How to attach documents that are updated on daily basis?

Hello Anne,

There is a location for external files "Name_of_the_file\story_content\external_files" in this path locate your file (.xls) and update what ever needs to be updated, But make sure you don't change the name of the file. 

Hello Pratiek,

 I am not sure I understand you correctly. I need to know how I can attach a document or URL to a document that is updated automatically everyday.

I want to avoid to manually update my course everyday.

br, Anne-Mette

Pratiek is right. When you publish SL, files with an external reference are copied into the folder he mentions, and when the user clicks to jump to that file, SL looks in that spot for a file with that name.

There are two ways to change this:

1. Edit the .story file and change the link to point to a new file, which will be copied when the story is published OR

2. Copy the new version of the file to the location Pratiek indicated.

If I were doing it, I would automate the production of the new file so it is saved to that location.

Note: If you are pointing to a url on the web, you need to update that file every day, but it must keep the same url.

If the excel file that is updated every day is on a web page, you could include a web object to send the learner to the web page where they could get the file.

Here's an overview of how web objects work in Storyline.

https://community.articulate.com/series/5/articles/adding-web-objects#

Anne-Mette,

I rarely attach files anymore, because, like you, it's not practical to update a course every time a file is updated (even when that doesn't happen every day).

At a company I contract with, we typically store a file on an internal website or SharePoint site, then have the course link to the URL of the file. However, as others noted above, the location and file name have to stay exactly the same for this to work. This means you can't append the file name with a version date. (We put the version date within the file, so it's available without impacting the file name and link.)

Another option if the file name does have to change is to link to the folder where the file(s) are stored, and let people open the file on their own.

Hi Anne-mette,

I'd agree with Judy's suggestion and look at using a Google spreadsheet as the web object - those update in real time and the user could then connect to that. Even just providing a URL link (not embedding it on the page as a web object) would allow them to see it. 

Hello Anne-mette,

The URL would be the best option in your case, as judy said earlier its not feasible to publish the  file every time u edit the document.