For companies that have migrated to OneDrive/Teams for data storage, employees need to be able to dynamically input and output data within their workflows in order to schedule a workflow on Alteryx Server and avoid building batch MACROs.
With many organizations migrating to OneDrive, a Dynamic Input/Output tool for OneDrive and SharePoint is needed.
- The existing Directory and Dynamic Input tools only work with UNC path and cannot be leveraged for OneDrive or SharePoint.
- The existing OneDrive and SharePoint tools do not have a dynamic input or output component to them.
- Users have to build work arounds and custom MACROS for a common problem/challenge.
- Users have to map the OneDrive folders to their machine (and server if published to the Gallery)
- This option generates a lot of maintenance, especially on Server, to free up space consumed by the local version when outputting the data.
The enhancement should have the following components:
OneDrive/SharePoint Directory Tool
- Ability to read either one folder with the option to include/exclude subfolders within OneDrive
- Ability to retrieve Creation Date
- Ability to retrieve Last Modified Date
- Ability to identify file type (e.g. .xlsx)
- Ability to read Author
- Ability to read last modified by
- Ability to generate the specific web path for the files
OneDrive/SharePoint Dynamic Input Tool
- Receive the input from the OneDrive/SharePoint Directory Tool and retrieve the data.
Dynamic OneDrive/SharePoint Output Tool
- Dynamically write the output from the workflow to a specific directory individual files in the same location
- Dynamically write the output to multiple tabs on the same file within the directory.
- Dynamically write the output to a new folder within the directory