topic QlikView AccessPoint Customisation in QlikView

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

G'day QlikCommunity;

I've done some pretty exhaustive searching today to try and find out how to set defaults and other general customisations of the QlikView AccessPoint (v10) and really haven't found much besides a few blog entries and some unanswered discussions.

First and foremost, I would like to be able to set 'Details' as the primary view for any user who logs into the AccessPoint. Much like the below screenshot:

Vlad Gutkovsky's blog covers this issue in an indirect manner, by disabling the 'Thumbnail' view. (See: http://www.qlikvlad.com/?p=133 - and his other articles are helpful as well)

The criticism I have of this is highlighted in the following image. You will notice that, unlike the details tab, it will only display the same number of documents as it usually would if there were Thumbnails. Instead of all the documents on one page it splits them by whatever the row amount selected it (Default is 4).

Ideally, by disabling 'Thumbnails' using Vlad's fix, the option to select it should not appear.

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I have looked at other unanswered cases that also ask about setting default selections for the AccessPoint. I would like to have a default category, view and even rows. I have looked through the QVS documentation (Reference Manual) and there is little to no customisation available without editing the C:\Program Files\QlikView\Web\QvAccessPoint.js file.

Surely I can't be the only person who has come across these issues/restrictions?

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Below are just two examples of similar discussions that are still unanswered;

http://community.qlik.com/message/151461#151461

http://community.qlik.com/message/159159#159159

Regards;

Kieran Boyce

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:18:10 GMT

Kieran,

That's an interesting point. The reference manual won't provide any customization tips so some basic web dev is necessary. A lot of the settings associated with the AP are stored in AVQ, which is not editable (or at least I haven't figured out a way to do it). But these instructions should accomplish what you want:

1.Open index.htm in Notepad. Around line 17 you should see the following function:

function Start() {

CheckPlugin();

LoadHeader();

LoadFooter();

Qva.Start();

}

Replace it with this:

function Start() {

counter = 0;

CheckPlugin();

LoadHeader();

LoadFooter();

Qva.Start();

}

2.Open the file QvAccessPoint.js in Notepad. After line 125 (which should read "this.Touched = true;" ) insert the following function:

if(counter==0){

node.setAttribute("view","Details");

counter += 1;

}

Save and close the file.

This will default the view to Details but still allow users to change it to Thumbnails.

Regards,

Vlad

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:24:36 GMT

Vlad;

Thank you for your response. I have tried a few times now and it doesn't seem to work. It still defaults the view to Thumbnails.

I have tried clearing by Temporary Internet Files each time I tested it.

I even 'started fresh' by using backup copies of the .js and .htm files.

Does this work for you? Perhaps I am making a mistake, or perhaps it doesn't work. Just want to make sure I am not chasing a ghost.

Regards;

Kieran Boyce

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:04:37 GMT

It's working for me, yes. I only tested it with v10--is that the version you're using?

Vlad

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:38:42 GMT

Hi Vlad,

Do you know what it takes to change the default setting for rows to 'All'.

I tried couple of things but nothing seems to be working for me.

I would appriciate if something can be worked out here.

Thanks,

Sarvesh

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Brian_Munz — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:50:41 GMT

Which version are you using?

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:55:20 GMT

Hi Brian,

Qlik View version 10.

-Sarvesh

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:20:03 GMT

I'm not sure, sorry.

Vlad

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:05:05 GMT

Hmmm I just noticed that the solution I posted above has a typo (fixed in original post now). The function should read:

if(counter==0){

node.setAttribute("view","Details");

counter += 1;

}

Still kind of messy, but probably the best I can do since we can't edit AVQ...

QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:51 GMT

Vlad, very useful advice.

A follow up to this question: is there a way to set the default plug-in based on the browser used? For example, I want to have my users have a detail view of the documents. We want to use IE plugin as defacto standard way, but when users open a document using Safari for example, we want Ajax to be default. This, btw, is important because if IE is the "default" plugin in the server, then the links to the documents are not clickable when opended in another browser.

Thanks for your help!

Igor.

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:24:52 GMT

Igor,

I don't know of a way to change this, since I think it's set by the infamous AVQ. However, there are other considerations here. That drop-down respects user selections--i.e. if you change your preferred client, it is remembered for next time BUT it's only remember on that computer. Which tells me that it's cookie-based.

I'm assuming that when you say Safari, you mean a mobile client? QlikView 11 handles mobile client identification more gracefully than v10. In v10, I would suggest creating a second AccessPoint specifically for your mobile users and then just giving them that URL. You can customize all sorts of things--like modifying the document link to always use AJAX and removing the preferred client drop-down altogether.

Regards,

Vlad

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:31:23 GMT

Just to let you know, my blog has moved so the post above can now be found here: http://www.infinityinsight.com/blog/?p=133

Regards,

Vlad

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

Bill_Britt — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:50:11 GMT

Please note:

Make sure you have a copy of the original files. If you have an accesspoint issue you will have to put the original files back in place to prove it is not caused by the custom configuration.

Bill

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

vgutkovsky — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:26:56 GMT

Excellent point, Bill.

Re: QlikView AccessPoint Customisation

agigliotti — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:13:38 GMT

Is there a way using a single access point to display mobile qvw to only mobile users and desktop qvw to only desktop users ?

I'm using version 11.2 SR1

Many thanks

Andrea