Exporting to Windows Network Drive Folder Location

Anika

How can I configure an output tool similar to Alteryx where my data exports as an excel file to a windows PC network drive folder location? Right now, I'm only seeing ouput to SharePoint or folders within Dataiku as options.

Alexandru

Hi Anika,

Depending on your deployment method, exporting directly to a Local Window Network drive may not be possible.
Typically, for on-premises if the Network can be attached to the DSS instance via SMB
https://community.dataiku.com/discussion/26652/mount-shared-drive-to-dss-managed-folder

However, for Cloud deployment, this is not typically a viable option.

In that case, the best option is to use something like Sharepoint or OneDrive, which you can automatically sync with your local machine with something like a OneDrive sync client.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sync-files-with-onedrive-in-windows-615391c4-2bd3-4aae-a42a-858262e42a49

IN DSS, you can leverage the export to folder recipe to a Sharepoint location / OneDrive, which allows you to access the files directly from your PC once the recipe runs.

Thanks

Turribeach

https://community.dataiku.com/discussion/comment/45756#Comment_45756

So some additional points regarding @Alexandru's post. When he refers to "Cloud deployment" he means the Dataiku Cloud SaaS offering where Dataiku manages the deployment for you not when you install Dataiku in the Cloud. If you are self-installing Dataiku in your own private or public Cloud you can certainly mount network shares in them, provided you have the right authentication methods and supported network shares. These network shares can be on-prem or on-Cloud.

If you are in AWS you can mount S3 buckets in Linux machines using Mountpoint. While you don't get a fully compliant file system in most cases this is enough.

Finally pysmb allows you to connect to compatible SMB/CIFS network shares and read and write to them without having to mount the share in your machine.

Anika

@Alexandru @Turribeach Thank you so much! That helps.