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Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

lachlanwcast — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:53:26 GMT

It would great to see the ability to support either/and:

a) folders in Qlik Sense SaaS (similar to the way Qlik Sense Enterprise Client-Managed works on the WIndows file system)

Current Example:
Adding a '/' to signify a folder just adds this to the filename, doesn't create a directory

b) when configuring a connection via Qlik Data Transfer, use the 'Name' field of the Data connection as another option under 'Data Files' in the data manager (and thus the Data load editor)

Current Example:
The current method stores everything within a single folder per space - when dealing with large amounts of data/synced QVDs from databases through Qlik Data Transfer, this can be very off-putting by the user - especially lacking the 'wildcard' ability client-managed has

Possible implementation/example:

Thanks!

Lachlan Wells
Technology Lead
www.castsolutions.com.au

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS - Status changed to: Open - On Roadmap

Ian_Crosland — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:11:54 GMT

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS - Status changed to: Open - On Roadmap

Ian_Crosland — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:06:48 GMT

Thanks for submitting, additional features for the data files area are in the roadmap

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

AndrewMcIlwrick — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:26:36 GMT

Hi @Ian_Crosland are you able to provide any sort of ETA ? Not being able to manage folder structure is a showstopper for at least one of our customers. Thanks.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

AdamBSnotused — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:53:45 GMT

@AndrewMcIlwrick have you tried using separate Shared Spaces for your "show stopped" client?

Each Space would have its own DataFiles and the lib://space:datafiles notation gives a way of managing the code. All developers needing access to a specific "folder" need edit access to the shared space.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

AndrewMcIlwrick — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:32:50 GMT

Thanks @AdamBSnotused yes but in my opinion this is just a less than satisfactory workaround. It also in a complicated enterprise environment introduces a plethora of extra spaces to manage rather than a single space with sub-folders. For those of us who work with heavily variable / config driven scripting SaaS just needs to catch up with QSEoW ( and dare I say QV ! ). Thanks anyway.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

AdamBSnotused — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:59:59 GMT

Fair enough... and I do support the folder idea.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Ian_Crosland — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:59:03 GMT

The developer is currently making the Qixdata files API "public" this will allow it to be called as part of a dev ops process e.g. through QIX-datafiles, following this a lightweight folder structure will be implemented, effectively allowing statements like:

Store * from small_table into 'lib://DataFiles/subdir1/subdir2/myfile1.qvd';

this has a current ETA of Q1

thanks

Ian

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

AndrewMcIlwrick — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:13:58 GMT

Thanks Ian !

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

simonaubert — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:43:25 GMT

Hello @Ian_Crosland ,

There are some ideas related to subfolder in content library or auto-update of the file list in content library for Qlik Sense on Windows. Can we expect this Cloud feature also implemented on QSoW? A full access to the File System through the browser would litterally change my life.

Or is it totally different?

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Ian_Crosland — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:41:15 GMT

Its already possible with QSE on Windows to traverse the file system to add files and for adding media

and add items to the content library via the QMC by browsing the file system (although different topic to above)

thanks

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

simonaubert — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:46:13 GMT

Hello @Ian_Crosland .
Thanks for the reactivity. What I meant is to traverse the File System in the content library which is, as of today, only one level.
Sorry for the off-topic.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

pablolabbe — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:51:30 GMT

Any update @Ian_Crosland ?

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Ian_Crosland — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:47:22 GMT

@pablolabbe this is on a wider roadmap around the Qix data files project, the next big step here will be introduced as part of the hybrid data delivery discussed here https://www.qlik.com/blog/innovations-on-the-horizon-with-active-bi , specifically folder support is on this roadmap, no fixed ETA currently

Thanks

Ian

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

jfkinspari — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:03:03 GMT

@Ian_Crosland
Can you share any news folder support in the DataFiles?

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Ian_Crosland — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:08:20 GMT

I will loop in @P-O_Davidson who has the item on the backlog, currently it is still a priority item but work has not started on this currently

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Patrick_Gross — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:32:35 GMT

@Ian_Crosland, any new info on folder support in DataFiles?

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

Ian_Crosland — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:40:47 GMT

I will loop in @P-O_Davidson who is the PM for this , currently it is still a backlog item

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

P-O_Davidson — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:49:17 GMT

Adding folders is still in the backlog, but will be added sometime later this year. However, some overlapping capabilities have already been delivered with the integration of the data catalog in Qlik Sense SaaS. Currently you can add searchable tags and also filter on space, owner, and creator. When adding data from the data catalog you can select multiple datasets in one go, adding to the load script or load directly into your app.

These cataloging capabilities will continue to expand and be implemented consistently across the Qlik cloud platform, regardless where you are exploring and adding data sources.

Re: Data subfolders in Qlik Sense SaaS

DavidFosterVF — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:55:47 GMT

@P-O_Davidson, @Ian_Crosland any updates on this? This 'gap' will make it difficult for us to adopt SaaS. We have teams that produce hundreds of QVDs that would sit in a single space. The current data catalog is of limited use as it requires retrospective tagging of app-generated (via STORE commands) QVDs to make them searchable.