Default file location in file broswer Interface

[shailesh_patel]

default file path in "File Browser" interface app would be a nice to have feature. Similar to what we have in Numeric, Text etc. interface app.

[BenG]

Hi Shailesh,

Thanks for the idea.  I think this makes a lot of sense and we'll consider it for future releases.

Ben

[cbridges]

Not sure if this is an add-on to the above idea or a new idea, but I find it frustrating that when you open the file navigation dialog to bring in an input or save an output, Alteryx doesn't "remember" where you were last. I don't know how anyone else works, but for me, many of the files I want to use as input/output live in the vicinity of the yxmd. I'm not sure what logic Alteryx is using to determine where it sends you first, but it frequently doesn't match my logic.

[LonnieY]

Related to these ideas.  Add a default location box to the data install screen.  In testing I continually reinstall data and don't always remember to scrutinize the file location assuming it's where I installed my last data.  But sometimes a different location is picked up and I end up with data files installed to hard-to-find locations.  When we wrote to the registry, the location was remembered.  Can a checkbox with "Make this Local Directory a default" be added to "Install to a Local Directory" or am I the only one misplacing data?

[sarikavooka]

Hi,

Is this resolved in any latest releases? We are in the same situation here on how to defualt to a location where all my files will be there. 

[david_rogers]

[david_rogers]

My question is...once I pick the file how do you get it to automatically process to the Browse.  I can't even get the file I choose to show up in the "Input Data" tool.

[phoebe_kelley]

Having the option to default to a file location would be super helpful in creating apps for users where I need them to reference a file in a specific location (our server can only read from certain network folders).