topic Re: open pdf files from Qlik Sense in App Development

open pdf files from Qlik Sense

ali_hijazi — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:17:05 GMT

Hello
we have pdf files located in a shared folder location, each file is named as ID.pdf
e.g. 123.PDF, 545.PDF, 500.pdf , etc....

In Qlik sense I have a table listing rows and each row has the ID of the required file
How can I make a column that clickable by the user in a way when the user clicks on the link he opens the appropriate pdf file

Re: open pdf files from Qlik Sense

Gui_Approbato — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:02:06 GMT

Hi Ali,

You can format the dimension to represent a link, so it is clickable.

If you have the file name you might need to just bring the server address before the file, and change the dimension to Link.

Example: 'https://example.com/'& "FileNameField"

Regards

Re: open pdf files from Qlik Sense

ali_hijazi — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:23:12 GMT

Hello @Gui_Approbato
I know this
but the thing is the files I need to open they reside in a shared folder location where the qlik sense server is installed
so I don't want to open them using http

Re: open pdf files from Qlik Sense

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:35:17 GMT

Hi @ali_hijazi

you can use file:// or file:/// prefix to the path.

Problem is that modern web browsers will prevent it from opening as it is rather large security risk. It is not an issue with Qlik Sense but rather modern approach to secure environments.