License Activation for On Premises Qlik Data Analytics Products

Troy_Raney — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:47:11 GMT

This article covers license activation for on-premises versions of Qlik Sense Data Analytics products, for new purchases of cloud services, please follow the on-boarding instructions provided in your email.

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New purchase

If you purchased a new product, please refer to the tables in Activation Method of Qlik Products to determine if your product supports Qlik Licensing Services (QLS) or legacy License Enabler File (LEF) based activation.

If your products are activated based on Qlik Licensing Service, you can activate it with Signed License Key sent via the license delivery email, or Signed License Definition (if you activate it offline either temporarily or permanently).

For activation using Signed License Key, please refer to Qlik License Service Online Activation Process

Temporary offline activation does not require approval, and it comes by default for 90 days and permanent offline activation requires approval from Qlik. Please refer to the Qlik License Service Offline Activation Process

If your products are activated based on LEF, you can activate it with license and control number. And if you are activating it offline, you would also need to download the LEF file. Please refer to LEF activation process.

Renewal – Existing Key Updated

For customers who have renewed their Qlik software, i.e you have an existing key whose linked details have been updated, please take note of the following to avoid any disruptions:

If your renewed products were activated using Signed License Key, you do not require to do anything further. The license definition will be updated to the deployment within 24 hours upon the successful renewal.

Please take note that if you received a new entitlement/license, instead of preserving the same entitlement/license, you would need to follow the new products purchased guide mentioned earlier. However, please take note of the start date of the new entitlement.

If your renewed products were activated using Signed License Definition (ie offline access), you would need to download the latest Signed License Definition and apply to the deployment, only once. Please refer to the guide Updating Signed License Definition upon renewal.

If your renewed products were activated using LEF, there are two steps required to activate your new license. Firstly, your existing LEF end date has been extended by 7 days, follow the process Updating LEF files upon renewal to reapply your license and ensure you pick up the extended LEF.

Once the new license period has started, you will need to again follow the process Updating LEF files upon renewal to reapply your license to pick up the new LEF.

This is because a LEF can contain only one license at a time, either the pre or post renewal content.

Renewal – New Key Provided

Please review the documentation provided with the key and take note of the start date. Your new key is only valid from that start date, attempting to use it early will result in an Invalid License error.

On the start date, you will need to activate your new key

If you are using a Signed License Key, please refer to Qlik License Service online activation process.
If you are using Signed License Definition for offline access, please refer to Qlik License Service offline activation process.
If you are using a LEF, you can activate it with license and control number. And if you are activating it offline, you would also need to download the LEF file. Please refer to LEF activation process.

Activation Method of Qlik Products

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows, SaaS Add-on, and Qlik Analytics Platform

	Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows Client Managed Professional/Analyzer/Analyzer Capacity	Qlik License Enterprise SaaS Add-on features	Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows & Qlik Analytics Platform Token based/CPU Core based
Online: Signed License Key	Default - Yes	Yes	No
Offline: Delayed Sync/Offline	Default - Yes	No	No
Legacy: License + Control Numbers and manual LEF	Yes	No	Yes

QlikView and Qlik NPrinting

	QlikView Server and Publisher	Qlik NPrinting
Online: Signed License Key	Yes	Yes
Offline: Delayed Sync/Offline	Yes	Yes
Legacy: License + Control Numbers and manual LEF	Yes	Yes

QlikView legacy key only sold as part of AMP (Analytics Modernization Program) and OEM today. In general, customers would get unified license from AMP/QlikView infrastructure add-on to Qlik Sense Enterprise client managed or signed license key from QlikView infrastructure add-on to Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS.

Qlik GeoAnalytics, SAP Connector, and Qlik Catalog

	Qlik GeoAnalytics	Qlik SAP Connector	Qlik Catalog
Online: Signed License Key	Yes	No	Yes
Offline: Delayed Sync/Offline	Yes	No	Yes
Legacy: License + Control Numbers and manual LEF	No	Yes	No

article License Activation for On Premises Qlik Data Analytics Products in Official Support Articles

License Activation for On Premises Qlik Data Analytics Products

New purchase

Renewal – Existing Key Updated

Renewal – New Key Provided

Activation Method of Qlik Products

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows, SaaS Add-on, and Qlik Analytics Platform

QlikView and Qlik NPrinting

Qlik GeoAnalytics, SAP Connector, and Qlik Catalog

How to License your Qlik Products

Qlik License Service and SLK Online Activation Processes

Qlik License Service and SLK Offline Activation Processes

Using Qlik NPrinting with offline SLD

LEF Activation Processes

Update LEF Processes Upon Renewal

Update Signed License Definition Upon Renewal Processes

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