I have a requirement where the client is interested in having a link in a straight / pivot table which allows the user to download CSV / PDF files stored in another file server. Is this possible in QlikView? Thanks.
Just to top on, I am looking for an app similar to QlikView's download app, which basically allows us to download QlikView Executables and Documentation. Any help is highly appreciated.
You can set the representation type of an expression to Link so it will act as a hyperlink. The expression should have the form ='TextShownAsLabelHere<URL>http://someserver/xyz/something.pdf'. You can use calculations to construct the string for example by using dimension values.
Thanks for the quick response. I tried this, but where I am currently stuck up is that I am not able to generate this link. I am told that the csv files will be saved in the same server (QlikView Application Server) or an external file server. When I tried having a csv file in the same folder, QlikView tries to open the file in the browser (no text visible though). But I am looking for something like once the link is clicked it should pop up the download dialog box. Do you see any possibility? Thanks.
Possibly you are done with the requirement already. I guess, if the users (probably 'Everyone') has proper access right to the path of the file storage, the issue could be resolved. Again I wonder, how the same works in any website download, is it something to do with web server settings? If you have resolved the issue, could you share your approach?
