Saving a file with today's time stamp

Question

Hello

I have a workflow in Alteryx which has many input files. For example, after all the processing, it produces an Output file. The output it gave me today will be used as a prior data file for tomorrow as an input. Basically, I need to save my output file as today's date stamp which will help me tomorrow as using the previous day's file as input. Can someone please suggest me how should I do this?

Thank you for your help in advance..!!

jerry239 · Answer

Hello Yoshiro

Thank you so much for looking into this..!!

Apologies for not mentioning it earlier, but my output file is Tableau Hyper. Which format should I follow for the same?

Yoshiro_Fujimori · Answer

Hi @jerry239 ,

I assume you want to use today's date as the filename of the output file, and the output file is in Excel format.

If so, you can add the file path with today's date in it with Formula tool and pass it to Output Data tool.

I hope this helps, but if it is not the case, please let me know what you need.

Workflow

Output Excel image

TimeStamp.yxmd