topic Why should you avoid running macros on the QlikView Server? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826698#M1259689 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The general advice is to avoid executing macros on the QlikView Server, but my Question is if anyone could provide some more details as how and why this might be causing problems?</P><P></P><P>What are really the security implications of allowing macros and would those implications differ between small and larger size server environments?</P><P></P><P>There are some information in the QlikView Reference Manual but I would like to know what experience QlikView administrators have of allowing macros in their production environment, is this acceptable or would that be unthinkable?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Why should you avoid running macros on the QlikView Server? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826698#M1259689 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The general advice is to avoid executing macros on the QlikView Server, but my Question is if anyone could provide some more details as how and why this might be causing problems?</P><P></P><P>What are really the security implications of allowing macros and would those implications differ between small and larger size server environments?</P><P></P><P>There are some information in the QlikView Reference Manual but I would like to know what experience QlikView administrators have of allowing macros in their production environment, is this acceptable or would that be unthinkable?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826698#M1259689 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: Why should you avoid running macros on the QlikView Server? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826699#M1259691 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Check this</P><P><A href="https://community.qlik.com/qlik-blogpost/3700">Macros are Bad</A></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>ASHFAQ</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:34:50 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826699#M1259691 ashfaq_haseeb 2014-12-15T11:34:50Z Re: Why should you avoid running macros on the QlikView Server? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826700#M1259694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you that post and the discussion following the blog post will probably answer most of my questions!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:24:07 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-should-you-avoid-running-macros-on-the-QlikView-Server/m-p/826700#M1259694 2014-12-15T12:24:07Z