topic Re: How to send mail alert when server is down? in QlikView

How to send mail alert when server is down?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi All,

Sometimes it happens that qlikview server is down or any qlikview distribution service is paused becuase of which the reports are not reloaded/refreshed.

I came to know when i cheked the reload time of qvw on server or on access point.

Is there any way to send an mail alert when the server is down to respective recipients who will help in the issue.

Please assist..

Re: How to send mail alert when server is down?

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:28:33 GMT

Angha

QlikView itself cannot monitor / alert on QlikView server down or any QlikView distribution service is paused / down.

But such monitors / alerts are a part of normal IT Administration / Operations and can done with PowerShell, VB & other things. I'd suggest contacting whoever administers your Windows Servers.

If you Google something like Windows server down alert script you'll get plenty of hits.

Best Regards, Bill

Re: How to send mail alert when server is down?

Jason_Michaelides — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:40:00 GMT

As Bill says, you will need to do this outside of QV. We use a simple vbs script that checks the last modified time of a qvw file. The script is run every minute by Windows Task Scheduler.

Jason

Re: How to send mail alert when server is down?

Nilesh_C — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:54:32 GMT

@Jason_Michaelides could you please share that VB script so that we can get an idea about how to move further

Re: How to send mail alert when server is down?

Jason_Michaelides — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:41:57 GMT

Hi Nilesh,

I’m sorry but it was so long ago I don’t have it! Just Google about - you’ll find some useful tools to monitor Windows services.

Jason