 3rd party, cloud sources help deliver far richer tapestry for understanding
behavior, social media sentiment, and outcome modeling. We are really focused on delivering these capab
business users, in particular, the data analysts that have been vastly underserved in their analytical needs.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF DATA INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY HOW CAN BUSINESSES SUSTAIN AN INFORMATION AND ANALY
CAPABILITY?

Reflecting the wider priorities of the business landscape overall, agility and efficiency are critical to working
with the surging volumes of data that organisations now analyse. This means that speed is key. In fact, acc
Alteryx research, 72% of business and analytics leaders aren’t satisfied with how long it takes to get the ins
need from data. Despite strides forward, it still takes too long to process and analyse. According to 90% of
leaders, the ability to bring together and blend data from various sources is the main cause. With analysts a
makers drawing on information in data centres, cloud apps, and even Excel spreadsheets on their desktops
blend these sources is vital, and this is very time consuming for many businesses. This is where Alteryx de
immediate value to its customers, through its intuitive drag-and-drop, code-free interface. Data blending no
to take days or weeks, but minutes or hours instead.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OR CAPABILITIES THAT ALTERYX OFFERS?
Alteryx Designer is the main tool that Alteryx offers. The Alteryx Designer allows a user to create repeatable wor
an easy to learn interface with the capability of connecting to multiple platforms, blend, cleanse, and produce ana
The Alteryx Designer includes the following tools:
>> Input/Output – Access data from locations such as on a local desktop, in a relational database, in the clo
party systems and deliver that data to a wide variety of formats and sources.
>> Preparation – Ease the process of getting data ready for analysis or downstream processes with a set of
drop tools that eliminate the need for SQL coding and complex formulas.
>> Join – Working with multiple sources of data doesn’t need to be difficult. Blend multiple data sources regard
data structure and formats through a number of tools.
>> Predictive – Get access to over 30 prepackaged tools of the most widely used procedures for predictive
grouping, and forecasting to help analyst throughout the predictive analytics process.
>> Spatial – Geospatial data can offer a wealth of information, take advantage of location based data to make
informed decisions and understand things like trade areas, drive-time analysis, and more.
>> Investigation – Before a process or analysis takes place, analysts need to understand the details of the
they can dive into to deeper analysis.
>> Parse & Transform – Data comes in all shapes and formats and many times it needs to be restructured
shaped in order for the data to be analyzed- parsing and transformation tools help users change the data to the f
need for further analysis.
Alteryx Server enhances the use of the Alteryx Designer because it allows you to share your results between use
departments. The processing of the workflows occurs on the server instead of the individual’s workstation.
Alteryx Analytics Gallery gives the organization the opportunity to process the workflows in the cloud. This allows
organization to process large datasets (Big Data) in a centralized and single environment.
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE A WORD OR CHARACTER OR REMOVE IT?
From the File Menu, go to Open Sample –> Basic Samples –> Data Problem and Solution Flexibility.
HOW CAN I FIND USERS TO ADD TO A COLLECTION?
Select the Collection and use the Search Users field on the right. Any registered users of the Analytics Gallery th
search terms will be returned.
Additionally, you can add someone who has not registered with the Alteryx Analytics Gallery by entering a valid e
An invitation will be sent.
WHAT TYPES OF USERS CAN RUN PRIVATE APPLICATIONS IN A COLLECTION?
If an application in a Collection has not been shared in the Public Gallery, Viewers (who have been invited to
Collection) can view the application, but cannot run it. Only Data Artisans and Members can run the applica
CAN A VIEWER WHO IS ADDED TO A COLLECTION RUN THE APPLICATIONS IN THE COLLECTION?
Only those applications in the Collection that have also been shared in the Public Gallery by the Data Artisan can
the Viewer
WHAT TYPES OF USERS CAN BE ADDED TO A COLLECTION?
Data Artisans, Members, and Viewers can all be added to a Collection. You can even enter the email address of
who has not yet visited the Analytics Gallery.
MY ORGANIZATION HAS MORE THAN ONE DATA ARTISAN. WHO CONTROLS THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERSHIPS?
At present, all Data Artisans have equal access to Membership distribution under Studio Settings.
I AM A DATA ARTISAN OR MEMBER. I WANT TO RUN AN APPLICATION SHARED WITH ME FROM A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION
MEMBERSHIP FROM THAT ORGANIZATION?
No. A single Analytics Gallery Membership entitles you to run private applications shared from any Collection.
AS A DATA ARTISAN, DO I ALSO NEED A MEMBERSHIP?
No, Data Artisans are also Members.
CAN AN APPLICATION BE ADDED TO MORE THAN ONE COLLECTION?
Yes.
WHAT APPLICATIONS CAN BE ADDED TO A COLLECTION?
Only applications published in the Data Artisan’s Studio may be added to a Collection. Applications in the Data A
may also (at their discretion) be shared in the Public Gallery. However, applications in the Public Gallery that wer
from other Studios cannot be added to a Collection.
AS A DATA ARTISAN, HOW CAN I TELL HOW MANY MEMBERSHIPS I HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE?
Click on your User Name to go to your Settings. Select the Studio Tab. Find “Memberships available to distribute
Members section
AS A DATA ARTISAN, HOW DO I GRANT A MEMBERSHIP TO SOMEONE?
Click on your User Name to go to your Settings.
Select the Studio Tab.
In the Members section, enter an Email address or User Name.
AS A DATA ARTI60. AS A DATA ARTISAN, HOW CAN I SHARE AN APPLICATION PRIVATELY WITH SOMEONE?SAN, HOW CAN I S
APPLICATION PRIVATELY WITH SOMEONE?
Publish an application from the Designer Desktop to your private Studio.
Add the application to a Collection.
Add the User to the Collection. In order to run the application, the user must be a Member.
Power BI Interview Questions – General Questions

1). What are the parts of Microsoft self-service business intelligence solution?

Ans: Microsoft has two parts for Self-Service BI

Parts of Self-Service BI

It allows users to create an

interactive report by
importing data from
Excel BI Toolkit
different sources and model
data according to report
requirement.

It is the online solution that

enables you to share the
interactive reports and
Power BI
queries that you have
created using the Excel BI
Toolkit.
2). What is self-service business intelligence?

Ans: Self-Service Business Intelligence (SSBI)

SSBI is an approach to data analytics that enables business users to filter, segment, and, analyze their data, without
the in-depth technical knowledge in statistical analysis, business intelligence (BI).
SSBI has made it easier for end users to access their data and create various visuals to get better business insights.

Anybody who has a basic understanding of the data can create reports to build intuitive and shareable dashboards.

3). What is Power BI?

Ans: Power BI is a cloud-based data sharing environment. Once you have developed reports using Power Query,
Power Pivot and Power View, you can share your insights with your colleagues. This is where Power BI enters the
equation. Power BI, which technically is an aspect of SharePoint online, lets you load Excel workbooks into the cloud
and share them with a chosen group of co-workers. Not only that, but your colleagues can interact with your reports to
apply filters and slicers to highlight data. They are completed by Power BI, a simple way of sharing your analysis and
insights from the Microsoft cloud.

Power BI features allow you to:

Share presentations and queries with your colleagues.

Update your Excel file from data sources that can be on-site or in the cloud.
Display the output on multiple devices. This includes PCs, tablets, and HTML 5-enabled mobile devices that use the
Power BI app.
Query your data using natural language processing (or Q&A, as it is known).

4). What is Power BI Desktop?

Ans: Power BI Desktop is a free desktop application that can be installed right on your own computer. Power BI
Desktop works cohesively with the Power BI service by providing advanced data exploration, shaping, modeling, and
creating report with highly interactive visualizations. You can save your work to a file or publish your data and reports
right to your Power BI site to share with others.

5). What data sources can Power BI connect to?

Ans: The list of data sources for Power BI is extensive, but it can be grouped into the following:
Files: Data can be imported from Excel (.xlsx, xlxm), Power BI Desktop files (.pbix) and Comma Separated
Value (.csv).
Content Packs: It is a collection of related documents or files that are stored as a group. In Power BI, there are two
types of content packs, firstly those from services providers like Google Analytics, Marketo or Salesforce and secondly
those created and shared by other users in your organization.
Connectors to databases and other datasets such as Azure SQL, Databaseand SQL, Server Analysis Services
tabular data, etc.

6). What are Building Blocks in Power BI?

Ans: The following are the Building Blocks (or) key components of Power BI:

1. Visualizations: Visualization is a visual representation of data.

Example: Pie Chart, Line Graph, Side by Side Bar Charts, Graphical Presentation of the source data on top of
Geographical Map, Tree Map, etc.

2. Datasets: Dataset is a collection of data that Power BI uses to create its visualizations.
Example: Excel sheets, Oracle or SQL server tables.

3. Reports: Report is a collection of visualizations that appear together on one or more pages.
Example: Sales by Country, State, City Report, Logistic Performance report, Profit by Products report etc.

4. Dashboards: Dashboard is single layer presentation of multiple visualizations, i.e we can integrate one or more
visualizations into one page layer.
Example: Sales dashboard can have pie charts, geographical maps and bar charts.

5. Tiles: Tile is a single visualization in a report or on a dashboard.

Example: Pie Chart in Dashboard or Report.

7). What are the different types of filters in Power BI Reports?

Ans: Power BI provides variety of option to filter report, data and visualization. The following are the list of Filter types.

Visual-level Filters: These filters work on only an individual visualization, reducing the amount of data that the
visualization can see. Moreover, visual-level filters can filter both data and calculations.
Page-level Filters: These filters work at the report-page level. Different pages in the same report can have
different page-level filters.
Report-level Filters: There filters work on the entire report, filtering all pages and visualizations included in the
report.

We know that Power BI visual have interactions feature, which makes filtering a report a breeze. Visual interactions are
useful, but they come with some limitations:

The filter is not saved as part of the report. Whenever you open a report, you can begin to play with visual filters but
there is no way to store the filter in the saved report.
The filter is always visible. Sometimes you want a filter for the entire report, but you do not want any visual indication of
the filter being applied.

8). What are content packs in Power BI?

Ans: Content packs for services are pre-built solutions for popular services as part of the Power BI experience. A
subscriber to a supported service, can quickly connect to their account from Power BI to see their data through live
dashboards and interactive reports that have been pre-built for them. Microsoft has released content packs for popular
services such as Salesforce.com, Marketo, Adobe Analytics, Azure Mobile Engagement, CircuitID, comScore Digital
Analytix, Quickbooks Online, SQL Sentry and tyGraph.
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packs to share purpose-built dashboards, reports, and datasets within their organization.

Power BI Interview Questions – DAX

9). What is DAX?

Ans: To do basic calculation and data analysis on data in power pivot, we use Data Analysis Expression (DAX). It is
formula language used to compute calculated column and calculated field.

DAX works on column values.

DAX can not modify or insert data.
We can create calculated column and measures with DAX but we can not calculate rows using DAX.

Sample DAX formula syntax:

For the measure named Total Sales, calculate (=) the SUM of values in the [SalesAmount] column in the Sales table.

A- Measure Name
B- = – indicate beginning of formula
C- DAX Function
D- Parenthesis for Sum Function
E- Referenced Table
F- Referenced column name

10). What are the most common DAX Functions used?

Ans: Below are some of the most commonly used DAX function:

SUM, MIN, MAX, AVG, COUNTROWS, DISTINCTCOUNT

IF, AND, OR, SWITCH
ISBLANK, ISFILTERED, ISCROSSFILTERED
VALUES, ALL, FILTER, CALCULATE,
UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT, NATURALINNERJOIN, NATURALLEFTEROUTERJOIN,
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS, ISEMPTY,
VAR (Variables)
GEOMEAN, MEDIAN, DATEDIFF

11). How is the FILTER function used?

Ans: The FILTER function returns a table with a filter condition applied for each of its source table rows. The FILTER
function is rarely used in isolation, it’s generally used as a parameter to other functions such as CALCULATE.

FILTER is an iterator and thus can negatively impact performance over large source tables.
Complex filtering logic can be applied such as referencing a measure in a filter expression.
FILTER(MyTable,[SalesMetric] > 500)
12). What is special or unique about the CALCULATE and CALCULATETABLE functions?

Ans: These are the only functions that allow you modify filter context of measures or tables.

Add to existing filter context of queries.

Override filter context from queries.
Remove existing filter context from queries.

Limitations:

Filter parameters can only operate on a single column at a time.

Filter parameters cannot reference a metric.

13). What is the common table function for grouping data?

Ans: SUMMARIZE()

Main groupby function in SSAS.

Recommended practice is to specify table and group by columns but not metrics.You can use ADDCOLUMNS function.

SUMMARIZECOLUMNS

New group by function for SSAS and Power BI Desktop; more efficient.
Specify group by columns, table, and expressions.

14). What are some benefits of using Variables in DAX ?

Ans: Below are some of the benefits:

By declaring and evaluating a variable, the variable can be reused multiple times in a DAX expression, thus avoiding
additional queries of the source database.
Variables can make DAX expressions more intuitive/logical to interpret.
Variables are only scoped to their measure or query, they cannot be shared among measures, queries or be defined at
the model level.

15). How would you create trailing X month metrics via DAX against a non-standard calendar?

Ans: The solution will involve:

1. CALCULATE function to control (take over) filter context of measures.

2. ALL to remove existing filters on the date dimension.
3. FILTER to identify which rows of the date dimension to use.

Alternatively, CONTAINS may be used:

CALCULATE(FILTER(ALL(‘DATE’),…….))

16). What are the different Excel BI add-in?

Ans: Below are the most important BI add-in to Excel:

Power Query: It helps in finding, editing and loading external data.

Power Pivot: Its mainly used for data modeling and analysis.

Power View: It is used to design visual and interactively reports.

Power Map: It helps to display insights on 3D Map.

Power BI Interview Questions – Power Pivot

17). What is Power Pivot?

Ans: Power Pivot is an add-in for Microsoft Excel 2010 that enables you to import millions of rows of data from multiple
data sources into a single Excel workbook. It lets you create relationships between heterogeneous data, create
calculated columns and measures using formulas, build PivotTables and PivotCharts. You can then further analyze the
data so that you can make timely business decisions without requiring IT assistance.
18). What is Power Pivot Data Model?

Ans: It is a model that is made up of data types, tables, columns, and table relations. These data tables are typically
constructed for holding data for a business entity.

19). What is xVelocity in-memory analytics engine used in Power Pivot?

Ans: The main engine behind power pivot is the xVelocity in-memory analytics engine. It can handle large amount of
data because it stores data in columnar databases, and in memory analytics which results in faster processing of data
as it loads all data to RAM memory.

21). What are some of differences in data modeling between Power BI Desktop and Power Pivot for Excel?

Ans: Here are some of the differences:

Power BI Desktop supports bi-directional cross filtering relationships, security, calculated tables, and Direct Query
options.
Power Pivot for Excel has single direction (one to many) relationships, calculated columns only, and supports import
mode only. Security roles cannot be defined in Power Pivot for Excel.

22). Can we have more than one active relationship between two tables in data model of power pivot?

Ans: No, we cannot have more than one active relationship between two tables. However, can have more than one
relationship between two tables but there will be only one active relationship and many inactive relationship. The
dotted lines are inactive and continuous line are active.

Power BI Interview Questions – Power Query

23). What is Power Query?

Ans: Power query is a ETL Tool used to shape, clean and transform data using intuitive interfaces without having to
use coding. It helps the user to:

Import Data from wide range of sources from files, databases, big data, social media data, etc.
Join and append data from multiple data sources.
Shape data as per requirement by removing and adding data.

24). What are the data destinations for Power Queries?

Ans: There are two destinations for output we get from power query:

1. Load to a table in a worksheet.

2. Load to the Excel Data Model.

25). What is query folding in Power Query?

Ans: Query folding is when steps defined in Power Query/Query Editor are translated into SQL and executed by the
source database rather than the client machine. It’s important for processing performance and scalability, given limited
resources on the client machine.

26). What are some common Power Query/Editor Transforms?

Ans: Changing Data Types, Filtering Rows, Choosing/Removing Columns, Grouping, Splitting a column into multiple
columns, Adding new Columns ,etc.

27). Can SQL and Power Query/Query Editor be used together?

Ans: Yes, a SQL statement can be defined as the source of a Power Query/M function for additional processing/logic.
This would be a good practice to ensure that an efficient database query is passed to the source and avoid
unnecessary processing and complexity
by the client machine and M function.

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28). What are query parameters and Power BI templates?

Ans:Query parameters can be used to provide users of a local Power BI Desktop report with a prompt, to specify the
values they’re interested in.

The parameter selection can then be used by the query and calculations.
PBIX files can be exported as Templates (PBIT files).
Templates contain everything in the PBIX except the data itself.

Parameters and templates can make it possible to share/email smaller template files and limit the amount of data
loaded into the local PBIX files, improving processing time and experience .

29). Which language is used in Power Query?

Ans: A new programming language is used in power query called M-Code. It is easy to use and similar to other
languages. M-code is case sensitive language.

30). Why do we need Power Query when Power Pivot can import data from mostly used sources?

Ans: Power Query is a self-service ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool which runs as an Excel add-in. It allows users
to pull data from various sources, manipulate said data into a form that suits their needs and load it into Excel. It is
most optimum to use Power Query over Power Pivot as it lets you not only load the data but also manipulate it as per
the users needs while loading.

Power BI Interview Questions – Power Map

31). What is Power Map?

Ans: Power Map is an Excel add-in that provides you with a powerful set of tools to help you visualize and gain insight
into large sets of data that have a geo-coded component. It can help you produce 3D visualizations by plotting upto a
million data points in the form of column, heat, and bubble maps on top of a Bing map. If the data is time stamped, it
can also produce interactive views that display, how the data changes over space and time.

32). What are the primary requirement for a table to be used in Power Map?

Ans: For a data to be consumed in power map there should be location data like:

Latitude/Longitude pair
Street, City, Country/Region, Zip Code/Postal Code, and State/Province, which can be geolocated by Bing

The primary requirement for the table is that it contains unique rows. It must also contain location data, which can be in
the form of a Latitude/Longitude pair, although this is not a requirement. You can use address fields instead, such as
Street, City, Country/Region, Zip Code/Postal Code, and State/Province, which can be geolocated by Bing.

33). What are the data sources for Power Map?

Ans: The data can either be present in Excel or could be present externally. To prepare your data, make sure all of the
data is in Excel table format, where each row represents a unique record. Your column headings or row headings
should contain text instead of actual data, so that Power Map will interpret it correctly when it plots the geographic
coordinates. Using meaningful labels also makes value and category fields available to you when you design your tour
in the Power Map Tour Editor pane.

To use a table structure which more accurately represents time and geography inside Power Map, include all of the
data in the table rows and use descriptive text labels in the column headings, like this:
In case you wish to load your data from an external source:

1. In Excel, click Data > the connection you want in the Get External Data group.
2. Follow the steps in the wizard that starts.
3. On the last step of the wizard, make sure Add this data to the Data Model is checked.

Power BI Interview Questions – Additional Questions

34). What is Power View?

Ans: Power View is a data visualization technology that lets you create interactive charts, graphs, maps, and other
visuals which bring your data to life. Power View is available in Excel, SharePoint, SQL Server, and Power BI.

The following pages provide details about different visualizations available in Power View:

Charts
Line charts
Pie charts
Maps
Tiles
Cards
Images
Tables
Power View
Multiples Visualizations
Bubble and scatter charts
Key performance indicators (KPIs)

35). What is Power BI Designer?

Ans: It is a stand alone application where we can make Power BI reports and then upload it to Powerbi.com, it does
not require Excel. Actually, it is a combination of Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power View.

36). Can we refresh our Power BI reports once uploaded to cloud (Share point or Powebi.com)?

Ans: Yes we can refresh our reports through Data Management gateway(for sharepoint), and Power BI Personal
gateway(for Powerbi.com)

37). What are the different types of refreshing data for our published reports?

Ans: There are four main types of refresh in Power BI. Package refresh, model or data refresh, tile refresh and visual
container refresh.

Package refresh

This synchronizes your Power BI Desktop, or Excel, file between the Power BI service and OneDrive, or SharePoint
Online. However, this does not pull data from the original data source. The dataset in Power BI will only be updated
with what is in the file within OneDrive, or SharePoint Online.

Model/data refresh

It referrs to refreshing the dataset, within the Power BI service, with data from the original data source. This is done by
either using scheduled refresh, or refresh now. This requires a gateway for on-premises data sources.

Tile refresh

Tile refresh updates the cache for tile visuals, on the dashboard, once data changes. This happens about every fifteen
minutes. You can also force a tile refresh by selecting the ellipsis (…) in the upper right of a dashboard and
selecting Refresh dashboard tiles.

Visual container refresh

Refreshing the visual container updates the cached report visuals, within a report, once the data changes.
To know more about data refresh and understand how to implement data refresh, you can check the following link.

38). Is Power BI available on-premises?

Ans: No, Power BI is not available as a private, internal cloud service. However, with Power BI and Power BI Desktop,
you can securely connect to your own on-premises data sources. With the On-premises Data Gateway, you can
connect live to your on-premises SQL Server Analysis Services, and other data sources. You can also scheduled
refresh with a centralized gateway. If a gateway is not available, you can refresh data from on-premises data sources
using the Power BI Gateway – Personal.

39). What is data management gateway and Power BI personal gateway?

Ans: Gateway acts a bridge between on-premises data sources and Azure cloud services.

Personal Gateway:

Import Only, Power BI Service Only, No central monitoring/managing.

Can only be used by one person (personal); can’t allow others to use this gateway.

On-Premises Gateway:

Import and Direct Query supported.

Multiple users of the gateway for developing content.
Central monitoring and control.

40). What is Power BI Q&A?

Ans: Power BI Q&A is a natural language tool which helps in querying your data and get the results you need from it.
You do this by typing into a dialog box on your Dashboard, which the engine instantaneously generates an answer
similar to Power View. Q&A interprets your questions and shows you a restated query of what it is looking from your
data. Q&A was developed by Server and Tools, Microsoft Research and the Bing teams to give you a complete feeling
of truly exploring your data.

41). What are some ways that Excel experience can be leveraged with Power BI?

Ans: Below are some of the ways through which we can leverage Power BI:

The Power BI Publisher for Excel:

Can be used to pin Excel items (charts, ranges, pivot tables) to Power BI Service.
Can be used to connect to datasets and reports stored in Power BI Service.
Excel workbooks can be uploaded to Power BI and viewed in the browser like Excel Services.
Excel reports in the Power BI service can be shared via Content Packs like other reports.
Excel workbooks (model and tables) can be exported to service for PBI report creation.
Excel workbook Power Pivot models can be imported to Power BI Desktop models.

42). What is a calculated column in Power BI and why would you use them?

Ans: Calculated Columns are DAX expressions that are computed during the model’s processing/refresh process for
each row of the given column and can be used like any other column in the model.

Calculated columns are not compressed and thus consume more memory and result in reduced query performance.
They can also reduce processing/refresh performance if applied on large fact tables and can make a model more
difficult to maintain/support given
that the calculated column is not present in the source system.

43). How is data security implemented in Power BI ?

Ans: Power BI can apply Row Level Security roles to models.

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A DAX expression is applied on a table filtering its rows at query time.
Dynamic security involves the use of USERNAME functions in security role definitions.
Typically a table is created in the model that relates users to specific dimensions and a role.

44). What are many-to-many relationships and how can they be addressed in Power BI ?

Ans: Many to Many relationships involve a bridge or junction table reflecting the combinations of two dimensions (e.g.
doctors and patients). Either all possible combinations or those combinations that have occurred.

Bi-Directional Crossfiltering relationships can be used in PBIX.

CROSSFILTER function can be used in Power Pivot for Excel.
DAX can be used per metric to check and optionally modify the filter context.

45). Why might you have a table in the model without any relationships to other tables?

Ans: There are mainly 2 reasons why we would have tables without relations in our model:

A disconnected table might be used to present the user with parameter values to be exposed and selected in slicers
(e.g. growth assumption.)
DAX metrics could retrieve this selection and use it with other calculations/metrics.
A disconnected table may also be used as a placeholder for metrics in the user interface.
It may not contain any rows of data and its columns could be hidden but all metrics are visible.

46). What is the Power BI Publisher for Excel?

Ans: You can use Power BI publisher for Excel to pin ranges, pivot tables and charts to Power BI.

The user can manage the tiles – refresh them, remove them, in Excel.
Pinned items must be removed from the dashboard in the service (removing in Excel only deletes the connection).
The Power BI Publisher for Excel can also be used to connect from Excel to datasets that are hosted in the Power BI
Service.
An Excel pivot table is generated with a connection (ODC file) to the data in Azure.

The Publisher installs all necessary drivers on local machine to establish connectivity .

47). What are the differences between a Power BI Dataset, a Report, and a Dashboard?

Ans: Dataset: The source used to create reports and visuals/tiles.

A data model (local to PBIX or XLSX) or model in an Analysis Services Server

Data could be inside of model (imported) or a Direct Query connection to a source.

Report: An individual Power BI Desktop file (PBIX) containing one or more report pages.

Built for deep, interactive analysis experience for a given dataset (filters, formatting).
Each Report is connected to atleast one dataset
Each page containing one or more visuals or tiles.

Dashboard: a collection of visuals or tiles from different reports and, optionally, a pinned.

Built to aggregate primary visuals and metrics from multiple datasets.

48) What are the three Edit Interactions options of a visual tile in Power BI Desktop?

Ans: The 3 edit interaction options are Filter, Highlight, and None.

Filter: It completely filter a visual/tile based on the filter selection of another visual/tile.

Highlight: It highlight only the related elements on the visual/tile, gray out the non-related items.

None: It ignore the filter selection from another tile/visual.

49). What are some of the differences in report authoring capabilities between using a live or direct query
connection such as to an Analysis Services model, relative to working with a data model local to the Power BI
Desktop file?

Ans: With a data model local to the PBIX file (or Power Pivot workbook), the author has full control over the queries,
the modeling/relationships, the metadata and the metrics.

With a live connection to an Analysis Services database (cube) the user cannot create new metrics, import new data,
change the formatting of the metrics, etc – the user can only use the visualization, analytics, and formatting available
on the report canvas.

With a direct query model in Power BI to SQL Server, for example, the author has access to the same features (and
limitations) available to SSAS Direct Query mode.

Only one data source (one database on one server) may be used, certain DAX functions are not optimized, and the
user cannot use Query Editor functions that cannot be translated into SQL statements.

50). How does SSRS integrate with Power BI?

Ans: Below are some of the way through which SSRS can be integrated with Power BI:

Certain SSRS Report items such as charts can be pinned to Power BI dashboards.
Clicking the tile in Power BI dashboards will bring the user to the SSRS report.
A subscription is created to keep the dashboard tile refreshed.
Power BI reports will soon be able to be published to SSRS portal