Hi,
It's my understanding that you want to create a data source from a .csv file that is located in a different machine than the one running Denodo VDP. Remote options like FTP, S3, etc… are beyond what you need.
As explained in the Virtual DataPort Administration Guide, section [Delimited File Sources](https://community.denodo.com/docs/html/browse/8.0/en/vdp/administration/creating_data_sources_and_base_views/delimited_file_sources/delimited_file_sources), the option "local" in the Data route expects a local file in the VDP server. One option to make a remote directory/file local is to mount it under the machine where VDP runs. For that you might have different options depending on the Operating System, for example [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/412477/mount-remote-directory-using-ssh) using SSH in Linux. Similarly, [this Denodo Knowledge Base](https://community.denodo.com/kb/en/view/document/Accessing%20network%20drives%20from%20Denodo%20Virtual%20DataPort) explains how to access files in network drives from Denodo, Here you mount a network drive location to make it look like a local unit.
Another option to consider might be using the Data route option "HTTP Client", but that also requires a web server running on the remote machine, with access to the files location, so you could access through HTTP. In the end it is similar to setting up an FTP server in the same machine.
In summary, you need to mount the remote directory and make it local, or use some of the other remote options available.
Hope this helps.
