Upload document (PDF, Word, exx) into an app

[Roberto_Licciardello]

Hi,

it's possible to upload a digital document, like photo, pdf, word, ecc into a Qlik Sense Enterprise app?

Thanks!!!

Regards.

[Andrei_Cusnir]

Hello,

If you are planning on hosting various files with different file formats in Qlik Sense app, then it is not supported. In the official documentation page "Uploading objects to content libraries" [1], it is stated that "Qlik Sense only uses image files, but you can upload any file type with an extension that exists in the allow list for content libraries".

You can upload images to use for thumbnails or in your apps and you can upload files such "EXCEL, CSV etc.", however if you try to upload other file types, such as "PDF or DOCX" you will get an error message "Unable to upload file: [FILENAME]". This file type is not supported".

If you want to give users the ability to download various files, then you will have to host them on a server and import the URLs as data in the app. Then you can create, for example, a table with a column having the file name and then next column having the link that the customer can use to access the file.

I hope that this information was helpful. In case I have misunderstood the use case scenario, please elaborate in details by providing additional information. However, if it has helped you resolve the issue, addressed your concerns or at least pointed you in the right direction, please mark it as Accepted Solution to give further visibility to other community members. 

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[1] https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-admin/May2022/Subsystems/DeployAdministerQSE/Content/Sense_DeployA....

[Roberto_Licciardello]

Hi Andrei,
thanks for the reply. My problem is a little different.

I need to allow users who are viewing an app to be able to upload pdf records to certain records. in practice as if it were an input field in which I load a pdf.

Maybe I should try looking for some extension. Do you know any that could solve my problem?

Thanks.

[Andrei_Cusnir · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You can try looking in Qlik Developers [1], but I doubt that it will have something similar already implemented. You can also try submitting a feature request [2], to see if such feature can be release natively. Or you can try to building your own custom extension [3], however I can't confirm that you will be able to achieve the exact use case scenario that you are looking for. 

I hope that this information is helpful.

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[1] https://developer.qlik.com/

[2] https://community.qlik.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/How-To-Submit-Feature-Requests-For-Qlik-Products/ta-p/1...

[3] https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2020/Subsystems/Extensions/Content/Sense_Extensi...