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Loading XML file

Hi,

When I try to load the xml file using Qlikview, it gives 'Download Error' but I can open the same url in browser.

What could be the reason for download failed error

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Anonymous
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I found a solution. I changed "https" to "http".

Anonymous
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Jason, have you resolved your issue?

Thanks,

Gene

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Same here, with sharepoint... DUH...

the legacy model works fine (owssvr.dll) but it does not work with TASK LIST so I need an alternative method... yet the _api method seems very troublesom...

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I solved my issue which was caused by URL encoding! I was using this URL:

http://[myserver]/[mysite]/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('وظایف پروژه')/Items

Which I changed to this one:

http://[myserver]/[mysite]/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('%D9%88%D8%B8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81%20%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87')/Items


And it worked like a charm! So I suggest that you try encoding the inner part of the string you are trying to give to API which will save the day for you!

by the way, I already solve some other issues of using SharePoint with QlikView which might help; for example if you have a problem with authentication, you might want to add the URL of the site to INTRANET of TRUSTED areas in INTERNET EXPLORER. Just remember to test everything with IE in authentication issues.

chrisbrain
Partner - Specialist II
Partner - Specialist II

I have seen this issue now with one of our users and they were not even able to open this simple W3Schools hosted file in QlikView:

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml

If the file is downloaded to disk it is not problem then loading it.

beeido.com - BI | Software | Qlik Integration Services
GitFirst - A CI/CD solution for Qlik Sense
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Hi,

I've got the same problem, I'm trying to load a xml file and it doesn't work.

Do you find an issue to this problem ?

mjayachandran
Creator II
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Hi can you try something like,

FROM [http://user:password@server/job/jobname/build/xml/note.xml] (XmlSimple, Table is [note]);

have the user:password@ in the URL like the above example..

DavidFoster1
Specialist
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That is an incredibly bad idea. You should never include security credentials in a plain text Http request. You should always consider a single-sign-on solution first.

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Thank you for your answers,

It's not my problem, I don't have any login / password on my server.

In QV :

1. if I select XML, I have the message "The download failed"

QV1.png

2. if i select fixed record, I obtain the confirguration (I think) of my XML file

QV2.png

Thanks for your help,

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I have exactly the same problem. Strange thing is, I can run the QVW file on my desktop PC from server share, but not from the server it self.

I also see the xml info in the "Delimiter" type, but get the error "The download of the specified resource has failed" in XML type.

My url is an https on a local host.

Guess there is some security settings on the server, but can't figure out what.