Designer Release Notes

We have introduced robust error suppression within Control Containers. Use this to prevent workflow failures due to localized issues, enable visibility into captured errors, and create intelligent routing logic.

With error suppression, fewer workflows fail unexpectedly, less manual effort is needed to rerun or patch jobs due to transient or expected issues, Server admins don't need to sift through noisy logs to find meaningful problems, and teams can automate more complex logic (for example, retries, conditionals) without external scripting. For details, go to Control Container Tool.

We have introduced robust error suppression within Control Containers. Use this to prevent workflow failures due to localized issues, enable visibility into captured errors, and create intelligent routing logic.

With error suppression, fewer workflows fail unexpectedly, less manual effort is needed to rerun or patch jobs due to transient or expected issues, Server admins don’t need to sift through noisy logs to find meaningful problems, and teams can automate more complex logic (for example, retries, conditionals) without external scripting. For details, go to Control Container Tool.

We have removed these tools from the Laboratory tool category:

• Transpose In-DB: If you still need to access this tool, right-click the Designer tool palette and select Show Deprecated Tools.
• The Connect JSON Builder and Connect Output tools have been officially deprecated and moved from the Laboratory category to the Connect category in Designer. Note that by default, the Connect category is hidden, as all tools within it are deprecated. As a result, you can't see these tools unless you specifically choose to Show Deprecated Tools in Designer.

These tools were experimental and not officially supported by Alteryx.

We have removed these tools from the Laboratory tool category

• Transpose In-DB: If you still need to access this tool, right-click the Designer tool palette and select Show Deprecated Tools.
• The Connect JSON Builder and Connect Output tools have been officially deprecated and moved from the Laboratory category to the Connect category in Designer. Note that by default, the Connect category is hidden, as all tools within it are deprecated. As a result, you can't see these tools unless you specifically choose to Show Deprecated Tools in Designer.

These tools were experimental and not officially supported by Alteryx.

Stored Procedures Support

We have added support for stored procedures via the Pre-SQL and Post-SQL statement functionality introduced in the 2025.1 release. This enhancement provides greater flexibility when working with In-DB tools. You can leverage stored procedures for tasks like data validation, logging, or cleanup operations, eliminating the need for external scripts. Stored procedure support is available via the Data Stream In, Data Stream Out, and Write Data In-DB tools.

Note

Stored procedures are supported for these connections:

• SQL Server for ODBC and Bulk Writer
• Oracle for ODBC Only

The GenAI tools are now installed with Designer Desktop 2025.2 and newer, so you don't need to install them separately. To get started, download and install Designer Desktop 2025.2 from Alteryx One.

Known Issues for Public Preview Users

• Workflows created with the Public Preview version of the GenAI tools don’t run as expected. To fix the issue, select each LLM Override and Prompt tool to initialize them. In some cases, replace the Public Preview LLM Override tool with the updated version from the GenAI tool palette.

• If you previously installed the Public Preview version of the GenAI tools, you must first delete the Public Preview tool folders before upgrading to Designer 25.2. Go to these folders:

  %PROGRAMDATA%\Alteryx\Tools
  %APPDATA%\Roaming\Alteryx\Tools
  

  Then delete these folders if they exist:

  • LLMOverride_2024_1
  • Prompt_1_0
  • Synthetic Input
  • Precision Match
  • Schema Fit