# List the tables for a folder connection

List the tables for a folder connection by using the [GetFileTables method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-doc-getfiletables.htm).

## Example

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/EngineAPI/Content/Sense_EngineAPI/CreatingAppLoadingData/ViewDataToLoad/list-tables-for-folder.htm)

#### The goal is to list the tables for a folder connection.

The connection is a folder connection and the identifier of the connection is 5A13592D-EC181806-9670952A-97CAB0B9-C1BF490E.

The name of the file is Qv101.xlsx.

The type of the file is EXCEL\_OOXML.

The client sends:

```
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 6,
  "method": "GetFileTables",
  "handle": 1,
  "params": [
    "5A13592D-EC181806-9670952A-97CAB0B9-C1BF490E",
    "Qv101.xlsx",
    {
      "qType": "EXCEL_OOXML"
    }
  ]
}
```

The engine returns:

```
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 6,
  "result": {
    "qTables": [
      {
        "qName": "Categories"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Customers"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Order_Details"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Orders"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Products"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Shippers"
      },
      {
        "qName": "Suppliers"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

The list of the tables in the file Qv101.xlsx is returned.