Alteryx download & process multi-tabbed excel

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I am using an Alteryx workflow to download a .xlsx with multiple tabs from an FTP. The file is downloaded to temp folder as that's the option I choose. I want to further process this file by accessing various tabs. I am aware of how to process excel with multiple tabs (reading the sheet names and selecting one as template).

However, in this case, I can't select a single tab as template since the file downloaded from FTP is only created at run time. I can provide a relative path for file %temp%test.xlsx but can't access individual tabs to select one. I need to schedule this workflow in Alteryx gallery so I don't want to use an absolute download path on local system that may fail when running in gallery.

Can someone throw light on how to get around this situation?

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KaneG On

You can use an example of that file to develop the workflow and then change the path to %temp%test.xlsx||| with '' being one of the sheets you use.

I haven't got the exact example to test, but that should work. You may need a Block until Done before the Dynamic Input though.