Rather than saying go to this exact folder on my computer, the relative path would be based on your current folder. For example if a server has the same setup as your physical computer, you could say go back out of this folder and go into the folder named x instead of mapping the entire path to folder x. This is very useful for move ups onto a server that will follow the same folder structure.
Relative path means, need to define the path based on the current path, for example if your Qlikview file and Source (Ex: SalesData.txt) file are in the same path(C:\Qlikview\Data\) then you can use
.\SalesData.txt
No need to give remaining path.
Suppose if you want to access a file in Qlikview folder then you need to use ..\, mean that go back one folder level back.
..\FileinQlikviewFolder.txt;
There is one more path, i.e, Absolute Path, means, you need to give the entire path of the file,
For example: C:\Qlikview\Data\SalesData.txt.
In all environments it'll (Path creation) be similar.
