# "No files detected or unable to read file format" on empty dirs in object store **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 21, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591 "2020-05-21T01:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![noah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@noah](https://community.dremio.com/u/noah)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/1 "2020-05-21T01:36:05Z")
I get the error “No files detected or unable to read file format with selected option” when Dremio reaches an empty “directory” within an S3-like object store source. Is there a setting that would allow Dremio to just ignore that directory and continue on? v4.2.1 ---
**Author:** ![noah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@noah](https://community.dremio.com/u/noah)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/2 "2020-05-21T03:45:06Z")
Some more info: I added an empty file in the empty leaf directories thinking that it might be enough to get Dremio to continue, but now I get “The top level of your document must either be a single array of maps or a set of white space delimited maps.” The empty file is a .json file with just this: [{}] I also tried with this: [] and got the same error. ---
**Author:** ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/3 "2020-06-10T07:10:28Z")
@noah I am able to promote the same file, see attached [empty.json.zip](https://community.dremio.com/uploads/short-url/dsdj7TFslyX8ulNx9tptEI7wgCE.zip) (561 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![koolay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/koolay/32/2407_2.png) [@koolay](https://community.dremio.com/u/koolay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/4 "2020-10-26T12:37:16Z")
@balaji.ramaswamy Can dremio ignore a fixed folder name over configuration when query? ---
**Author:** ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/5 "2020-10-26T18:38:06Z")
@koolay If there is a folder under a promoted folder, you can use filter clauses to ignore. Not sure I understand your question completely ---
**Author:** ![koolay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/koolay/32/2407_2.png) [@koolay](https://community.dremio.com/u/koolay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/6 "2020-10-26T18:46:37Z")
@balaji.ramaswamy I want to query the table path of `delta lake`. However it does not work because that there is a subfolder within the table path. ---
**Author:** ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/no-files-detected-or-unable-to-read-file-format-on-empty-dirs-in-object-store/5591/7 "2020-10-26T18:51:20Z")
@koolay We are not yet there to support DELTA LAKE format, we will be supporting soon Thanks Bali