We are introducing a breaking change to the behavior of file paths returned by the DataFiles connector to Qlik Sense.
This update is designed to align DataFiles with the web storage provider connectors, such as S3, which return folder names with a trailing slash for the DirList argument in loops.
What's changing
Current Behavior
When using the DirList function with the DataFiles connector, the returned folder path does not include a trailing slash.
New Behavior
With the upcoming update, the DirList function will now return folder paths with a trailing slash—matching the behavior of other storage connectors like S3.
This change is part of our ongoing efforts to support file hierarchy enhancements introduced in Q4 2024 and to ensure consistency across all connectors.
How does this impact your Qlik Sense load script?
The change will primarily affect loops or code configurations that rely on the specific behavior of the output from aDirList argument when processing directory paths. Customers who have implemented custom filtering logic based on the absence of a trailing slash may need to adjust their scripts.
Example script:
// List out the response from DirList as DirFor Each Dir in DirList('lib://DataFiles/')ShowThePath:LOAD'$(Dir)' as PathAutoGenerate 1;Next;
Before the ifx, this will return:
Path
lib://DataFiles/directory1
lib://DataFiles/directory2
Post-fix, this will return:
Path
lib://DataFiles/directory1/
lib://DataFiles/directory2/
What scenarios are unaffected?
Customers using other file listing or filepath functionsare not expected to experience any impact.
Most standard code configurations remain unchanged.
When will the change be rolled out?
The update will be rolled out to all Qlik Cloud tenants onMarch 25th, 2025.
Qlik Cloud Government tenants will receive the update byMarch 25th or later.
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Hello Qlik Admins,
The release of QlikView 12.100 IR has been moved to the fall of 2025.
Because of the release date's move, support for previous versions will be extended accordingly:
12.80 will be supported until the end of October 2025
12.90 will be supported until the end of October 2026
Further updates with the exact release date will be provided later in the year.
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Within Qlik Cloud Analytics, the Data Alerts feature offers users the ability to be notified of exceptions in the data. When scheduling a data alert, users can define the data conditions of interest within an app and have the option to configure a schedule setting when data is refreshed by a reload of the app.
There will be an improvement to this specific Schedule configuration setting in an upcoming release scheduled for the second half ofMarch 2025.
New to Data Alerts?
Read more in Monitoring data with alerts.
How Data Alerts currently work:
Currently, the schedule configuration When data is refreshed(fig 1) by a reload of the app is evaluated every time the app is reloaded regardless of whether the data set within the app has changed.
fig 1
This has led to users receiving repetitive alerts for the same data status and risks "alert fatigue". It is also not the intended behavior of the feature as no alert should be sent if the underlying data set has not actually changed.
What changes?
With the upcoming change to the Data Alerts feature, the underlying evaluation behavior for this schedule configuration (When data is refreshed by a reload of the app) will be optimized to evaluate only when there is new data available in the app and the app is reloaded. The same alert status may still be sent for a given condition, but the condition will always have been evaluated from a new data state in the app.
What impact will this have?
The impact of this change will reduce the number of alerts delivered to users in the scenario that the underlying data has not changed (on a reload), making the alert delivery more impactful. Of course, users can still use the configuration Compare with: Last evaluation(fig 2) to further optimize their alert delivery.
fig 2
Users who prefer a reload-triggered and repetitive (same data state) data alert might consider:
Change the data alert configuration to a Fixed Schedule
In the case of system app monitoring, configure a notification on the app to communicate when the app is reloaded (App > Notification settings)
Consider using Subscriptions on a scheduled basis to deliver the state of the data
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Starting March 11th, 2025, Slack will enforce changes in their APIsaffecting file uploads. To accommodate these breaking changes, we have introduced new blocks in the Slack connector for Qlik Application Automation.
What blocks are affected?
Upload File To Channel (new version)
Send Text Based file (new version)
Send Binary File (deprecated)
What exactly is changing for Qlik Application Automation?
The Send Binary File block will be deprecated. Instead, use the Upload File to Channel block to upload binary files. If you still want to send a base64 encoded string, use the Send Text Based File block and configure the encoding parameter to base64.
The Upload File To Channel block and Send Text Based File block need to be updated to a new version.To perform this update, replace existing blocks with new blocks by dragging the blocks from the block library.
What will I need to do to mitigate this?
Any automation using affected blocks needs to be updated.
SeeBreaking changes for file support in the Slack connector: new blocks introducedfor steps and details.
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The following connectors will be removed and are not recommended for further use:
Amazon S3 Metadata
Amazon S3: this is a “File location” connector
Instead, use the following connectors:
Amazon S3 Metadata V2
Amazon S3 V2: this is a “File location” connector
The connectors labeled with the suffix “V2” were introduced in 2022 and have since then been the recommended connectors for access to Amazon S3 buckets.
The V2 connectors access Amazon S3 buckets based on the AWS SDK for .NET Core, whereas the legacy S3 connectors were based on the REST API.
The plans to remove the legacy S3 connectors are as follows:
Qlik Sense Cloud: by the end of April 2025
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows: release May 2025
Qlik Web Connector (standalone): release June 2025
The legacy S3 connectors and the S3 connectors “V2” have the exact same capabilities, and a migration will in most cases only require a new connection definition and an update in the connection name within the Qlik Script.
Additional Reading
Data sources in Qlik Cloud Analytics
Built-in Qlik Web Connectors
Qlik Web Connectors
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us through the Qlik Customer Portal.
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Edited 5th of February: Start date moved forward be one hour from 4 AM to 3 AM.
The upgrade was completed successfully.
Qlik Community is upgrading its search capabilities on the 6th of February.
Your usual search experience may be impacted intermittently for a duration of approximately 45 minutes between 3AM and 8:30 AM Central Europeantime.
You will still be able to use the community’s classic search during this window. To access it, click Search, then switch to Use Classic Community Search.
As always, if you need further support, please contact us on Qlik’s Customer Portal.
This blog post will be updated once the maintenance has been completed.
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