Qlik Sense folder connection

[simotrab]

Hi Community!

I've a problem with Qlik Sense (not desktop).

I'm doing a new app but, when I decide to create a new data connection to a folder on my desktop, I cannot find me on the path C:\Users\user\....  : "user" (me) does not exists.

Also, with an imported app, the folder connection does not works, due the fact - I suppose- Qlik cannot find the mentioned "user" (me).

Is it a setting problem of Qlik or something out of it? And in both cases, any suggestion?

Thanks a lot

[#2]

Hello,

I'm not sure about what can cause your problem but Qlik Sense have services executed by an specific user, check if that user have rights to check your folder.

Regards

[gferran]

Hi,

if you are creating a new App using the hub you must attend to the the server is not your computer. When you try to accés to a path, this is on the server not in your computer.

Try to copy the files you want to load into the server directory and create a new data connection to this new folder.

Regards

[reddy-s]

Hi Simone,

Check the path in QMC under the connections tab. You should be able to provide he path there if the user changes.

Thanks,

Sangram

[Levi_Turner · Accepted solution]

As others have mentioned, C:\Users\...\ needs to exist physically on the server that is running Qlik Sense (and more technically any node with the Engine service). For example here from one of my VMs:

I want to also say that this is a poor choice from a governance standpoint. Rather than having data files living in folks' users directories, it's far more ideal to place them in a central location, e.g. C:\Data\ so you can have 1 data connection connecting to multiple data files.

[simotrab]

Thanks, this is the most complete and helpful answer.