Qlik Data Transfer - Select Files rather than entire Folder?

[mtreubig]

When using Qlik Data Transfer, is it possible to select only a single file (or a few selected files) within a folder, rather than the entire contents of the folder?  

Use case:  another department provides a shared excel file in a folder.  That folder contains other files that we do not want to sync to Qlik Cloud, and moving the file is not an option since it is used by other processes.  We want to reference that file in a Qlik Saas Analytics app.  My understanding is that we can use QDT to copy the entire folder, but not just select a single file from a folder.  

If not QDT, what other options are there for Qlik Sense Saas to use an on premise file in the load script?  

[Daniele_Purrone · Accepted solution]

Hi! 
You can probably build Powershell script using the Qlik-cli to update the data file, and run the script on a schedule.

[mtreubig]

Thank you, I'll look into that.  Do you think the Qlik Data Transfer tool would (or could) be expanded to offer this functionality on it's own, or will the qlik-cli be the preferred method for this use case?  

[Daniele_Purrone · Accepted solution]

Hi @mtreubig 

Qlik Data Transfer is basically a legacy product now, and will not be expanded. We are bringing the file upload functionality to Qlik Data Gateway instead.

Feel free to make any suggestion about what we should implement and how on our Ideation page, and our product team will consider it!

[mtreubig]

Thank you, that's helpful to know.  I will share my feedback for single-file ability in the Ideation portal.  

[Godek]

I have the same need to avoid sending the entire contents of the folder, including any subfolders. Currently, there is no option for this through Qlik Data Transfer.

@Daniele_Purrone , is there any forecast for when this functionality will be available through Qlik Data Gateway?

[mtreubig]

@Godek, not sure if this is helpful for you, but we ended up using the AWS CLI to move files into S3 buckets for this type of use case.  It ends up being a single line of code to handle the aws "sync" statement.  Next, we plan on using the qlik-cli datafile command to move individual files up to a Qlik Cloud Space.  We're moving away from QDT entirely and can't wait for this functionality in the Data Gateway.  We will likely be leveraging the cli more since it's been working out well.  Hope this helps!