topic Re: Qlik Cloud Analytics - calling a TXT file containing a script in App Development

Qlik Cloud Analytics - calling a TXT file containing a script

DEMONIO_AZUL — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:28:19 GMT

Hello there!

I am facing an issue that I cannot find in the Qlik Help, here in the Community or anywhere else. It is perhaps too simple or impossible.

Years ago, it was possible to include a sentence with the path to a TXT file containing Qlik syntax and the Load Editor parsed it as part of the whole load script. This was very useful when defining -for instance- colours so every app could make such a call to the TXT file and this was an excellent way to ensure consistency in colours. Or a good way to re-use scripts.

However, I was using first Qlik Sense Desktop and then Qlik Server, both allowed me to address/upload files to a folder and then the Data Connection added the path to the file and I could access those scripts via an $(Include) statement.

I do not have any issues with the $(Include=...) syntax... the problem is how to upload a TXT file to Qlik Cloud. I was not able, so I created a script within Qlik Cloud as follows:

This script has nothing else, it's just that. saved in Colours.txt.

I can see it in the Qlik Cloud Analytics - Home section as a script:

And in my app's load script, I am using this:

$(include=[lib://TESS:DataFiles/Colours.qvs]);

When I use

There is no error message, but it does not load the colours...

Questions:

1) Is it possible to upload a TXT file?

2) If so, how?

3) If not, how do I properly link the QVS file? Nothing seems to work and no error messages are more cryptical for the solution to be found...

Thank you!

Re: Qlik Cloud Analytics - calling a TXT file containing a script

morgankejerhag — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:41:21 GMT

You write that the file is named Colours.txt and then include Colours.qvs ?

Switch to must_include to get an error if the file is not found. I am using this as you show and it works fine for me.

Re: Qlik Cloud Analytics - calling a TXT file containing a script

DEMONIO_AZUL — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:42:07 GMT

Nevermind!

Found myself a way...

In the app, I clicked this icon:

The I dragged and dropped the file... and voilà!

Now, I used this:
$(include=[lib://TESS:DataFiles/Colours.txt]);

It worked!

When checking my load script, there is a tiny icon beside the $(include=...) sentence that pops up this:

So, it's there 😉

Re: Qlik Cloud Analytics - calling a TXT file containing a script

DEMONIO_AZUL — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:45:05 GMT

Thanks, @morgankejerhag

Yes, I noticed that - it was not a mistake, because I did create a QVS file, but it was not working for me...

Now I found the solution...

Thanks for the time to reply.

Cheers,
~Demian