Passing a variable to a formula tool in Macro

I am trying to pass a values to a formula tool (inside a macro) to use for calculations.

I have a workflow from with i want to pass the creation date to a macro.The macro is designed as a batch macro.And using this creation date i will name my files.

I tried adding an action to the formula tool,but it does not seem to be working.Attaching the screenshots

Thanks

Nidhin

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JordanB

Hi @Nidhin

If you are passing the same date into the input tool and the formula tool you will be able to use one control parameter and two action tools.

Inside the action tool can you make sure you are selecting replace a specific string and remove just the quotes around the value you have in the formula tool.

It seems you have null in the formula tool, but to ensure you are replacing the correct value, I would suggest adding a dummy date in the field in quotes. You can select the value and use 'replace a specific string'. Please just remove the quotes, do not delete the whole string a type the date.

This applies the same for the file path. Please delete everything but the date you are replacing.

2019-01-03 08_01_17-Window.png

Best,

Jordan

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JordanB

Hi @Nidhin

If you are passing the same date into the input tool and the formula tool you will be able to use one control parameter and two action tools.

Inside the action tool can you make sure you are selecting replace a specific string and remove just the quotes around the value you have in the formula tool.

This applies the same for the file path. Please delete everything but the date you are replacing.

2019-01-03 08_01_17-Window.png

Best,

Jordan

Nidhin

Hi Jordan,

Thanks for the reply.

But i need to pass the date as per the creation date of the files.I cannot hard code the date by Replacing with specific string function.

My purpose is to identify the creation date (from Directory tool) and use that info to generate sheet names inside the macro.

Is there a way to do this ?

Nidhin

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