# Relative paths on KNIME Server **URL:** \ **Category:** KNIME Server\ **Created:** [April 13, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/relative-paths-on-knime-server/32110 "2021-04-13T13:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![takbb](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/takbb/32/57077_2.png) [@takbb](https://forum.knime.com/u/takbb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/relative-paths-on-knime-server/32110/2 "2021-04-13T16:40:10Z")
@christoffer_swanstroem, I wonder if this is a similar situation to the problem raised here, although it concerns different nodes. I don’t have a server so I can’t test out any ideas, but this thread may be of interest, especially if you need a quick workaround. > [@XLS Formatter (apply)](https://forum.knime.com/t/xls-formatter-apply/31976/10): > > Ok, so I had a problem the other day when trying to output xml using “xml combine and write”, which came about because I couldn’t get the node to work with relative paths. I’m not saying that this is the problem here, but maybe my solution could help in this instance (or maybe not! lol ) What I did was add a couple of nodes into the workflow. “Extract Context Properties” and “Java Edit Variable”. The first of those nodes gets the workflow “context” from which the Java Edit variable can then bui… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.knime.com/t/relative-paths-on-knime-server/32110)._