Central change to input / output data file path for a workflow

Ed_Leech

I have a workflow which uses data saved in folders organised by month (so Jan 20, Feb 20 etc), and needs to save output to the same monthly folders. Ideally the file names would also have a date suffix.

Is there a way to define the date(s) centrally for the workflow so that all input / output file paths update automatically?

CharlieS

On the Input tool, there should be an option when a file is referenced to "Output FIle Name as Field". This appends the file name (or complete path) to the rest of your input data.

Using this, you could potentially only update the input file and the outputs could be updated accordingly. If you would like the user to select one folder for all the inputs and output, you'd need to turn this workflow into an app by adding some Interface tools the user will interact with that can update all input/output tools simultaneously. 

Hopefully that all made sense. Let us know what we can do to help in this process.