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How To: Reference Windows User, Paths, or other Environment Variables in a Workflow

MattD
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
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How To: Reference Windows User, Paths, or other Environment Variables in a Workflow

 

Did you know that you can call upon environment variables in Windows from a Formula tool?

 

Prerequisites

 

  • Alteryx Designer

 

Procedure

 

  1. To see the variables you have access to, navigate to Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Environment Variables on your Windows machine.

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  2. Take note of the names of the variables stored there.


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  3. If you want to include them in a workflow or report created with Alteyrx, just give them a call using the GetEnvironmentVariable() function:

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Comments
RodLight
8 - Asteroid

@MattD

Is there a place where all of the Alteryx environmental variables are found?

What I'm talking about are the variables that can be used in Email events (e.g., %User%, %NumErrors%, etc.)

Thanks

dawnh80
8 - Asteroid

@RodLight Aren't these stored in the C:\Program Files\Alteryx\bin folder?