topic How to restart a Postgres Source task with API after a loss of replication slot in Qlik Replicate

How to restart a Postgres Source task with API after a loss of replication slot

feal — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:42:15 GMT

Hello

if I may loose a replication slot from a Postgres Source DBMS of a replication task (for example a switchover for PostGres 15 or a failover for Postgres 16 and above) , it is not possible to use RunTask | Qlik Enterprise Manager Help Parameters | Qlik Enterprise Manager Help with RESUME_PROCESSING on a script : if I do not want to restart with RELOAD_TARGET and i want to restart with current timestamp, i may extract current timestamp in some way inside the calling script and pass it as a Header parameter to RunTask | Qlik Enterprise Manager.

Is there a way to do so only passing a single paramenter without any other additional script logic ? We want to avoid any manual intervention by GUI or a not easy to implement and mantain script.

Thanks and regards

Alessandro

Re: How to restart a Postgres Source task with API after a loss of replication slot

OritA — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:54:08 GMT

Hi Alessandro,

As indicated in the Replicate users guide under limitation section (see below), when working with postgres source endpoint it is not possible to start the task from a specific timestamp.
https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Global_Common/Content/SharedReplicateHDD/PostgreSQL-Source/limitations_postgresql_source.htm#ar_postgresds_802412600_1652565

If you need any additional clarification and or help please open a Salesforce case and describe the exact scenarion with the details of what did not work for you.

Regards,

Orit

Re: How to restart a Postgres Source task with API after a loss of replication slot

feal — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:57:25 GMT

Ok thank you Orit.

All clear now !