These two Table Reader nodes read .table formatted files. .table is a KNIME proprietary format optimized for speed and file size. The first Table reader node on the left reads the file using an absolute path and the standard file:// protocol. The second Table Reader node on the right reads the same file using a relative path and the knime:// protocol.
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