Reading files from external folder

felipeecst

Hi everyone,

I'm using Alteryx via API and want my workflow to read some files from a specific folder at each execution. When I save the workflow, Alteryx copies these files to its ProgramData folder. The problem is: when these files are updated on the original folder, Alteryx still uses the older version that was copied to the ProgramData folder.

Is there any way to make Alteryx always read from the original folder, instead of creating a local copy of the files?

Thanks in advance!

MarqueeCrew

@felipeecst,

I'm in an inspire16 session right now.  Please do have a look at this link for an idea of how to use the constants in your workflow.

http://help.alteryx.com/10.5/index.htm#Constants.htm

Thanks,

Mark