topic Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible? in QlikView

1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

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

Hi all.

I want to know, if it possible, how I can setup 1 QlikView Access point for two different QlikView servers.

My current QV environment is:

machine 1: all QV services (QVS, QDS, QMC, etc)

machine 2: all QV services (QVS, QDS, QMC, etc)

today these 2 physical servers work separately and each of them has own Access Point:

http://server1/qlikview

http://server2/qlikview

My task is create one common Access Point for both of them.

for example, let's try to imagine this situation:

- server1 hosts only 1 qvw user document - dashboard1.qvw and when I open http://server1/qlikview, I see this document in the Access Point.

- server2 hosts only 1 qvw user document - dashboard2.qvw and when I open http://server2/qlikview, I see this document in the Access Point.

but I need to open link http://mainserver/qlikview and see 2 documents: dashboard1.qvw and dashboard2.qvw

Is it possible? and how?

As I understand, it should be resolved with 2 options at least:

1) take an another physical server, with limited set of Qlikview services (I don't know exactly, but, as I understand, we no need to have QVS instance on this server) and implement some special settings (or may be tricks )

2) Implement some special settings with one of our current servers.

I mean that we can use one of two existing our servers and setup a common AccessPoint.

I hope both variants are possible, but I don't know what should I do for creating a common AccesPoint.

Has somebody any ideas?

P.S. we use QlikView 11 SR2 Update2 and Windows Server 2008.

thx a lot.

Anatoly.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

Anonymous — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:13:55 GMT

Hi Anatoly,

This should be very straight forward.

If you go to the QlikView management console > System > QlikView Web Server > Access point > Server Connections, you can add additional QlikView Servers to an Access point.

If you want a third machine to only host the web frontend you can install just the QlikView Web Server on said machine and configure it to use documents from both QlikView Servers via the management console.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:29:46 GMT

Hi Johannes

Thanks for your quick response.

I open Server1 - QMC > System > QlikView Web Server > Access point > Server Connections

but I can't see any other QVS instances instead of current server1

I think that I have to add a new QVS instance (server2) as well (in Server1 - QMC > System > Qlikview Servers).

I will try to do it and come back.

anyway, thx for your advice.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:08:44 GMT

Yep, I was correct (and you of course ).

At first, I have to add another QVS instance to Qlikview Servers ( Server1 - QMC > System > Qlikview Servers).

After that I can select additional server for Access point ( QMC > System > QlikView Web Server > Access point > Server Connections)

Thanks for you help.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:35:08 GMT

Hi all

I have to return to this question

we have a qvw with internal Alert, which send emails to different recipients. it works correctly when we have different Access Points.

but after configuring 1 common Access Point for 2 different QVS we got one another issue with email alerting.

For example, we have QVS1 and QVS2. And we have configured 1 common AP on QVS1.

and when our qvw document (with internal Alert on Post reload action) reloaded on QVS2, we usually get emails from QVS1 (from the server with common AP), but we expect that we get emails from QVS2, because this document is hosted only QVS2.

I can't understand why QVS1 intercepts control and how we can avoid it...

I need help..

thanks,

Anatoly.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

Miguel_Angel_Baeyens — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:41:03 GMT

Hi Anatoly,

I'd guess that the QMS is on QVS1, and it's on QMC where you set the mail server, therefore the computer where the mails are sent from. Of course, you can set a different email server or even a relay (say you use Google Apps...).

Is that possible?

Regards.

Miguel

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:29:40 GMT

Hi Miguel

let me explain our environment...

we have 2 different installation of QV servers with diferent sets of qvw files.

each of these server has full set of QV services: QVS, QMC, QDS, DSC, QVWS

so we have

QVS1, QMC1, QDS1, DSC1, QVWS1, MAIL1 and

QVS2, QMC2, QDS2, DSC2, QVWS2, MAIL2

but we are using the same smtp settings for MAIL1 and MAIL2. the difference is "From address".

For QMC1 we use: qlikview1@mail.com

For QMC2 we use: qlikview2@mail.com

so we usually understand a kind of server which sent email alerts.

Today, I need to have 1 common AccessPoint on Server1.

I have added QVS2 ass additional QV instance in the QMC1 (QMC of Server1)

after that I added new instance QVS2 in Server1 - QMC > System > QlikView Web Server > Access point > Server Connections

I got a common Accesspoint (with common set of qvws from both servers) it's perfect, but when I try to reload publisher task on QMC2 (this task and qvw are hosted only on the Server2) I get an email from MAIL1 (qlikview1@mail.com)

I expect to get emails for QMC2 tasks from MAIL2.

How could it be fixed, is it possible?

thanks,

Anatoly.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

Miguel_Angel_Baeyens — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:20:16 GMT

Anatoly,

Thanks for the detailed description on the environment. First: are the QVS clustered or running alone?

If the former, having two QMCs can produce errors, if the latter, forget what I've said.

Just in case, one QMC can rule a cluster regardless where the QVS is, and can rule two Publishers to run in a cluster or separately and point where each task should be distributed and where the document should be available, because eventually, the cluster is seen as a whole (one unique server).

Hope that makes sense.

Miguel

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Fri, 31 May 2013 05:50:05 GMT

Miguel,

answer is no - we have no any clusters!

we have 2 different separate boxes (with different licences for QV Servers and QV Publishers) with different set of qvws!

And the task is create one common AccessPoint with full set of qvws (from both servers), but in ideal situation we need to have email alerts from different servers (for complete understanding)

As I understand you, my task is unreal and we have to create a cluster, am I right?

Anyway, if we will buy a cluster license we can't get emails from different servers, because the cluster works as a whole (common) server.

Could you suggest any configurations which could help us to get our requirements ?

Thanks

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:07:56 GMT

What you need is one QVS and one QMC and a then you add each QDS to that. This way you have 2 separate QDS instances both manage both from the same QMC. BUT this requeries that you have a license that has rights for 2 QDS nodes.

You can as you alreday are, run and distribute files to the same "accesspoint folder" and that way get all qvws to the same destination, but you can´t configure settings for both QDS instances as they in fact are separated on a license level.

This is because you can´t add 2 different licenses into the QMC for Publisher OR QVS

Don´t know why you need to have each server sending their own emails?

Alerts will be sent out from each QDS and the users you have added to each Distribution Service, you configure each QDS separate in the QMC.

Only when clustered, one setting is for all nodes

So contact your account manager at Qliktech and he should be able to assist you with license questions.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:33:07 GMT

Hello Andreas

thanks for your reply.

But us I understand yiour suggestion is use one Access Point folder for both servers, in other words, you suggest to use QV environment like Clustered envirionment. Unfortunately, we can't use clustered environment yet.

Today we need 2 separated boxes (2 regional QV environment), each of them should works separately.

but we need one common Access Point for them.

As for alerts, I told about Qlikview entire alerts (not alerts from QDS). I mean that in qvw you can setup alert on post reload event. And our main issue with alerts regards with these entire qvw alerts.

Why do we need to have alerts from both servers? because user should understand type of server which send specific Alert. and when we have 2 different QMC with own Email server settings, we can use different email address from. And when user get new alert he look at email address FROM ans he could understand what QV environment has sent this alert.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:07:50 GMT

You can distribute to different folder, by using mounts.

So QDS distribute to mount 1 and QDS2 distribute to mount2. Or to the same.

Each task will have it´s own set of recipients and therefore other users that are not suppose to see, for example QDS1 ones tasks, will not do so. Using mounts will seperate it even more, but i´ts still the same AccessPoint.

And alert mail can be used the way you want with one email server. Each QDS has it´s own set of recipients and therefore they will get the "proper" email from the right QDS that has a failed task.

Re: 1 AccessPoint for 2 different QVS. Is it possible?

sparur — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:29:30 GMT

Hm...

A speak about another alerts (not alerts about failure tasks), we have a lot of different alerts inside in qvw file

these alerts work each time when document was reloaded and include different information about new content (for example Daily Sales, Daily % of Plan, etc)

Anyway, as I understand, my task is impossible

I mean that we can't have one Access point for 2 different QV boxes...

Or nobody use it and doesn't have any expertise in this question...

thanks a lot