GCSE-382: Error: "Tool #31: Field_11: Starting running <FILEPATH> is not a number" when Runner tool runs a Workflow in Double-byte Named Path

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Error: “Tool #31: Field_11: Starting running <FILEPATH> is not a number”

 

Environment Details

 

Runner tool is not able to run workflow which is stored in a path containing double-byte characters. The following errors will occur:

 

ConvError: Runner (1): Tool #31: Field_11: Started running <FILEPATH> is not a number.
ConvError: Runner (1): Tool #23 ModuleFullPath: "<FILEPATH_WORKFLOW_NAME>" could not be fully converted from a WString to a String.

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The second error can be rectified by changing the data type of the fields in the Formula tool (Id: 23) in the CReW_Runner macro to "V_WString".

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After this, the first error will still show:
 

 ConvError: Runner (1): Tool #31: Field_11: Started running <FILEPATH> is not a number.

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• Alteryx Designer
  • Versions: All
• Alteryx Runner tool, CREW Macro - Runner tool
• Alteryx Engine
  • All

  

Cause

 

GCSE-382/GENG-2607 has been created to address this.
 

Resolution

 

Solution A: Workaround

Store the workflow in a non-double-byte named folder.

 

Solution B: Update Runner tool

Download and install the latest Runner tool (Nov 2022) release from Community Gallery.

 

Additional Resources

• Alteryx Runner Tool