Folder Upload on Knime Webportal

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Internal ticket ID: UIEXT-81
Fix version(s): 5.4.0
Other related topic(s):

Request: Select multiple files or directories from File Upload widget

Hi. I’m using KNIME AP 4.3 and developing a workflow for the web portal. I want to ask the user to select a directory on their local drive (or alternatively, multiple files within the directory), and the workflow would then upload all files in the directory (or alternatively, all selected files in the directory) so the workflow can process them. The File Chooser widget looked promising, but it’s limited to selecting files or directories from a remote mountpoint. The File Upload widget allows s…

Local File Browser Configuration In local

Because the server doesn’t support folder upload functionality, now i am trying to ensure that configuration does the job atleast in the local machine. However the local file browser configuration also seems to support single file selection and not multiple files. The moment i select the folder and pass it to an excel reader, it doesn’t allow. Is there any way this can be achieved? The goal is that the user doesn’t get to see the logic and they only choose the folder in their local. TIA