# GetFileTablesEx Method

## Overloads

| [GetFileTablesEx(String, String, FileDataFormat)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.App.GetFileTablesEx.htm#Qlik_Engine_App_GetFileTablesEx_System_String_System_String_Qlik_Engine_FileDataFormat_) |  | Lists the tables and fields of a JSON or XML file for a folder connection. |
| --- | --- | --- |

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.App.GetFileTablesEx.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.App.GetFileTablesEx.htm)

## GetFileTablesEx(String, String, FileDataFormat)

Lists the tables and fields of a JSON or XML file for a folder connection.

### Declaration

```

          public IEnumerable<DataTableEx> GetFileTablesEx([QixName("qConnectionId")] string connectionId, [QixName("qRelativePath")] string relativePath = null, [QixName("qDataFormat")] FileDataFormat dataFormat)
    
  
```

### Parameters

| Type | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| System.String | connectionId | Identifier of the connection. |
| System.String | relativePath | Path of the connection file. |
| [FileDataFormat](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.FileDataFormat.htm) | dataFormat | Type of the file. |

### Returns

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable&lt;[DataTableEx](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.DataTableEx.htm)&gt; |  |

### Implements

[IApp.GetFileTablesEx(String, String, FileDataFormat)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IApp.GetFileTablesEx.htm#Qlik_Engine_IApp_GetFileTablesEx_System_String_System_String_Qlik_Engine_FileDataFormat_)