topic Re: Possible to feed multiple tools with same text box? in Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

Possible to feed multiple tools with same text box?

johnnykoung — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:10:12 GMT

Hi,

I have a text box input that asks the user for a year, is it possible to then feed that year to multiple tools? Or would I have to create a separate text box for each tool?

Thanks,

Johnny

Re: Possible to feed multiple tools with same text box?

JosephSerpis — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:12:06 GMT

You can use that text box with multiple tools. Do you have an example workflow you can share to showcase your challenge?

Re: Possible to feed multiple tools with same text box?

NickSm — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:12:29 GMT

Sure can, will just have a separate Action tool between the Text Input and the tool it's modifying.

Re: Possible to feed multiple tools with same text box?

johnnykoung — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:20:04 GMT

Ah, didn't know you could have multiple action tools for the same input. Figured it out from there, thanks so much!