FTP-Connection Failed

[elie_issa]

Dear All,

Please advise why when i am trying to connect to the ftp through Qlikview it's giving the below error while the link to the FTP with username and password is working fine outside the Qlikview script.

[diego_vazquez]

Hi,

I use this sentence to load files from the ftp. Hope it helps:

[ftp://user:pass@ip_or_domain/path/file.xlsx]

(ooxml, embedded labels, table is [table_name]);

[#3]

I can't add any extension, I've tried many extension types but each time QV tells me that "cannot open the file"

it's not csv, neither txt ...

and dont think it's the port cause in any other way I can see the files, but I will ask

[#4]

that's why I think its an extension missing problem... or find a syntax that QV can see directly from ftp.. but I've tried all...

[marcus_sommer]

Try to load this file manually without using the wizard:

table:

load * From [ftp://user:password@YourFTPServer.com/YourFolder/YourFile] (txt);

- Marcus

[#6]

already tried many times, not working, it can't find the file

in the pic, right low corner, QV cant see any file in the ftp folder...

so even if I force it manually, it cannot open it...

LOAD @1,

     @2,

     @3

FROM

[ftp://user:password@111.222.333.444/VENTAS.20160622]

(txt);

tried with many extensions and not working!

[marcus_sommer]

I had had never any problem with accessing files per ftp and therefore I think that something is blocking the access from qlikview to these file per ftp. I think you should check the ports - maybe there people in your company which could assist you in tracing the ftp-call and/or looking in settings/logs from firewall and group policies.

An alternatively could be to copy these files per batch to a local storage which had also further advantages that you could now use filefunctions like filetime() or loading files per wildcard which aren't supported by the ftp-protocol:

Re: For Each File in Filelist - FTP load is not working?

- Marcus