topic Re: Read/query the app description in App Development

Read/query the app description

YB_Mo — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:00:00 GMT

Hello colleagues,

for an optimised overview, I would like to query the app descriptions in Qlik Sense.

I would like to display this information in the form of an app catalogue and make it available to our customers.

I can't find any functions like DocumentDescription() or similar in Qlik Sense.

Does anyone have an advice or can link a solution?

Thank you very much!

Re: Read/query the app description

rwunderlich — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:33:29 GMT

You can pull this information using Qlik script. Use a Qlik REST connection to the QRS (Qlik Repository Service).

You can interface with the QRS API via Qlik REST connector and the endpoint qrs/app/full. Some examples:

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Connecting-Qlik-Sense-QRS-data-via-REST-conn...

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/How-to-setup-a-Data-Connection-to-the-QRS-AP...

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Qlik-Sense-Documents/How-to-access-QRS-Repository-from-Load-Script/ta-...

It may take a bit to set up the REST connection the first time. But once you do, you will have access to an incredible amount of data just by varying the url, https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/February2023/APIs/RepositoryServiceAPI/index.html?page=2...

-Rob
http://www.easyqlik.com
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Re: Read/query the app description

YB_Mo — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:48:28 GMT

Hi Rob,

thanks for your advice. I have already found out that I have an existing monitoring app in Qlik Sense. I don't know if it is automatically created with the Qlik Sense installation. There is an existing REST query in this monitoring app which provides all the necessary information.