Output file created during the workflow on gallery

I have a workflow on gallery that uses a script to unzip a docx, it then modifies document.xml with required data, and after that it uses another script to zip it up into docx.

The issue I'm having is that since it's not being created by any kind of output tool, final output.docx is not being detected by the workflow as an output file, so it's not being output on the gallery. What can I do to take a file in the same directory that the flow is in and output it?

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Frndly

Solved this myself via blob I/O

The issue I was having is that my final output was being created by running a script via run command tool, it wasn't created by any of the tools within the workflow directly. The fix was to capture output file via blob input and just copy it into the same directory, and this counted as output being created by the workflow, so it could be downloaded on gallery

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jrlindem

I'm not sure i'm completely following your explanation, but would it make sense to break those steps down and actually write the file(s) to a location between each step so that it does, in fact, write an intermediate file to reference?

Using the dynamic "temp" path and temp functions you can pretty easily write to the Gallery's (or your own) default temp location using \%temp%\ as the filepath and then you can recall that using the function [Engine.TempFilePath] to dynamically call that path back without having to know what it is; given the different environments.

For example:

I can write a file to this location: \%temp%\filename.xlsx|||sheetname
And then I can recall it, with a formula such as: [Engine.TempFilePath] + "filename.xlsx|||sheetname"

Hope that helps!

Frndly

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jrlindem

Nicely done! Yes, that approach is a good one too. For whatever the reason I tend to default to the run command tool instead of blob's but your solution is a good one too! Cheers and happy Alteryx'ing.

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