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Can my dynamic input tool bring in a field from previous tool?

wonka1234
10 - Fireball

 

Hi,

 

 

I use my dyanmic tool to read a bunch of files in using my "fullpath" field..

 

But in my prior tool I also have filename, can I bring that in addition to append to my dataset?

 

So i read in fullpath to get the data, but i want to bring in file name as a field. Is that possible?

 

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gabrielvilella
14 - Magnetar

You can enable the option to output the File Name or Full Path within the Dynamic Input, where you configure the template. 

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wonka1234
10 - Fireball

This is my data before my dynamic input tool:

 

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How do  bring in Rec_202208 to correspond with the 202208 data.

nduan
Alteryx
Alteryx

You can append the file name from your other tool by adding a summarize (group by file name) to get one record with the file name and then use the append tool to append it to the rest of your data. 

 

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Let us know if that works!

gabrielvilella
14 - Magnetar

Please follow the instruction I gave you. Go to Edit the template within the Dynamic Input (image below) and enable the Full Path or File Name as you see on the image above.

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wonka1234
10 - Fireball

@nduan  the problem with this is that it doubles my record count.

 

Ie my target has 2569 records and my source has 2 records

 

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sigh not sure how to map the dates to the correct read in records.

nduan
Alteryx
Alteryx

Can you try a find and replace and append the file name?

 

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DataNath
17 - Castor

Summarizing and appending/Find and Replacing the filename is massively convoluting this process - you can just do what @gabrielvilella has mentioned (twice) and tick a single box to carry the FileName through to the output of your Dynamic Input.

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