topic Re: Access data from Qlik using another tool in Data Movement & Streaming

Access data from Qlik using another tool

wcilliers — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:08:30 GMT

Hi Experts,

This is a rather strange question...

Are we able to access data on a Qlik Sense SaaS tenant from another tool?

If I were to have a QVD or CSV sitting on my tenant, can I download it or access it from another tool, like Power BI or Excel or Other?

Reason is, Qlik makes data modelling easy in some scenarios and would be great if a transformed table could be saved to a CSV and then I can access it from another tool.

Thanks,

Wynand

Re: Access data from Qlik using another tool

Ray_Strother — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:16:04 GMT

Hello ,

1. Currently the export only available in 3 format (Images, PDF & Data (excel))

Links that may help:

https://qlik.dev/tutorials/get-started-with-qlik-cli/#full-set-of-commands-used-in-tutorial

https://qlik.dev/apis/json-rpc/qix/genericobject#%23%2Fentries%2FGenericObject%2Fentries%2FExportData

Re: Access data from Qlik using another tool

wcilliers — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:27:54 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for your response, but it doesnt answer my question. I know one can export data from an app. I am asking if we can access data FILES from outside of Qlik.

Or even, can I access data files from one SaaS tenant to another?

Doesnt Qlik have an API one can connect to?

Thanks,

Wynand

Re: Access data from Qlik using another tool

Ray_Strother — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:55:45 GMT

Hello ,

1. Yes you can access data files outside of Qlik.

Connector information:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/LoadData/connect-data-sources.htm

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Spaces/managing-data-resources-spaces.htm

2. I would suspect that Tenant to tenant is probably not possible.

3. API help site.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2022/Subsystems/CloudAPI/Content/Sense_CloudAPIs/API-Introduction.htm

Re: Access data from Qlik using another tool

Akshesh_Patel — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:55:39 GMT

@wcilliers

Q: Are we able to access data on a Qlik Sense SaaS tenant from another tool? Qlik Lineage Connectors is an add-on module to Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS that helps users to visualize, understand, and scale data environments in an intuitive way. The connectors extract lineage and metadata from Qlik on-premises offerings, external BI tools, and data sources. (https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/QlikLineageConnectors/qlik-lineageconnectors.htm)

Q: If I were to have a QVD or CSV sitting on my tenant, can I download it or access it from another tool, like Power BI or Excel or Other? Qlik uses the Data file storage based on the specific tenant ID and space and yes you can download the data file from your tenant, but for that, you have to utilize one of the cloud base storage like DropBox, OneDrive or Google Drive connection and use the Store command to store it and then you can use the data file anywhere you want.

I hope this helps!

Thank you

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