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Input changes and links

pangersandmash
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

 

Does anyone know if there is a way to set up the input of the workflow so that it links a new file each time it is run?

 

I have a folder '2020' and then sub folders 'Jan', 'feb', ...etc. Within these is a 'payroll file- Jan', 'payroll file- feb' etc that is set up the exact same. Is there a way to automatically set up the file path so each time a new month is added to the '2020' folder, it will find the latest month of data?

 

Thanks

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BrandonB
Alteryx
Alteryx

Have you looked at the Directory tool in combination with a Dynamic Input tool? The Directory tool can pull in the file paths from a directory. You then follow that up with logic that sorts the files based on criteria. Finally, you use a sample tool to pull the first record after you sort (latest file) and run it through a Dynamic Input to read in the data. 

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