topic Re: Qlikview 11 EDX in QlikView

Qlikview 11 EDX

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

There was a discussion about how to get EDX remote task execution feature in Qlikview 11.

http://community.qlik.com/docs/DOC-2650

Author did include a lot of artifacts which explained the entire new procedure. Unfortunately some of the users were not familiar with Microsoft C# projects and they were having confusion how to make use of these tools. I tried to reply there , but the thread was closed. Intension of this post is to help users who are struggling to replace their old EDX task.

In the abovementioned post you can find an attachment called_CommandLine_v1.exe. Extract this exe to any location of your choice. You will get following files after the extraction

QMSEDX.exe.config & QMSEDX.exe.

Both of these files are essential for executing the task

Following is the syntax for using the exe file

/// Commandline call:

/// qmsedx -task=name [-qms=qmsaddress] [-password=pwd] [-variablename=vname] [-variablevalues=vvalues] [-timeout=timeout] [-pollinterval=interval] [-verbosity=verbosity]

/// Arguments:

/// -task [REQUIRED]: The name or id of the task to execute.

/// -qms [OPTIONAL]: The address of the qms. Default is the local host.

/// -password (-pwd) [OPTIONAL]: The password required to execute the task, if set.

/// -variablename (-vn) [OPTIONAL]: The name of the variable to pass on to the task, if set.

/// -variablevalues (-vv) [OPTIONAL]: A semicolon separated list of values of the variable to pass on to the task.

/// -timeout (-to) [OPTIONAL]: How many seconds to wait for the task to finish. Default value is one minute.

/// -pollinterval (-pi) [OPTIONAL]: How often to check the status of the task. Default value is every five seconds.

/// -verbosity [OPTIONAL]: The level of output, 0-5. 0 will not produce any output and 5 is the most verbose.

Example

I copied both these files to a server and created a .bat file with following code

C:\Users\Username\Desktop\qmsedx -task="DEV SAP BW ScriptBuilder" -password=123.

(In order to create a bat file, just write your argument in the notepad and save it with extn .bat)

Then i executed it using command line and the task executed in my publisher. Read the whitepaper that is attached in the previous post for more information

Although the EDX task execution feature went away with 11, it is still easy to execute the task from an external system.

Qlikview 11 EDX

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:37:17 GMT

I've got this working via a buuton in my .QVW but it only works for me (I'm the server admin so I have full rights). It doesn't work for other users when they open the .QVW from the Accesspoint. I've added those users to the server groups QlikView EDX and QlikView Management API, but it's still no go.

Qlikview 11 EDX

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:21:18 GMT

Got it. I just didn't have security set up on the share where the .bat file is located.

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:34:28 GMT

Hi,

Could someone help me

on execution of the batch file I get "Failed to start the task due to the following error:OtherError"

What am I doing wrong?

Qlikview EDX group is set up on server.

I have applied the qms url part of parameter.

Actually - my bad I got it working now...

misplaced a . in the batch file

Thanks,

Alex

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:13:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to implement EDX on QVS11 without Publisher license.

In the white paper, it mentioned that I need to pass the name of qvw file instead of the task if there is no publisher license. I tried to enter the qvw file in the bat file but it said: Task not found.

My syntax in bat file:

D:\QVforFun\EDX\QMSEDX_CommandLine\qmsedx -task="Reload Check - Every 25th.qvw" -password=" "

pause

I also tried using task name as shown on QMC but received the same error.

May I know what should be the syntax?

Do I need to change anything in QMSEDX.exe.config file? I can see that it has a HOSTNAME in the endpoint address. Should HOSTNAME be replaced by my server name?

Please help.

Thanks!

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:42:34 GMT

Hi minority,

I had some problems getting this to work at first.

Are you running this on the server where you have qlikview server installed?

Have you created the Qlikview EDX group on the server?

Syntax looks ok

If you are running from a remote PC on your network try adding the -qms"http://<yourservername>:4799/QMS/SERVICE" parameter

default is localhost

Kind regards,

Alexander

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:16:53 GMT

Hi Alex,

I'm running on my local laptop, windows 7 with QVS 11 installed.

I've assigned my login to QlikView EDX group. It's already in Qlikview Administrator group too.

Did you modify QMSEDX.exe.config file?

Thanks!

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:09:02 GMT

Hi Minority,

I have not changed the config, but I think it's picking its default values from here, which would be local host.

We have an dedicated server for Publisher, so I added the -qms parameter.

Also you could try adding a dummy password on the task.

I have not tried without a password.

There is one thing actually, change the taskname in QVS, remove all spaces. I had issues getting it to work using spaces in the taskname.

Kind regards,

Alexander

Qlikview 11 EDX

rwunderlich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:32:27 GMT

If the qvw resides in a mounted folder, you have to include the folder name as well.

-task='mountedFolderName/myqvw.qvw"

-Rob

Qlikview 11 EDX

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:57:41 GMT

Many many thanks Rob and Alex...

I also found out that mounted folder name with space doesn't work..

Thanks so much!

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:38:18 GMT

My FeedBack :

_I had to unlock the port 4799 on the server machine (even distant machine)

_I do not need to create the 2 groups: “QlikView Management API”, “QlikView EDX” (Domain admin).

And thank you.

Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:33:17 GMT

Hi,

Great work!!

I am trying to do the similar thing. But i am not sure what is going wrong??

Getting following error:

Device is not ready.

Can someone help me?

Thanks,

Ruby

Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:31:59 GMT

Hi All,

I've spent a good amount of time searching on how to implement EDX for QlikView 11 and this post along with the whitepaper seem like the best sources of info. However, I'm still having issues getting this to work. I have been trying to get the following line to run from a .bat file from our QlikView Server:

E:\ProgramData\QlikTech\Documents\Loader\EDX\qmsedx -task="E:\ProgramData\QlikTech\Documents\Loader\DailySalesLoader2.qvw" -password=123

I'm getting the error "TaskNotFound". I've taken all of the following steps to try and get around this error without any luck:

- removed all spaces from the qvw path and filename

- ensured I have QlikView Administrator privelegdes as well as having these priveledges on the document folder and the folder the .bat file is located in

- ensured that port 4799 is open on our server

- select reload on external event in qmc with password 123

I'm at a loss as to what to do next - any help is appreciated!

Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:40:30 GMT

Hi,

You are giving the actual document name in task :

task="E:\ProgramData\QlikTech\Documents\Loader\DailySalesLoader2.qvw

Instead of this give the task name used in QMC like:

-task="Reload of QVD_Loaders\task1.qvw"

Thanks,

Ruby

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

rwunderlich — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:41:38 GMT

Don't use the full file path in the task value. Just the "server path". For example:

- if the document is in the root folder:

task="DailySalesLoader2.qvw"

- if the document is in the mounted folder named "Loader".

task="Loader\DailySalesLoader2.qvw"

-Rob

http://robwunderlich.com

Qlikview 11 EDX

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:14:16 GMT

Ruby & Rob -

I really appreciate the fast response. I ended up using

-task="Loader/DailySalesLoader2.qvw"

I noticed that if you select a task in the status tab of qmc and show task details, this is the exact path/doc given under 'document'.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Qlikview 11 EDX

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:04:31 GMT

Please take a look at the usage of the qmsedx. Here I could see that you are trying to reference the qvw. The task parameter should reference the name of the task in the publisher. Not the qvw location&name .

Qlikview 11 EDX

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:16:19 GMT

Hi,

I actually do not have publisher so is this task name something I may not be seeing? When I look in the QMC and select a task and show task details - under task details, there is a Name and Document. When I use the Name as the task 'Reload of DialySalesLoader2.qvw', I get the TaskNotFound error returned. When I use the Document given under task details 'Loader/DailySalesLoader2.qvw', the reload is successfully initiated.

Qlikview 11 EDX

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:44:10 GMT

Hello,

i have the same problem like bgarland :

"I've got this working via a buuton in my .QVW but it only works for me (I'm the server admin so I have full rights). It doesn't work for other users when they open the .QVW from the Accesspoint. I've added those users to the server groups QlikView EDX and QlikView Management API, but it's still no go."

His solution was:

"Got it. I just didn't have security set up on the share where the .bat file is located."

So my question is, how the security should be set. Can you explain it in more detail please? Thank you!

Best regards,Aylin

Qlikview 11 EDX

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:59:51 GMT

Hi,

I have setup a solution similar to what you suggested.

We had the exact setup previously with a button, reading the parameters from a settings file on the server during the qvw load.

What I have done,

created a VBA application copying the QMSEDX.exe to local machine and executing of clients local machine,because QMSEDX.exe need to be executed on local machine to work.
Changing the parameters in the settings file on server, pointing to this xlsm instead of the http request.
re-using same shares as previously.

This as I'm not confortable with programming in .NET - sadly I don't have the skills - yet.