topic Can we use data not loaded into Qlik? in App Development

Can we use data not loaded into Qlik?

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:21:35 GMT

Does data *have* to be loaded into the Qlik App to work or is it capable of using data where it resides?

Re: Can we use data not loaded into Qlik?

petter — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:44:32 GMT

The answer is yes. Is it as easy to use as loading data into memory via a load script or Data Manager? No - unfortunately not...

You can use:

Direct Discovery:
https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/September2018/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/DirectDiscovery/design-visualizations-w…‌

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/September2018/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/DirectDiscovery/access-large-data-sets-…‌
Advanced Analytics Integration / Server Side Extensions (Expressions) - don't let the name fool you - it doesn't have to be advanced analytics.

Server Side Extensions (SSE)

https://community.qlik.com/blogs/qlikviewdesignblog/2018/02/20/an-advanced-analytics-integration-timeline#comment-68790‌
On Demand App Generation - ODAG: kind of hybrid approach but you can query data into memory on-the-fly (sort of) even for end-users of applications. And again - don't let Qlik marketing material fool you - it can work perfectly well without having "Big Data". It will perform much better with smaller data anyway....

Big Data and Qlik Sense - On Demand App Generation

Re: Can we use data not loaded into Qlik?

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:09:22 GMT

Thank you Peter, after reviewing these a bit it *appears* that they are only available for the full paid version, not in the free preview. (No complaint, just an observation) So while it's good to know the ability is there should we decide to go this route, it doesn't look like something I can test beforehand.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. 🙂