Alteryx Foundation Micro-Credential Practice Exam

Which of the following features would you use to manage multiple files within a directory structure?

1. Record limit

2. Search subdirs

3. Data blending

4. File parsing

The correct answer is: Search subdirs

The chosen feature, which allows you to manage multiple files within a directory structure, is specifically designed for navigating through a hierarchical arrangement of folders. By utilizing this feature, users can efficiently search for and access files located within various subdirectories. This capability is particularly useful when dealing with multiple files spread across different folders, ensuring that data analysts can retrieve necessary files without manually sifting through each directory. The other options, while relevant to data handling in Alteryx, do not address the management of files within a directory structure in the same way. For example, setting a record limit pertains to the maximum number of data records processed, which is more about data handling rather than file organization. Data blending involves combining data from multiple sources into a cohesive dataset, and file parsing focuses on interpreting the structure and content of individual files, not the broader file management tasks within directories.