Adding data to the app

You can add data to your app quickly, by clicking Add data in the Data manager or in the ¨ menu of any other view.

The following groups of data sources are available:

• Connections

  You can add data from a data source that has already been defined by you or an administrator. This can be a database, a folder containing data files, or a connector to an external data source, such as Salesforce.com.

  See: Adding data from an existing data source

• Connect my data

  You can select data from a data source that you have not used before and create a new data connection.

  See: Adding data from a new data source

• Qlik DataMarket

  You can add data from an extensive collection of up-to-date and ready-to-use data from external sources accessible directly from within Qlik Sense. Qlik DataMarket provides current and historical weather and demographic data, currency exchange rates, as well as business, economic and societal data.

  The Qlik DataMarket sources that are available to you depend on your Qlik Sense Cloud subscription.

See: Adding data from Qlik DataMarket

• Attach files

  You can add data from a file on your computer. The file is uploaded and attached to the app.

  See: Attaching data files and adding the data to the app

Which data sources are available to me?

What data source types are available to you depends on a number of factors:

• Access settings

  Administrator settings determine which types of data sources you can connect to.

• Installed connectors

  Qlik Sense contains built-in support for many data sources. Built-in connectors are installed automatically by Qlik Sense. To connect to additional data sources you may need to install connectors separately that are specifically for those data sources. Such separately installed connectors are supplied by Qlik or a third party.

  See: Troubleshooting - Loading data

  Qlik Connectors help

• Local file availability

  Local files on your desktop computer are only available in Qlik Sense Desktop. They are not available for use with a server installation of Qlik Sense.

  Tip noteIf you have local files that you want to load on a server installation of Qlik Sense, you need to attach the files to the app, or transfer the files to a folder available to the Qlik Sense server, preferably a folder that is already defined as a folder data connection.

See: Connecting to data sources