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Is it possible to view the source code of an app created through the QLIK GUI interface

aj_954 — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:31:10 GMT

Hi,

I am a new user to QLIK and I want to find a way to view the source code for an app developed with the GUI interface ( creating plots, bar charts, etc) within QLIK.

I am developing apps with QLIK desktop on secure databaseand cannot send the app to the QLIK sense due to secuirty. I can however send text from my secure network to the network with QLIK sense.

Would it be possible to develop an app (using the GUI interface) with QLIK desktop, obtain the source code , and copy & paste that source code into a text file, and use that source code to generate the same APP i developed on QLIK desktop?

Re: Is it possible to view the source code of an app created through the QLIK GUI interface

aj_954 — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:40:27 GMT

seems I answered my own question, through a little bit of google search. QLIK is not an open source software so there is no way to view the source code generated by the software.

Is there a way to get around this? i.e package the app into a QLIK only readable text file?

Re: Is it possible to view the source code of an app created through the QLIK GUI interface

Vegar — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:47:31 GMT

You could take a look at GitHub - mindspank/serializeapp witch can convert your application into JSON and use that json-package to rebuild the app on another machine.

Re: Is it possible to view the source code of an app created through the QLIK GUI interface

rwunderlich — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:09:35 GMT

I suggest you also take a look at https://github.com/qlik-oss/corectl where you can use the unbuild/build commands to serialize apps as well as do some programatic adjustments.

-Rob