Designer Release Notes

To modernize the update experience and reduce IT overhead, Alteryx has decoupled Designer and Server updates. This change allows you to upgrade Designer independently from Server, so users can immediately access the latest Designer features without waiting for Server approval or environment upgrades. This improvement streamlines adoption, accelerates access to new functionality, and reduces delays especially for organizations with lengthy Server update cycles.

With this enhancement, assets built in newer versions of Designer are no longer blocked from being published to older Server environments. Instead of a blocking error, users will now see a warning and can choose whether to proceed, empowering teams with more flexibility while reducing workflow disruptions.

For important details (including potential limitations) and ongoing updates, go to Designer Server Version Compatibility.

Workflow Execution

In the 2025.2 release, the previous Designer-Server version compatibility limitations still apply to workflow execution. That is, you can't execute workflows created in a newer version of Designer than Server.

The 2026.1 release will be the first release where you can take advantage of the decoupling between Designer and Server. That is, you can upgrade Designer to 26.1 and save and execute 26.1 workflows in Server 25.2 (noting Potential Execution Impacts).

Over the past several releases, we've continued to build exciting new capabilities on the AMP engine. AMP delivers significant performance benefits and powers many of our newest features, including AMP-only tools like GenAI, Control Container, Rank, and Data Cleanse Pro. New workflows now use AMP by default, and new connectors are also AMP-only.

Today, AMP is where innovation in Designer is happening. As we look ahead, we're investing in AMP as the strategic engine for Alteryx One. Going forward, we will focus our innovations, development, and improvements on the AMP engine. Rest assured, the original Engine will still receive critical fixes until AMP adoption and migration are complete.

We are committed to investing in AMP as our primary Engine. To take advantage of what's next, we encourage you to begin your transition today. We're committed to supporting you every step of the way.

This content applies to the new Alteryx One Editions launched in spring 2025. It doesn't apply to accounts purchased earlier unless those accounts have migrated to one of the new editions.

We have updated the Designer user interface for Basic users and Full users who don't have access to certain add-ons. Full and Basic users can now clearly identify which settings and options they have access to based on their user type. As part of these updates, the Designer main menus, User Settings, and Workflow Configuration settings have been updated.

Control Containers

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.

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

To modernize the update experience and reduce IT overhead, Alteryx has decoupled Designer and Server updates. This change allows you to upgrade Designer independently from Server, so users can immediately access the latest Designer features without waiting for Server approval or environment upgrades. This improvement streamlines adoption, accelerates access to new functionality, and reduces delays, especially for organizations with lengthy Server update cycles.

With this enhancement, assets built in newer versions of Designer are no longer blocked from being published to older Server environments. Instead of a blocking error, users will now see a warning and can choose whether to proceed, empowering teams with more flexibility while reducing workflow disruptions.

For important details (including potential limitations) and ongoing updates, go to Designer Server Version Compatibility.

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.

Important

This content applies to the new Alteryx One Editions launched in spring 2025. It doesn't apply to accounts purchased earlier unless those accounts have migrated to one of the new editions.

We have updated the Designer user interface for Basic users and Full users who don't have access to certain add-ons. Full and Basic users can now clearly identify which settings and options they have access to based on their user type. As part of these updates, the Designer main menus, User Settings, and Workflow Configuration settings have been updated.