topic Re: Read data from Excel file in Move to Qlik Cloud Analytics

Read data from Excel file

Shivam22 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:45:26 GMT

Hi All,

I'm new to Qlik Cloud and I have a question.

I want to read data from Excel file which is on a shared drive into Qlik Cloud. The data in excel files updates daily and i want Qlik cloud app to read latest data without me manually uploading excel file into Qlik cloud as data set.

Thanks in Advance

Re: Read data from Excel file

Lisa_P — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:38:45 GMT

You need to set up a connection to your shared drive so that Qlik Cloud can connect to it to get the latest version, then schedule a reload of the app every day.

Here are the options to the file locations on the left..

Re: Read data from Excel file

robert_mika — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 02:05:12 GMT

If you know when the file is updated(or even if you do not know) you can schedule a reload

Re: Read data from Excel file

Amit_Prajapati — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:29:50 GMT

Hi @Shivam22 ,

As @Lisa_P mentioned, the first step is to establish a connection to your shared drive so that Qlik Cloud can access the latest version of the file. Once the connection is set up, you can schedule a daily reload of the app.

If the file name remains consistent and only the data within it updates daily, you can simply use that file in your app and set the reload schedule according to the time the data gets refreshed—just as @robert_mika suggested.

Re: Read data from Excel file

Daniele_Purrone — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:14:01 GMT

Hi @Shivam22 ,

you will need to install a Qlik Data Gateway locally ad use the file connector to perform the reload.