Workspace Exports in a visual process

Melissa_21551
Melissa_21551 New Altair Community Member
edited February 2020 in Community Q&A
Hello,

I have a Workspace that I set up with several exports saved in it as well.  When I try to set up the Workspace into a Visual process, I am unable to use the exports I have already created in Data Prep Studio.  The 'DataPrep Export'  only allows to set up new exports, and only 1 at a time.

Is there a way within a visual process that I can use the exports that I already have set up?

Thank you,

Melissa Falardeau

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Melissa Falardeau
Solutions Analyst
AmeriFirst Financial Corporation
Portage MI
(800) 466-5626 Ext # 10318
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  • Steve Caiels_21881
    Steve Caiels_21881
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2020 Answer ✓
    Hi Melissa,

    I'm afraid not.  You need to create an export for each one.  It should look something like this :-
    image

    You can then highlight all the exports and create a group, if you wish.  It functions in exactly the same way, but makes the layout a little easier to manage.
    image

    Regards, Steve.

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    Steve Caiels
    Professional Services
    Altair
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 02-04-2020 04:12 PM
    From: Melissa Falardeau
    Subject: Workspace Exports in a visual process

    Hello,

    I have a Workspace that I set up with several exports saved in it as well.  When I try to set up the Workspace into a Visual process, I am unable to use the exports I have already created in Data Prep Studio.  The 'DataPrep Export'  only allows to set up new exports, and only 1 at a time.

    Is there a way within a visual process that I can use the exports that I already have set up?

    Thank you,

    Melissa Falardeau

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    Melissa Falardeau
    Solutions Analyst
    AmeriFirst Financial Corporation
    Portage MI
    (800) 466-5626 Ext # 10318
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  • Steve Caiels_21881
    Steve Caiels_21881
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2020 Answer ✓
    Hi Melissa,

    I'm afraid not.  You need to create an export for each one.  It should look something like this :-
    image

    You can then highlight all the exports and create a group, if you wish.  It functions in exactly the same way, but makes the layout a little easier to manage.
    image

    Regards, Steve.

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    Steve Caiels
    Professional Services
    Altair
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 02-04-2020 04:12 PM
    From: Melissa Falardeau
    Subject: Workspace Exports in a visual process

    Hello,

    I have a Workspace that I set up with several exports saved in it as well.  When I try to set up the Workspace into a Visual process, I am unable to use the exports I have already created in Data Prep Studio.  The 'DataPrep Export'  only allows to set up new exports, and only 1 at a time.

    Is there a way within a visual process that I can use the exports that I already have set up?

    Thank you,

    Melissa Falardeau

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    Melissa Falardeau
    Solutions Analyst
    AmeriFirst Financial Corporation
    Portage MI
    (800) 466-5626 Ext # 10318
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  • Mahmoud
    Mahmoud
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2020
    Hi Melissa,
    Currently exports that are created in DPS and saved in a workspace are not available in the Visual Process, and you need to recreate each export in Visual Process.
    Regards
    Mo.


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    Mahmoud Abdolrahim
    Senior Implementation & Integration Engineer
    Datawatch Corporation
    MA
    (978) 935-3840
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 02-04-2020 04:12 PM
    From: Melissa Falardeau
    Subject: Workspace Exports in a visual process

    Hello,

    I have a Workspace that I set up with several exports saved in it as well.  When I try to set up the Workspace into a Visual process, I am unable to use the exports I have already created in Data Prep Studio.  The 'DataPrep Export'  only allows to set up new exports, and only 1 at a time.

    Is there a way within a visual process that I can use the exports that I already have set up?

    Thank you,

    Melissa Falardeau

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    Melissa Falardeau
    Solutions Analyst
    AmeriFirst Financial Corporation
    Portage MI
    (800) 466-5626 Ext # 10318
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    "
  • Baba_Majekodunmi_703
    Baba_Majekodunmi_703
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2020
    Hi @Melissa Falardeau!

    Unfortunately I don't believe we have that option currently. I believe one reason for that has to do with what drives/export locations your profile has access to on the desktop vs what drives/export locations the Service Account in Automator has access to.

    Assuming the service account has access to the same locations, you still have to recreate the exports a because they are 'new' to that user profile (Automator).

    i hope that makes some sense. Apologies it's definitely an inconvenience.

    i recommend two options: Setting up named paths to help with streamlining exporting in Automator, and creating your workspaces without any exports (for those processes you plan to automate).

    How many exports did you create for this process?

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    Baba Majekodunmi
    Solutions Consultant
    Altair Engineering Inc.
    Manassas VA
    978-275-9325
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