Dynamic Input 22 Files

Question

I have a workflow that requires to input all files downloaded from a specific month with the directory tool. Since we have 22 workdays, I am trying to optimize the project without needing many tool to run this job, is there any way I can extract all of them from a single tool?

The filename always start with same id but has a change variable with yyyymmdd in the end. I don't have any example of the workflow because I haven't think in a solution yet.

JosephSerpis · Accepted Answer

Hi @victorcamargo there are multipe ways to tackle your ask the following article explains three ways to approach this.

acotta17 · Accepted Answer

Hi @victorcamargo,

You can easily achieve this by using the Input tool with an asterisk (*) instead of file name (eg.: \*.yxdb) to include all necessary input files from a single directory.

Additionally, you can add specific characters before or after the asterisk to filter files as needed.

I hope this helps!