Qlik issues

[Tool_Tip]

Dear Experts

We have a URL column that contains hyperlinks to a shared network location. After loading the data into the Qlik Sense dashboard, we configured the field in the table object to display as a Link instead of Text.

However, when users click the hyperlink in the dashboard, the shared network location does not open.

If we copy the exact same path from the dashboard and paste it directly into the browser or Windows Explorer, it opens successfully.

We have tested this behavior in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, with the same result.

We also tried converting the path using the following expression:

='file:///' & Replace(URL,'\','/')

but the issue persists, and the shared location still does not open when the hyperlink is clicked from within Qlik Sense

Kindly advise any solution on it

[N30fyte · Accepted solution]

Same happens for me, and I don't think it's a Qlik issue.

Google 'file path as URL' and you'll find it's almost certainly because web browsers block links to remote files and locations as a basic security precaution.

If you right-click your link in Qlik and choose 'Open in new tab', you'll get a blank page with the address about:blank#blocked

[Lech_Miszkiewicz]

Hi @Tool_Tip 

@N30fyte is absolutely correct. This is not Qlik problem. It is web browser problem. 

cheers

[Tool_Tip]

Hello Dear

First of all, could someone please confirm whether Qlik Sense supports an "Open in new tab" option when clicking a hyperlink inside qlik?

Assuming this is not a Qlik Sense issue, what could be the possible reason the link does not open when clicked within Qlik, even though the exact same link opens successfully when it is copied and pasted directly into the browser?

[N30fyte]

Hi @Tool_Tip

This is what I see when I right-click a link in MS Edge :

And in Chrome for Windows:

You have to hover the mouse pointer directly over the link (so that the underscore appears) if you want to access the browser contextual menu. If you right-click anywhere else in the cell, you'll see the Qlik Sense contextual menu shown in your screen shot.