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Simulation Summary Tool Icon Simulation Summary Tool

User Role Requirements

User Role*

Tool/Feature Access

Full User

Basic User

X

*Applies to Alteryx One Professional and Enterprise Edition customers on Designer versions 2025.1+.

The Simulation Summary tool helps you visualize simulated distributions and results from operations on those distributions. Obtain visual and quantitative analysis of input versus output variables.

This tool uses the R tool. Go to Options > Download Predictive Tools and sign in to the Alteryx Downloads and Licenses portal to install R and the packages used by the R tool. Go to Download and Use Predictive Tools for more information.

Connect an Input

Connect an Alteryx data stream with fields to visualize and analyze.

Configure the Tool

  • Select the output fields: Select the fields to analyze for effects of independent variables. A field can be chosen as an independent variable and a dependent variable.

  • Select the input fields: Select the fields to analyze for effects on the dependent variables.

View the Output

Connect a Browse tool to each output anchor to view results.

  • D anchor: This is the data output.

  • R anchor: This output displays the Sensitivity Analysis Report.

  • I anchor: This output shows an interactive dashboard that displays a histogram of each field as well as summary statistics.