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Cloud Engines

Cloud Native mode workflows in Designer Cloud support multiple cloud execution engines. Depending on your workflow and cloud environment, you might use different engines for larger jobs or for pushdown execution. These are available cloud engines in Designer Cloud:

  • Alteryx Engine

    Designer Cloud Native (CDF-AMP) Engine differs from the Desktop (AMP) Engine. To learn about the key differences between the two, go to Alteryx Desktop and Cloud Native Engine Difference.

  • Dataproc Engine

    Dataproc is a distributed spark engine. For more information, go to Dataproc Engine.

  • EMR Spark

    To configure EMR serverless if you're using Spark/EMR processing, go to Designer Cloud and EMR Serverless in AWS.

  • Snowflake

    Snowflake is available with Snowflake connection. For more information, go to Snowflake Connections.

  • Google BiqQuery

    Google BiqQuery is available with Google BigQuery connection. For more information, go to Google BigQuery Connections.

  • Databricks SQL or Databricks Spark

    Based on the workflow, Designer Cloud would convert the workflow and run on SQL or Spark or combined.