Unable to use flow variables in e.g. Excel Writer

[rdk]

I realize the there a entry of the same title in this forum - but using String to Path (variable) node does not solve the issue - Excel Writer still displays next to the File field.

What I am trying to do is to use Python Edit Variable or Java Edit Variable node to setup a single file name followed by the String to Path (Variable) node and finally Excel Writer.
Thank you for any suggestions.

[elsamuel]

Welcome to the forum @rdk.

@rdk

Excel Writer still displays next to the File field.

It’s unclear to me what this means.

What is the actual issue to be solved?
Can you upload the workflow and some data here so that we can take a look at how things are configured?

[mlauber71]

@rdk this is one illustration how you could create path variables

Write multiple CSV file to a loop

@VJAM the creation of Flow Variables for Paths is maybe not 100% straightforward. Maybe this example might help to sort it out. The “path_values” is maybe not perfectly named. I think this is constructed that you could pass several Folder variables as collection strings. Also: CHunk Loop Start might have to be set to 1. Often I prefer the Table Row to Variable Loop Start node. [image] [image]

[rdk]

Thank you. I got things to work. I think that I had a typo in the value of my flow variable and dot appeared more than once making path invalid. I am guessing that String to Path (Variable) node does not check for the validity of the path.