Alteryx Day 13 - Sample Tool Tutorial | Select Rows & Create Data Subsets
17 February 2026·7 min
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đź“Š Sample Tool Tutorial | Select Rows & Create Data Subsets
In this lesson, we’ll explore how to use the Sample tool in Alteryx Designer to quickly select rows and create subsets of your data. You’ll learn how to grab the first records, last records, or every “n”th row, making it easy to test workflows and work with smaller datasets.
✅ What you’ll learn in this video:
- How to configure the Sample tool
- Selecting the first or last rows in a dataset
- Sampling every “n”th record
- Creating smaller subsets for testing
- Best practices for sampling large datasets efficiently
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll know how to confidently use the Sample tool to reduce dataset size, build test workflows, and speed up your data preparation process.
🔎 Perfect for:
Beginners learning Alteryx Designer
Analysts working with large datasets
Anyone preparing for Alteryx Core Certification
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