Can iDBQuery read files on a shared network drive?
Yes. iDBQuery's folder ingest can point at a mounted network share or file server path and treat everything in it as one live queryable model, and with the Desktop or on-prem deployment the files never leave your network, so you can ask questions across a team drive in plain language.
iDBQuery ingests folders of files, and a shared network drive is just a folder that lives on a file server. As long as the drive is mounted or reachable as a path (an SMB or NFS share, a mapped drive, or a mounted volume), iDBQuery can point its folder ingest at it and turn the CSVs, Excel workbooks, JSON, and PDFs it contains into a single live, queryable model.
This suits teams that keep monthly reports, exports, or scanned documents on a shared drive. After ingest you can ask:
- Across every workbook in the finance share, what is spend by department this year?
- Combine all the site export CSVs and show which locations are trending down.
- Across the contracts folder, which agreements renew in the next 90 days?
Every figure is cited to the specific file and row. The important point for shared drives is where the data lives: with iDBQuery's Desktop app or an on-prem/VPC deployment, the files are read locally and never leave your network, which is exactly what teams need for sensitive documents on an internal file server. Role-based access still governs who can query what. Because iDBQuery builds one model, the drive's contents can be joined to your databases and other sources in the same answer, so a network folder becomes something you can actually ask questions of.
Updated 2026-06-22