Hi @Tim Schrupp!Impressive stuff. I'm not sure that you can define dynamic export naming convention at all within a Model or Project, at least with regards to desktop. As you know this is available in Automator. Is the automator process not working as intended? Or is it longer/require more steps than you would prefer?@Mahmoud Abdolrahim and @Steve Caiels, who do you gentlemen think?------------------------------Baba MajekodunmiSolutions ConsultantAltair Engineering Inc.Manassas VA978-275-9325-------------------------------------------------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 11:58 AMFrom: Tim SchruppSubject: Date in export file nameI have several files being exported via Monarch 15 and Automator where I am appending the current date to the file name in the export settings as follows:\\server\path\filename_&[mm]&[dd]&[yyyy].extI now have a need to export with a different date, mostly as <current date> + 1.I can do this with a post-process script, but would prefer to define it in the Monarch/Automator project. Does anyone know a way that this can be done?------------------------------Tim SchruppEnterprise BI Developer------------------------------"
That notation to append current date to filenames has been working great in both Automator and desktop. However, I need to export files with the date as current date + 1, and haven't seen any way to do that. The export will be created as an Automator process, so it shouldn't matter whether it will work in a desktop project.Example, a file exported today would be created as Filename_02262020.txt, and I need to export to Filename_02272020.txt.------------------------------Tim SchruppEnterprise BI Developer-------------------------------------------------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 02:39 PMFrom: Baba MajekodunmiSubject: Date in export file nameHi @Tim Schrupp!Impressive stuff. I'm not sure that you can define dynamic export naming convention at all within a Model or Project, at least with regards to desktop. As you know this is available in Automator. Is the automator process not working as intended? Or is it longer/require more steps than you would prefer?@Mahmoud Abdolrahim and @Steve Caiels, who do you gentlemen think?------------------------------Baba MajekodunmiSolutions ConsultantAltair Engineering Inc.Manassas VA978-275-9325------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 11:58 AMFrom: Tim SchruppSubject: Date in export file nameI have several files being exported via Monarch 15 and Automator where I am appending the current date to the file name in the export settings as follows:\\server\path\filename_&[mm]&[dd]&[yyyy].extI now have a need to export with a different date, mostly as <current date> + 1.I can do this with a post-process script, but would prefer to define it in the Monarch/Automator project. Does anyone know a way that this can be done?------------------------------Tim SchruppEnterprise BI Developer------------------------------"
Okay, I will defer to @Mahmoud Abdolrahim and @Steve Caiels on this. I normally use the naming macros available within Automator and/or feed the exports to a database (Access or SQL). Sometimes I also use the distribution node to move all processed files to a folder and have them renamed. But I see the value in your method too.------------------------------Baba MajekodunmiSolutions ConsultantAltair Engineering Inc.Manassas VA978-275-9325-------------------------------------------------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 03:33 PMFrom: Tim SchruppSubject: Date in export file nameThat notation to append current date to filenames has been working great in both Automator and desktop. However, I need to export files with the date as current date + 1, and haven't seen any way to do that. The export will be created as an Automator process, so it shouldn't matter whether it will work in a desktop project.Example, a file exported today would be created as Filename_02262020.txt, and I need to export to Filename_02272020.txt.------------------------------Tim SchruppEnterprise BI Developer------------------------------Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 02:39 PMFrom: Baba MajekodunmiSubject: Date in export file nameHi @Tim Schrupp!Impressive stuff. I'm not sure that you can define dynamic export naming convention at all within a Model or Project, at least with regards to desktop. As you know this is available in Automator. Is the automator process not working as intended? Or is it longer/require more steps than you would prefer?@Mahmoud Abdolrahim and @Steve Caiels, who do you gentlemen think?------------------------------Baba MajekodunmiSolutions ConsultantAltair Engineering Inc.Manassas VA978-275-9325Original Message:Sent: 02-26-2020 11:58 AMFrom: Tim SchruppSubject: Date in export file nameI have several files being exported via Monarch 15 and Automator where I am appending the current date to the file name in the export settings as follows:\\server\path\filename_&[mm]&[dd]&[yyyy].extI now have a need to export with a different date, mostly as <current date> + 1.I can do this with a post-process script, but would prefer to define it in the Monarch/Automator project. Does anyone know a way that this can be done?------------------------------Tim SchruppEnterprise BI Developer------------------------------"
