Is there a way to ship a macro if there is no files in folder?

[Hamder83]

Hi 

This is a generic macro, used across multiple sources. It makes the default file it looks at is not linked to a specific workflow.

When I run a workflow, sometimes there is data, sometimes there is not.

If there is no data, I dont want to load the maro - because it passes metadata to the comming union.

Is there any way to avoid that?

[gawa · Accepted solution]

hi @Hamder83 

If you use version 2023.1, control container is suitable, which is a new feature since 2023.1 was out.

https://help.alteryx.com/20231/designer/control-container-tool

If you use version 2022.3 or older, Detour tool is suitable, but this is something difficult to configure, and makes workflow complicated a bit.

https://help.alteryx.com/20231/designer/detour-tool