# GetFileTables Method

## Overloads

| [GetFileTables(String, String, FileDataFormat)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IApp.GetFileTables.htm#Qlik_Engine_IApp_GetFileTables_System_String_System_String_Qlik_Engine_FileDataFormat_) |  | Lists the tables for a folder connection.<br><br>FileType<br><br>Recognized file formats are:<br><br>\* `CSV` for Delimited<br><br>\* `FIX` for Fixed Record<br><br>\* `DIF` for Data Interchange Format<br><br>\* `EXCEL_BIFF` for Microsoft Excel (XLS)<br><br>\* `EXCEL_OOXML` for Microsoft Excel (XLSX)<br><br>\* `HTML` for HTML<br><br>\* `QVD` for QVD file<br><br>\* `XML` for XML<br><br>\* `QVX` for QVX file<br><br>\* `JSON` for JSON format<br><br>\* `KML` for KML file<br><br>\* `PARQUET` for PARQUET file |
| --- | --- | --- |

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

## GetFileTables(String, String, FileDataFormat)

Lists the tables for a folder connection.

#### FileType

Recognized file formats are:

* CSV for Delimited
* FIX for Fixed Record
* DIF for Data Interchange Format
* EXCEL\_BIFF for Microsoft Excel (XLS)
* EXCEL\_OOXML for Microsoft Excel (XLSX)
* HTML for HTML
* QVD for QVD file
* XML for XML
* QVX for QVX file
* JSON for JSON format
* KML for KML file
* PARQUET for PARQUET file

### Declaration

```

          IEnumerable<DataTable> GetFileTables([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/November2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.FileDataFormat.htm) | dataFormat | Type of the file. |

### Returns

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable&lt;[DataTable](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.DataTable.htm)&gt; |  |