topic Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense in Integration, Extension & APIs

Integrating extensions on Qliksense

IbrahimPervez — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:18:33 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am currently evaluating my options to looks at the pros and cons of shifting to QlikSense Cloud services for a client.

I wanted to confirm if we could integrate mashups and extensions on Qliksense cloud? From the limited research that I have done ( I am new to QlikSense), it looks like integrating mashups/extensions on Qlik Cloud is not possible. Can someone confirm this?

If yes, how do I achieve it?

Thanks

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

dplr-rn — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:32:47 GMT

Both extensions and mashups (AFAIK) are not supported
cloud is still evolving i dont beleive there is any work around yet

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

bgk — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:26:25 GMT

Hello,

With the Feb 2020 release 3rd party visualization extensions are now able to be uploaded and used in SaaS editions of Qlik Sense.

https://branch-blog.qlik.com/visualization-extensions-in-qlik-cloud-services-csp-42c7a84a3be6

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Admin/mc-extensions.htm

Mashup is already supported through web-integration

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Sense_Mashups/Howtos/external-mashups-integrate-cloud.htm

Try it out!

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

MohamedELH — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:46:58 GMT

Hello all,

I try to use the new features "extensions" in QS Business.

* I selected the file zip to import from QS Branch Garden.

* I downloaded the zip file on my PC

* I import it in QS Business "add extension"

==> I receive this error : "Archive contains a file that cannot be processed: QEXT file"

I have seen the process and it is asked to add the "zipped file". Can anyone help please?

Regards,

Mohamed.

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

bgk — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:51:15 GMT

It seems like the QEXT file is broken or contains unsupported content. Which visualization extension are your trying to import?

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

MohamedELH — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:54:36 GMT

Dear,

I try to import "Help Text Popup" extension. I find it useful because I would like users to understand easily the meaning of visualizations. This pop-up fits at the moment.

https://developer.qlik.com/garden/5ddcd57cf62b220018fd28dc

Kind Regads,

Mohamed.

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

bgk — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:08:20 GMT

This particular extension has not been tested for QCS and might not be working as expected. Please take a look at the
QCS TESTED property to see if the extension has been evaluated.

In this case it seems like the extension has a couple of unsupported characters in the QEXT file. If you remove the line feeds in the description property, it can be imported.

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

MohamedELH — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:46:22 GMT

As I have seen now, your are right, it has not been QCS tested. But this is the case of most extensions I have seen as well.

So I understand I need to remove unsupported characters => Which one it might be? I tried by removing the space removals but without success....

QEXT format => I open the file in Notepad and save it in QEXT afterwards.

Regards,

Mohamed.

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

bgk — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:25:31 GMT

Removing the line feeds (newlines) in the description field will remove the unsupported characters.

Re: Integrating extensions on Qliksense

MohamedELH — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:31:58 GMT

Dear,

Thank you for your support. I finally managed this. I removed most of the "description" text and vaildated in json format. When validated, I managed to load it in QS Business :))))))))

Regards,

Mohamed.