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Open local Path in Qlik Sense

chrislemm — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:15:23 GMT

Hello Qlik Community,

I have the following question:

How can I open a local path or just a path using the windows-explorer from a Qlik Sense Table?

I load for example a table including a key (let's say it's just a number) and a path, like

Tab:
LOAD * INLINE [
Key, Path
1, C:\SomeFolder
2, C:\Qlik Sense Data\Database
2, C:\Program Files (x86)\File.pdf
];

I visualize the data using a standard Qlik Sense Table and I represent my Path as an URL:

If I click on an URL Windows 10 asks me to choose a tool to open it with (but it does not give me anything like "Windows Explorer" etc. it's empty). When I access my hub using a browser it tries to open a new tab with the url-encoded path which is no website so it fails too. I thought about encoding the path, which I did, but it didn't change anything. The browser now doesn't do anything, because the "URL" representation isn't working anymore:

I tried starting the filepath with "file://" which isn't working too. Which brings me back to my question: How do I open an path/file on my filesystem?

Thank you in advance.

Re: Open local Path in Qlik Sense

dewan_abdullah — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:18:53 GMT

can you try it with the Three slashes?

for example:

File:///C:\SomeFolder

Re: Open local Path in Qlik Sense

chrislemm — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:22:10 GMT

Thank your for your answer Abdullah, I tried it but it makes no difference. I have the exact same behavior as before.

Re: Open local Path in Qlik Sense

vsabbise — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:08:00 GMT

Could you tell me if you figured out a way for this issue ? I am looking for the same. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Re: Open local Path in Qlik Sense

ODiaconu — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:23:48 GMT

Did anyone find a solution to this problem? I'm interested in a solution as well.

thanks.

Re: Open local Path in Qlik Sense

Saurabh — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:12:39 GMT

Link to local files or shared files are working in Qlikview using below Chrome extension

Enable local file links

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enable-local-file-links/nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld?hl=en

However, its not working in Qlik Sense. Does anyone know how it can work in Qlik Sense. Is it a limitation of Qlik Sense ? or is there any way to make this work in Qlik Sense ?

Thanks