Running a workflow on a drive that changes path letter designations between systems

MikeD

I am running a workflow on several different machines, and multiple external hard drives.  The data files are typically something like E:\Data\..., but could be C:\Data\... or other names, depending on which computer is used.  I cannot change any of the drive designations, even temporarily.   My workflow has about 30 distinct inputs.  Is there a way to set a variable at the start of the workflow that is then used to set the path to the data in the rest of the workflow ?  Right now I have to manually change the links to all 30 files when switching between machines.

Thanks

jasperlch

Hi @MikeD,

Yes you can create a user constant:

First, click on any white space on the canvas, in the configuration window, go to 'Workflow' tab and click on the "+" sign. Then input the name of your user constant, e.g. 'Drive' and input a value, e.g. "C" for now:

Then, in all your Input tools, put %User.Drive%:\Users\blablabla\test2.xlsx as your path:

When you run the workflow, the user constant, %User.Drive% will then be replaced by "C".

Next time, when the Drive changes, all you need to do it updated the value of the user constant in the configuration window

Hope this helps

Jasper