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Adding data from uploaded data files

You can upload certain file types and load that data in Data load editor or Data manager.

To make data from files available in your app, you must:

  • Upload your data files to your cloud. Each data file must be 500 MB or less.
  • Add the data to your app. This is a preliminary step that allows you to select and prepare the data that you want to load.
  • Load the data into your app. When you are done selecting and preparing the data, you can load the data into your app. After you load the data, you can use it to create visualizations in your app.
Information noteThe file extension of DataFiles connections is case sensitive. For example: .qvd.

Uploading your data files to your cloud

You can upload data files to your cloud from the DataFiles window. There are different ways to open this window. You can select which space to upload the data files from the spaces drop-down list. If You must have editing permission to add data files to a space.

In a new app

Do the following:

  1. Open the app.
  2. Click Add data from files and other sources.
  3. In the left menu, click Data files.
  4. Under Folder shortcuts, click DataFiles, and then upload a data file.

In an existing app

Do the following:

  1. Open the app.
  2. In the top menu, click the Data tab, and then click Add data.
  3. In the left menu, click Data files.
  4. Under Folder shortcuts, click DataFiles, and then upload a data file.

In the Data load editor from an existing DataFile connection

Do the following:

  1. Open the app.
  2. Open the Data load editor.
  3. Go to the Data connections window on the right. You will see folders from personal and shared spaces, you can access.
  4. Choose a DataFiles folder, and click Select data.

After you have uploaded a file to your cloud, you can add the data to you app, and then load data into your app.

Loading data into your app

Warning note

Do not add a table in Data manager that has already been added as a scripted table with the same name and same columns in Data load editor.

In Data manager

Information noteIn Data Manager, data files can only be uploaded or read from your personal space or the current space of the app.

Do the following:

  1. Open an app.
  2. Open the Data manager and then click ú. You can also click Add data in the ¨ menu. Adding data allows you to select and prepare your data before you load the data into your app.
  3. Click Data files.
  4. Choose the file that contains your data. Qlik Sense provides you with a preview of your data.
  5. Select the tables and fields to load.

  6. Click Add data to open the data in the Associations view of the data manager. This allows you to continue to add data sources, transform the data, and associate the tables in Data manager.

    Data profiling is enabled by default when you click Add data. Data profiling does the following:

    • Recommends data associations.
    • Auto-qualifies common fields between tables. This adds a unique prefix based on table name.
    • Maps date and time fields to autoCalendar.

    Tables are not associated on common field names automatically. You can associate tables in the Associations view.

    Tip noteIf you want to load the data directly into your app, click ¥ and then disable data profiling. This will also reload all existing data from data sources when you add the data. Tables will be associated on common field names automatically. Date and time fields will not be created.
  7. Click Load data when you are done preparing the data. If serious problems are detected, you need to resolve the problems in Data manager before you can load data into the app.

From a data connection in the data load editor

You can go to Data Connections, and use the Data SelectionSelect data dialog to select data to load.

For more information, see Select data in the data load editor.

From a file by writing script code

Files are loaded using a LOAD statement in the script. LOAD statements can include the full set of script expressions. To read in data from another Qlik Sense app, you can use a Binary statement.

For more information, see Load.

Uploading an updated data file

To update data in an app, you can upload an updated data file with the same name as the file you that you previously uploaded. When prompted, choose the replace the previous file. After you have uploaded the data file, you can reload the data into your app.

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