topic Re: Application export error - Application automation in Qlik Automate

Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:16:04 GMT

Hello experts,

I have apps in managed spaces, I am the owner of the app and the space.

I am using this block 'Export App To Base 64 Encoded File' but its throwing export error

Does it mean that I do not have the export permission? Its confusing because I am the owner of the app and space.

Thanks

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Frank_S — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:51:00 GMT

Hi @lwp89

Is it possible that you are using sharepoint export block. If yes, this may be the solution:

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Knowledge/Office365-Sharepoint-403-error-on-treeview-917656-error/ta-p/1910772

Kind regards...

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:01:08 GMT

I am using the following blocks

I have few more steps before this blocks.. those blocks basically lists the app IDs from this managed space.. and it works fine as I can see in the output that it successfully lists all the 3 App IDs from that managed space.. but it fails at this export block

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Frank_S — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:37:28 GMT

Can you try exporting from a Shared Space rather than the managed space?
Does that work?

403 generally means "forbidden" so perhaps this could be it.

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Frank_S — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:53:02 GMT

Take moment to review this community discussion as well.

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Qlik-Application-Automation/Export-app-to-sharepoint-onedrive-or-dropbox/m-p/1893688/highlight/true#M380

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:04:09 GMT

Thanks @Frank_S

I looked at this post.. but does not help.

FYI, the export works perfectly fine with an app in shared space, but it does not work for the apps that are in managed spaced.

Qlik Application Automation also has a very complex template about this to kind of export an app to github everytime its published.

We all know that the apps can only be published in the managed spaces and not shared spaces so I am sure that this template is also talking about exporting the apps from managed spaces and not shared.

Its frustrating that it works for shared space and not managed

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Frank_S — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:33:30 GMT

I thought that might be the case that it would work for the shared space.

This appears to be a limitation of the current capabilities (or possibly working as design given that managed spaces are strictly governed spaces).

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Spaces/Spaces.htm#anchor-3

I am cc'ing our in house expert to confirm as well.

cc @ Emile_Koslowski

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:20:55 GMT

Thanks, I have also raised a support case (00032087).

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Emile_Koslowski — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 06:49:25 GMT

Hi both,

Frank is correct, it's not possible to export apps from a managed space.
This is also not possible through the Qlik Sense UI.

Re: Application export error - Application automation

AlexOmetis — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:37:07 GMT

To export or duplicate an app from a Managed Space you have to do some weird workaround trickery.

It's possible using Qlik-CLI to move the app to a Shared Space (using qlik app space), duplicate it (either in the web or using qlik app copy) or export it, then move it back to the Managed Space (using qlik app space). I imagine you could construct something similar within App Automation.

I'm really not sure why it's not supported in Qlik Sense UI as it causes major issues when someone deletes their shared/personal copy of an app. Vote on my idea here: Qlik Sense SaaS - Duplicate/Export App from Manage... - Qlik Community - 1779701

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Frank_S — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:32:51 GMT

New Article regarding this discussion topic:

Qlik SAAS Export App From Managed Space Fails

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:04:24 GMT

Sorry but this does not make sense to me.. NOTE that Qlik SaaS has an Application Automation Templates for exporting published apps to Git. (We know that app can only be published into Managed space and not a shared space) so Why does Qlik provide this template if it does not have the export function for apps published into managed space?

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Emile_Koslowski — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:46:06 GMT

@lwp89,

That template was originally built to store the source app (the app that gets published) instead of the published app.

But you make a fair point that the template has the option to use the ID of the published app, this functionality was added in a later version of that template. We might have been too quick with dismissing your question, apologies. I'll get together with the team that owns the Export App API functionality to make sure no changes were made on their side.

Emile

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Emile_Koslowski — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:02:03 GMT

I confirmed that exporting a published app was never possible.

The description of the template and the template itself need to be updated.

Re: Application export error - Application automation

AlexOmetis — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:13:46 GMT

In that template I think you're meant to select the originAppId in the "Get App Information" block rather than the AppId. That way you're exporting the unpublished app - which at that point is identical to the published one. That also means accessing things like the data load script to export would be expected to work.

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:10:11 GMT

Thanks all,

So here is my app published block

Now on the next block 'Get App Information' I am looking for original app ID as shown below

But it fails at this step and throws the 404 error

Do note that the app I am publishing to this test managed space is originally sitting in the shared space and I am the owner of all the spaces and this app

Re: Application export error - Application automation

Emile_Koslowski — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:48:45 GMT

@lwp89 ,

It looks like you're using the webhook example payload instead of triggering a real app published event.

If you manually execute a webhook triggered automation (by clicking Run), the example payload is used.

Can you try to publish an app instead of clicking run or can you update the example payload so the originAppId is a real app from your tenant?

Emile

Re: Application export error - Application automation

lwp89 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:29:30 GMT

Thank you, I just cold not figure out where that exampleID was coming from.. but now it all makes sense.

I have fixed it, tested and its all working now 🙂 Thank you very much for all your help.