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Microsoft SQL Server data types

The following table shows the Microsoft SQL Server source data types that are supported when using Qlik Compose and the default mapping to Qlik Compose data types.

For information on how to view the data type that is mapped in the data warehouse, see the section for the data warehouse database you are using.

Data type mappings

Microsoft SQL Server data types

Qlik Compose data types

char

Varchar

nchar

Varchar

bit

Integer

tinyint

Integer

smallint

Integer

INT

Integer

BIGINT

Bigint

decimal

Decimal

numeric

Decimal

smallmoney

Decimal(11,4)

money

Decimal(20,4)

float

Decimal(38,12)

real

Decimal(18,6)

datetime

Date

datetime2

Date

smalldatetime

Date

BINARY

BYTE

date

Date

time

Varchar(16)

uniqueidentifier

GUID

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