File not found, yet preview shows me data from the file

Question

I must be missing something obvious here, so hope someone can push me in the right direction!

I have access to a single file on a server. Using the path, I can download the file to my desktop without issue. But when I try to access this file through Alteryx I get a "File not found" error. The strange thing is that I can Preview its contents, so why can´t the file be read?

It is a SAS file, if that should make any difference.

Per · Answer

@Qiu, that is actually a good question 🙂 I can´t replicate it now!

I will pray to the gods (in this case, the server admins) that I can get full folder access. This issue is probably as much a Windows/permission issue as it is related to Alteryx. Thanks for the suggestions though!

Qiu · Answer

@Per 
May I ask how do you download the file since you mentioned that you dont have the access for the parent folder?

Maybe we can replicate the copying processs in Alteryx as well?

Per · Answer

Yes, the SAS file itself is not the issue here, I believe.

As I don´t have access to the folder, I cannot just drag it into the canvas as proposed. However, if I download the file to my desktop, I CAN drag it into Alteryx, and everything works fine. But as the file is updated daily, that is not a task I want to have to do every day 🙂