I have a large file where I would like to output multiple XLS files, one file per customer with that customer’s name and YYYY-MM as the filename.
I have this quick workflow where I use a grouploop to start grouping customer by customer, and a string manipulation to make the filename. I then have that filename variable set as a flow variable. I’d like it to then write the individual files, only I cannot get the dynamic file naming to work. Am I using the loop correctly? This is my first time looping in KNIME.
I get this error, that the filename must be absolute, when I try to use the flow variable to name it. How can I save it locally on my computer? I tried adding a path on my computer to the filename flow variable in the string manipulation, but that gave a ton of errors. Thanks in advance for all of your help, Eric.
depending on your OS an absolute path looks either like C:\WINDOWS\system32 (Windows) or /home/owner/ (Unix) so you’d have to create the appropriate file name.
Two potential solutions:
if you don’t need data for further processing I would go with Variable Loop End node. Also with String Manipulation you won’t create flow variable holding file name so you should use String Manipulation (Variable) node.
Check this topic:
Additionally I have done workflow example with latest KNIME version featuring path variables:
