topic Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run in QlikView

Triggering a QlikView load to run

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

We have an application that displays financial information. We want to be able to reload the application after each time the General Ledger post job runs. Is there an API into the Job Scheduler, or some way to get into the data base to update the run time to "now"?

Or, has someone been able to trigger a job based on an event in some other way?

Thanks,

Ron.

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 03:34:31 GMT

Hi Ron,

Maybe EDX could be useful, for example we have a php script that triggers and EDX event that reloads a job. You can get more info in this articles:

Triggering an EDX Task from the Ajax Client

Using EDX in QlikView 11 - basic example

Regards,

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Peter_Cammaert — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:46:32 GMT

"Not really" and "Yes". As Karla already mentioned, you can trigger a Publisher task externally from anywhere on your network by way of an EDX signal. Configure a task.to be "triggered by an external event", and use QMSEDX.exe to send the signal from a batch job or another application that allows for external programs to run at specific points in time.

For example, if you can configure the General Ledger post job to run QMSEDX.exe as a last step, that's it. Nothing more...

Peter

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Mon, 04 May 2015 19:08:48 GMT

Karla,

Thank you for turning us onto EDX. We are experimenting with it right now. Peter, that is exactly what we going to do -- run QMSEDX.EXE as the last step in the job!

Stay tuned while we work with this...

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Tue, 05 May 2015 15:55:32 GMT

Karla/Peter:

I work for Ron M'Sadoques, and based on the links in the replies to the original post, I was able to create an externally-triggered Qlik task, successfully execute it using the command-line method, and reload the target .qvw.

Thanks for pointing us in the right direction with EDX!

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Peter_Cammaert — Wed, 06 May 2015 09:01:30 GMT

Please close the discussion by marking an answer as correct. That way, an answer will appear in the frame of the original post. That'll help other community members in finding solutions to their problems.

BTW Ron will have to do the marking as he posted the original question.

Good luck,

Peter

Re: Triggering a QlikView load to run

Anonymous — Wed, 06 May 2015 10:55:52 GMT

Hi Mark,

That's great, glad to of be of little help. And, as Peter suggested, please close this thread, this will help other members of the community to find a solution if they are in the same situation.

Best Regards,

Karla