topic Re: BookMark help in QlikView

BookMark help

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

Dear All,

I have one main application named as Main_Application now which is again distributed in many application say

Appliction1,

Application2,

Application3.....

Now I need a separate bookmark for each distributed application on access point.

Is this achievable if yes, please advise me how.

Regards,

Mahamed.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 06:36:48 GMT

Dear Experts...

Please advise.

Re: BookMark help

karthikeyan1504 — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 06:52:07 GMT

As far as my knowledge we cannot create single bookmark to use it for different applications. However a user can share the bookmark to other user who is using the same application.

"Share Bookmark with Other Users"

Sharing User Created Bookmarks - Not Working

Warm Regards,

Karthikeyan.

Re: BookMark help

jagan — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:18:42 GMT

Hi,

It is not possible to distribute/copy bookmarks from one application to another application.

Regards,

jagan.

Re: BookMark help

NareshGuntur — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:22:01 GMT

Hi Mahamed,

Bookmarks created in a document are tied with the same document using .shared file.

If I understand it correct, Main_Application is also a distributed application and the other Appliction1, Application2, Application3.... are kind of subset of Main_Application.

So, if a user creates a bookmark in Main_Application, those will reside in Main_Application.qvw.shared file.

if you want these bookmarks to be available in all the other documents as well, you should manually copy Main_Application.qvw.shared file and rename it as Appliction1.qvw.shared, Application2.qvw.shared etc.

The catch here is its a one time activity.

Once you copy and replace the shared file to the other distributed documents, all the existing bookmarks will be lost.

New bookmarks created in Main_Application.qvw are not automatically transferable.

Hope, it helps.

Cheers,

Naresh

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:39:01 GMT

Hi Jagan,

Just want to get more close to this scenario diagrammatically, hope it will help.

Main Application

.......... .....> Reduced and distributed on server using field to following Apps

App1 App2 App3 App4 .........................................................................Appn

and i need there should be separate bookmark for each app..like

App1 - Bookmark1

App2 - Bookmark2

App3- Bookmark3

.Appn-Bookmarkn

kindy advise if possible.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:45:02 GMT

Dear Naresh,

Appreciate for your advise.

My scenario is not like if Main application has few bookmarks and tht should not be displayed in sub app.

I am already having few bookmarks in main and those are reflecting in sub app. and tht should be remain too.

What I need is Other than main application bookmarks the sub app should have there own separate bookmark too.

Hope now you get it.

Regards,

Mahamed

Re: BookMark help

NareshGuntur — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:47:42 GMT

Whenever users create bookmarks in the sub app, those will remain in the same app and these are individual to the respected documents.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:59:29 GMT

Yes,

But Business don't want this to be done by user.

How can we achieve this dynamic using Qlik only?

Re: BookMark help

NareshGuntur — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:02:23 GMT

Sorry... I don't think I got you clearly.

You mean the bookmarks should be created by Qlik automatically?

Or the bookmarks to be transferred to all the distributed documents once the user creates a bookmark in one document?

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:05:52 GMT

Also Naresh just to know...as we know Whenever users create bookmarks in the sub app, those will remain in the same app so will it remain on next reload too?

Re: BookMark help

jagan — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:06:39 GMT

Hi,

Create the required documents documents in the Qlikview Desktop itself, this bookmarks are accessible to all the users in the accesspoint.

Regards,

jagan.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:08:07 GMT

I didnt get you Jagan.

Re: BookMark help

karthikeyan1504 — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:09:36 GMT

Create the bookmarks separately in all the sub apps.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:12:07 GMT

Dear karthikeyan,

Yes, that can be done but those bookmarks could not remain on the next reload and distribution of main application.

Re: BookMark help

NareshGuntur — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:16:30 GMT

Yes, Bookmarks will be retained even after the reload.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:17:07 GMT

Re: BookMark help

jagan — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:17:54 GMT

HI,

Create Bookmarks on the actual file not in the Distributed files.

Regards,

Jagan.

Re: BookMark help

Mahamed_Qlik — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:25:26 GMT

Dear Jagan,

There are already few bookmarks available in actual file which are shared to all its sub applications.

But we want separate bookmark for each sub application other than the shared bookmark. That we want actually.

And as you said "Create Bookmarks on the actual file not in the Distributed files." then again if I will create the new bookmark in main application again it will be shared to all other sub application which I don't want.

Re: BookMark help

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 08:37:53 GMT

The bookmarks need to be created manually. So technically, if you have access to the application and all the data required, you can create the bookmark on the sub application and share it. User should be able to see it then.

If you need to change the owner of the bookmark, you can do so (as an QV admin) via QMC. And as already suggested, bookmarks are stored in the shared file and it survives the reload.

hope that helps.