Environment variable 'USER_WORKING_DIR' is not set error when building code

[cm153986]

When build a code (transform to append data from one dataset to an existing dataset), I am getting the ```
Environment variable ‘USER_WORKING_DIR’ is not set error. Any idea where to set this variable? I have admin access to our environment

[Ben]

Hey @cm153986 ,

Could you provide some more details about the error please? Which application inside foundry are you trying to write the transform in? I would expect this kind of error to be most likely in Code Workspaces (Jupyter) but could you clarify if this is repositories, workspaces, workbooks, or even pipeline builder?

Can you also say when this error occurs, is this during runtime or when checks are running? A screenshot would be helpful.

It’d also be great if you could provide your code!

Thanks,
Ben

[cm153986]

Ben,
You are right, I just spoke to a developer working on our project and he said it is a Code workspaces (Jupyter) style code and I was in Code Repository so that be the reason why it is not working. He will assist me to use a different method to achieve what I want to do. Thank you for replying so quickly!

[kevcam4891]

I am getting a similar experience. I’ve downloaded/installed Palantir extension in VS Code, cloned a repository locally, and not only are my notebooks failing, my CPU also seems to be pegged when this repo is open. I’m on a mac, 15.6.1 (24G90), VS Code Version: 1.107.1.

[kevcam4891]

TLDR: Make sure you have Palantir extension AND supporting Java (Extension Pack for Java) and Python extensions installed.

I closed VS Code entirely, restarted my computer, disabled all my extensions (which were starting to consume an interesting amount of CPU at rest), re-enabled all of the extensions I care about, re-opened the Code Repository file with Palantir extension activated, and I was greeted by a prompt in VS Code to download additional extension packs, which I did.

At that point, I was off to the races!