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About Path when reading the configuration file for the first time

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

A configuration file is prepared in Excel and variable values ​​are managed.
This is so that the user can change things that are changed occasionally at the user's convenience, such as the destination of the notification email.

With conventional RPA tools, flow files can be saved locally or on a file server.
If the configuration file is placed in the same path as the flow file, the configuration file can be read without rewriting the flow in both the development environment and the production environment by the action referenced by the relative path.

In PAD, the path of the configuration file must be stated in the flow, and the user must change the path of the action after delivery.
Is there a way around this?

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  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    You can store the path of the configuration file in Environment variables that are present on every machine.

    You will need to do a one-time activity of creating the required variables and from there the Flow will pick their values.

     

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    You will find them on your machine here.

     

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  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

     thank you for your reply.
    I'll try using environment variables.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    thank you for your reply.
    I'll try using environment variables.

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