topic Re: How to add CAL license Key to a QlikView Desktop in QlikView

How to add CAL license Key to a QlikView Desktop

jim_chan — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi guys,

My client has purchased SBE , and have 5 CAL licenses.

Question is.

1) How to add in license key for 5 users. If the 5 users would want to use qlikview desktop, how to add in licensen key on each of their laptop?

2) If I chose to lease license, for 5 license keys, how many users can I lease license to?

Rgds,

Jim

Re: How to add CAL license Key to a QlikView Desktop

marcus_sommer — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:30:10 GMT

The CAL's belong to the SBE which meant you couldn't give the licences directly to a client else the client had to lease the licence from the server. This could be done from the desktop client by menu --> open on server.

More informatiosn could you find here:

QlikView License Leasing Technical Brief Paper.pdf

All you need to know about licensing QlikView

- Marcus

Re: How to add CAL license Key to a QlikView Desktop

maxgro — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:39:49 GMT

1) How to add in license key for 5 users. If the 5 users would want to use qlikview desktop, how to add in licensen key on each of their laptop?

Open the QlikView Management Console (QMC);

in System tab --> Licenses --> Client Access Licenses (CAL) --> Assigned CALs

add the 5 users

If you want to change the user, remove and add a new one (sometimes you need to wait 24 hours (look at the help, top right))

To use QlikView desktop you can lease the license from the server using QlikView desktop (open in server) or the ie plugin

2) If I chose to lease license, for 5 license keys, how many users can I lease license to?

5 CAL, 5 users