File system-Directory rules
Target category: Choose from the categories created in section Categories or create a new category via the built-in sub-menu.
Path: Locate the files that you would like to associate with this rule. UNC is recommended. You can enter a wildcard in the path, ex. C:\qlikview\data\*\qvw
Use rule name as top level: If using more than one rule in each category, use rule name as top level to separate them. This will add a new parent node that will contain all entries targeted in the rule as children nodes (or subnodes).
Scan subfolders: By selecting this option, NodeGraph will include subfolders in the given path.
Scan subfolders as levels: This option creates subnodes per folder (hierarchical), meaning that NodeGraph will keep your subfolder structure in the Dependency Explorer as well. You can choose to both include and exclude specific files and file types.
Include filter: You can use a fully qualified name like sales.qvw or a wildcard like *.qvw, *.xlsx, etc.
Exclude filter: You can use a fully qualified name like data.qvd or a wildcard like *.qvd. If you want to exclude more than one file or folder, use ; to separate them.
Alias: Used to match Path as an alternative name. If a combination of UNC path and local path is used in your environment, Alias needs to be set up. Otherwise, NodeGraph will not be able to connect the dependencies line correctly.
A likely symptom if this is not set up is that the same QVD appears in both your QVD category and under ‘Files without Rules’.
To solve this, enter a mapping between the two locations using the alias function in the rule.
Example path: C:\Qlik\Extract\QVD
Example Alias: \\servername\ExtractQVD