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Change the way the Python tool handles reference shortcuts

patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I'm loving the new Python tool. One feature I'm missing is better handling of reference shortcuts. If my code is something like this

test="%Question.Text%"
test

and I run my workflow, it will replace %Question.Text% in the python tool's code like this:

test="Hello World"
test

Similar to the R tool (or any other tool really), I think my code should remain unchanged, but my variable test should be set to whatever value is is entered for Question.Text.

 

Thanks!

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kelkboom
7 - Meteor

This would be a really nice feature. Now you have to do this with a textInput macro. This is a workable work around, but not how it should be. 

 

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first define your parameters in the textInput macro.

 

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then capture you defined parameters from the input stream

jpoz
Alteryx
Alteryx

This is a defect rather than a feature idea. All tools should support this.

 

Tagging @KatieA@ScottC 

altrx002
5 - Atom

End of year 2023 and yet this basic functionality (access ALL constants in Python tool) is not implemented...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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