topic QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing) in Integration, Extension & APIs

QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

sergio_loza — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 01:05:56 GMT

hello all, I attended Qonnections 2019 "QRS API" session which, although i'd say that i have sufficient experience with QRS calls, dropped a huge "hidden" nugget that I wanted to double click on

ExternalProgramTask

I created a simple external task that triggers a bat file.

{
"path": "C:\\Users\\<MYUSERHERE\\Desktop\\makedir.bat",
"name": "MakeDirectory3",
"taskType": 1,
"enabled": true,
"taskSessionTimeout": 1440,
"maxRetries": 0,
"privileges": null,
"impactSecurityAccess": false,
"schemaPath": "ExternalProgramTask"
}

currently I see a couple of issues

When I go to the QMC-> Select the task and click edit

This implies that I cannot chain the task or schedule it using QMC. Are there any QRS that could accomplish these as a workaround?

2) Similiarly If I want to chain a reload app task to the completion of the external task , It gives me an error ( note that this is just me trying things out, the first issue is the one i would want to work with)

I am using Qlik Sense November 2018 Patch 4

@Levi_Turner any chance for you to confirm whether these two are real issues or simply not implemented yet ?

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

Marc — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:19:10 GMT

External program tasks can only be modified via the APIs.

seems to be a issue with them via the QMC

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

sergio_loza — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:33:03 GMT

@Marcand @Levi_Turner

Would you recommend i open a support ticket?

And for the first use case -> Chaining or scheduling these external tasks. Could you think of a workaround that I could try? I was really hopping to be able to add events to a couple of external tasks

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

Levi_Turner — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:00:42 GMT

@sergio_loza : You're welcome to work through Qlik Support to file an enhancement, but the lack of ability to create / edit / etc External Program Tasks is currently just a limitation. As for how to do it, it should be covered well on these posts:

Cheers

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

sergio_loza — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:21:16 GMT

Thanks Levi and Cpy this is exactly what I was looking for. I will defer on UI related functionality as we would likely approach the creation and maintenance of these task thru QRS calls.

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

aruneshgupta — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:29:00 GMT

Hi All,

I have a requirement to automate the execution of a Qlik Sense task based on the presence of a specific file in a designated common folder.

I really appreicate your help.. I was trying to open above link but it is not available now..

Thank you!

Aurunesh

Re: QRS externalProgram Tasks (Chaining, Editing)

Levi_Turner — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:25:59 GMT

Attached are PDF versions from the archived blog posts.