Hello, I’ve been looking at “File name variables” and “Meta information”. Am I correct in saying that there is no setting for the actual EDT file name, e.g., “Process_A.transform” (so not the input file name), that can be applied to the “File” entry under the “Output” transform? I’d like to be able to relate the name of an output file to its “.transform” file, especially if I’m developing and up-versioning a “.transform” file. Just want to check I’m not missing something obvious. Thanks in advance.
Correct. But it is something we could easily add as a new filename variable, e.g.: if the .transform file is c:\Documents\andy\mytf.transform then:
{transformfname}
Is replaced by:
mytf
Would that help?
That would be great. Thanks.
I will try to get it into the next release.
While we are on the matter of outputs with variables, is there any way to see/copy to clipboard the effective filename that was written out? i.e. after all the variables are expanded
Perhaps we could display it in the tooltip? Copying it might be a bit trickier. I will have a think.
Just played around a little bit.
The normal log shows:
But when you run the same in batch mode you get a much better log information, which you can even write into a file. But form batch log window you can copy, as well:
And log file is a text file:
So in case you need the file names, just run it as batch a second time and you can extract all information you need.
@Admin, maybe you can just add the logging logic from batch processing log file to the normal log.
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We can certainly do the substitution. And maybe add one two other details.
The path, with file name variables substituted, now appears in the output log.
You can try it in this snapshot release:
Windows installer: https://www.easydatatransform.com/downloads/EasyDataTransform_2_6_1_snapshot_5.exe
Windows zip: https://www.easydatatransform.com/downloads/EasyDataTransform_Windows_2_6_1_snapshot_5.zip
Mac DMG: https://www.easydatatransform.com/downloads/EasyDataTransform_2_6_1_snapshot_5.dmg
Nice, but I created 2 output files.
Log shows
Batch processing log shows
maybe it is possible to add the Alias names in the normal log, too as it is in the batch processing log
It would be easy to add the aliases to the log output. But it seems less important than for batch processing and, perhaps, unnecessary clutter.
fine for me, I wasn’t the requestor. I just recognized the difference
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Nice, thanks! 
Food for thought: ideally, it would be great to be able to home into the output file more easily than selecting it in the log and pasting it somewhere. e.g. for opening it with an editor, backing up etc
Maybe consider a button to the effect of “Find it in Explorer” or “Copy effective filename” or something?
Ah, yes… just needs to move the selection to the file (like “Show in Folder” in Chrome downloads) to be perfect! 
Not going to happen this release!
Works great. Many thanks.
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{transformfname} is now available in v2.7.0.