Dynamic Input

Question

I have a workflow that writes output to an Excel file. Every day, it appends a new worksheet with a dynamic sheetname (today's date -1 business day (unless there's a bank holiday involved)).  I need to be able to then use this most recent worksheet as input when I run the workflow on the next business day. So I need to dynamically input the most recent file (which I know how to do) and the most recent worksheet (this is where I'm stuck). Especially since I can't really just apply a formula that says "hey grab the worksheet with yesterday's date" since the date might not actually be yesterday. Any suggestions?

apathetichell · Answer

and to get the most recent file - you can use a directory tool - sort descending on creation time, and then sample 1. This will give you the most recent file (presumably yesterday). - you can then feed this file in via a batch macro.

Felipe_Ribeir0 · Answer

Hi @KateC

After selecting the most recent file, you can use the dynamic input tool or the batch input macro to get all sheet names inside of that file

After that, you can build some logic to filter just the most recent sheet (it depends of the pattern of names of the sheets).

The attached example do something similar using the batch macro instead of the dynamic input tool.

Batch Macro Workflow.yxzp

KateC · Answer

I'm using USA bank holidays