topic Qlik Sense App Serialize / Deserialize TFS in Integration, Extension & APIs

Qlik Sense App Serialize / Deserialize TFS

Tue, 23 May 2017 22:10:56 GMT

I would like to add the Qlik Sense apps we have been developing into TFS for source control.

1 - Does the SDK allow a way to serialize the .QVF files to JSON (or xml, etc). We could then use the serialized file to load into TFS ?

2- On the same token, would it also support deserializing the app back to qlik's original binary format, in case we would need a "Rollback" to a prior version ?

Thank you in advance.

Re: Qlik Sense App Serialize / Deserialize TFS

tseebach — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:03:54 GMT

Have a look at this: GitHub - mindspank/serializeapp

Re: Qlik Sense App Serialize / Deserialize TFS

Mansi1403 — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:29:21 GMT

Serializeapp works with Qlik Sense desktop version. Is there any way to serialize qlik sense app present in qlik sense cloud?

Re: Qlik Sense App Serialize / Deserialize TFS

Dave_Channon — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:22:42 GMT

Hey @Mansi1403 - you have a couple of native options in Qlik Cloud:

Use Qlik-CLI to unbuild (and then rebuild) the app: https://qlik.dev/libraries-and-tools/qlik-cli/app-unbuild
Use an application automation template to unbuild/rebuild the app, optionally also moving it to a version control repository (templates are available from within Qlik Cloud, or you can check out tutorials like this one https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Qlik-Application-Automation-Set-load-script-in-Qlik-Sense-app/ta-p/1956230)

You can also use the APIs to build your own methods if these aren't sufficient.