I have a workflow that works perfectly reading URI paths with the Excel Reader (deprecated) node. Now that I did the update I want to replace all the deprecated nodes with the new ones, but when I tried with the Excel Reader y lost the possibility to read the Custom/KNIME URL with the variable:
yes it is long but then you will know all about paths in KNIME which will help you in the future. Also you can take a look at this workflow that has a lot of waht you can do with Paths and URIs. Rule of thumb: you can convert nearly everything ito everything else with a little effort:
Then paths are the concept with which to locate files in KNIME. Here is how you create them:
I’ve deployed the conceptual sketch in to an executable workflow. Besides that, here I deliver a sketch tip -not included in .knwf-, displaying how it would be connected to a file system (i.e. SharePoint, GoogleDrive…)