topic Named CAL licence problem in QlikView

Named CAL licence problem

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

I have set-up the named CAL's as below in my QV server. But when the user access any QVW using access point it is using a session cal instead of named cal.

QEMC -> System -> licenses -> QlikView Server -> client aceess licenses (CALs)

General: uncheck allow dynamic CAL assignment
Assigned CALs: entered the network id of the user

What is that I am doing wrong here, that the system is using a session instead of named cal for this user?

Regards,
Murali

Named CAL licence problem

SunilChauhan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:27:38 GMT

check allow dynamic CAL assignment

Named CAL licence problem

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:28:50 GMT

Hi Murali,

General: uncheck allow dynamic CAL assignment

is where your problem is, you need the dynamic assignment ticked so that the system is able to assign the CAL to the user names you have created

thanks

Joe

Named CAL licence problem

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:29:21 GMT

I assume checking this option, will dynamically assign named CAL's to all users who access the QVW. Isn't it the case?

Re: Named CAL licence problem

danielrozental — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:52:22 GMT

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. You shouldn't need to assign licenses dynamically.

It's either two things in my opinion, you got the network id wrong or the system is not being able to authenticate the user, hence is assigning a session cal. If you have a proxy it's probably because the user has not added the qlikview server to the proxy exceptions.

Here is how QlikView assigns licenses

1. If already a Named user, use this license

2. If already a Document CAL user, use this license, if not

3. Are there any Named User CALs available, allocate a license, if not

4. Are there any Document CALs available, allocate a license, if not

5. Are there any Session CALs available, allow the user to use a session, if not

6. Are there any Usage CALs available, allocate a Usage CAL, if not

7. If there are no CALs available, the user will be prompted to contact the system manager to request a license.

Named CAL licence problem

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:26:59 GMT

Daniel,

Thanks a lot for your response. its very useful.

The other thing I am observing is, if I assign document CAL's to a user for a document (using QEMC -> user documents), it is picking the document cal for that user. Because of this I haven't checked the proxy settings. But I will ask my network administrator to check this for me.

You think is there any other settings that I need to check?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,

Murali

Named CAL licence problem

danielrozental — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:11:52 GMT

Sorry, I'm a bit lost.

The same user has a document cal assigned for a document and it's working fine. Then why would want that same user to have a named cal also assigned?

Named CAL licence problem

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:06:38 GMT

The scenarios is... we have 2 users. User A is set-up as named user and User B for document cal. The system is allocating a document cal to User B but for User A it is allocating a session cal.

Named CAL licence problem

danielrozental — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:18:55 GMT

Then, go to User A and check network proxy exceptions in the IE settings.

Named CAL licence problem

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:35:01 GMT

Apologies for my lack of knowledge in this area.. could you please help me or direct me to link on how to make this proxy chnage for user A?

Named CAL licence problem

danielrozental — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:44:04 GMT

http://www.google.com.ar/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=internet+explorer+network+proxy+settings

Named CAL licence problem

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:43:03 GMT

My network administrator confirmed that for all users the proxy settings are same. As user B is able to successfully get a document CAL, I don't think there is any problem with proxy here.

Is there anything else that I need to try?

Named CAL licence problem

danielrozental — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:20:06 GMT

I'm not talking about any proxy settings, I'm talking about local settings for proxy use in each pc.

You should talk to support.

Named CAL licence problem

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:15:41 GMT

This is now resolved.

The issue is.. while allocating the named cals, I didn't mention the user name prefixed with domain name. When I have given domainname\username it did work for me.