Application error on the server

Question

Hello Team,

I am publishing an application to the gallery with seven chained applications. All my input and output files are relative. The application runs successfully on the designer but after publishing it on the server. It shows the following error. Kindly help.

• Error opening the file "Record #1: Tool #199: C:\ProgramData\Alteryx\Service\Staging\32796_a1563f70953d48c497e876f83430c4b9\_externals\3\section15(2g)_schedule.yxdb": The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (123) (ToolId: -1)

DataNath · Accepted Answer

Does the machine running your server have access to this directory? If not, the application won't be able to run as it's trying to reference a local location that it can't communicate with. I believe the best approach for running apps that constantly reference changing input/output files is to used a shared network drive where files are visible/accessible to both users on their local machines, as well as the machine hosting your server.

(The reason it currently runs fine in designer is because your local machine can access the file).