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Avro Data Type Conversions

This section covers data type conversions between the Cloud Portal and the Avro file format.

Nota

The Alteryx data types listed in this page reflect the raw data type of the converted column. Depending on the contents of the column, the Transformer Page may re-infer a different data type, when a dataset using this type of source is loaded.

Import

Avro

Data Type

Alteryx Data Type

Notes

string

String

int

Integer

long

Integer

float

Decimal

double

Decimal

boolean

Bool

map

Object

array

Array

record

Object

enum

String

fixed

String

Export

On export, Alteryx data types are exported to their corresponding Avro types, with the following specific mappings:

Alteryx Data Type

Avro Data Type

Notes

Boolean

BOOLEAN

Integer

LONG

Decimal

DOUBLE

String

STRING

The fallback data type on export is STRING.