Data Bundle on Network Drive - In Scheduled Workflow

patrick_mcauliffe

I have a data bundle installed on a network drive and have been using it successfully for quite some time.

However, when I attempted to use spatial data in a scheduled workflow I hit an error that the workflow was unable to open the map data.

Error - ToolId 60: Error in Q:\AlteryxSrcData\Alteryx_Current_Live\AlteryxMap\TomTom_US_2015_Q1\Tele_Atlas_US_V6.map: Unable to open "Q:\AlteryxSrcData\Alteryx_Current_Live\AlteryxMap\TomTom_US_2015_Q1\Tele_Atlas_US_V6.map"

I've noticed in general that referencing a network path in a workflow by using its relative location will not work for a scheduled workflow.

The obvious workaround is to simply convert all dependencies to absolute prior to saving and scheduling the workflow.

The problem with this schenario being that one cannot convert the file path for the data pacakge through Designer.

I can't imagine I'm the only one in this situation.

Does everyone else just modify the .ini file to use an absolute path instead of the relative path for their data package?

dataMack

If your organization uses Active Directory, you may consider working with your IT dept to set up an AD group with both login drivemapping script and permissions to the shared folder.  That way any Alteryx users that need to access that dataset, would simply follow the existing IT process to get added to that AD group.  This would give you both consistent network drive mappings and control over access to the dataset.