Pushing Files from Alteryx Server to UNC path

Kamal_Chaurasia

We are trying to push files from Alteryx server to UNC path. I would like to know if there is any documentation around this. We need to pass username/password along with UNC path in the Alteryx script/workflow but I have no idea on this since I'm just a beginner.

UNC is an acronym for Universal Naming Convention or Uniform Naming Convention. Similar to a URL, a UNC path is a format for specifying the location of resources on a local network (LAN).

UNC uses the following format: \\server-name\shared-resource-pathname

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Hub119

I'm assuming you are referring to writing files from (or even reading in) a network server location via workflows or apps you have deployed to your Alteryx Gallery/Server?  Assuming this is the case, there is an easy fix for this.  Before saving your workflow/analytic app to your Gallery, first go into your workflow dependencies:

From here you can either convert all file paths to UNC with the "All UNC" button:

Or, click on the edit button next to individual files paths to update them individually (where again there is a convert to UNC option):

Clicking in either location will update your file paths to UNC which will then work on your Server/Gallery deployment:

Last, but not least... when uploading the file to the server, you will want to again update things with your workflow dependencies by clicking into the "manage workflow assets" option:

Unchecking the boxes on the next screen will make it so when your workflow/app runs it will read inputs from the designated location (instead of packaging a static copy of the file with the workflow upload) and write out to that designated location on your network as well (instead of giving you a file you need to download after running the workflow from the Gallery):