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QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to connect to some of the webservices offered in QlikView 9.

What I have done:

- First I have enabled the batch-mode in QlikViewDistributionService.exe.config
<add key="EnableBatchMode" value="true"/>

- I am trying to call http://localhost:4720/qtxs.asmx ==> OK, I get the hello world

- then I was trying to call http://localhost:4720/qtxs.asmx?WSDL ==> Error, not available

Any ideas? Do I have to wait for Service Release 1 or should this already work ...

BTW, I realised the same behaviour for all webservices offered ...

Best regards

Stefan

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:04:18 GMT

Is there anyone out there who managed to work with these webservices?

Best regards
Stefan WALTHER

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:30:07 GMT

Hi Stefan,

I did a clean install of QV 9 with the webserver to try it out. However, I get the same problems as you. The QV Server is running fine, but I cannot see any access any webservices. Have you had any success lately?

Thanks,

Magnus

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:31:45 GMT


Magnus Vesterberg wrote:
Hi Stefan,
I did a clean install of QV 9 with the webserver to try it out. However, I get the same problems as you. The QV Server is running fine, but I cannot see any access any webservices. Have you had any success lately?

Thanks,
Magnus<div></div>

No, unfortunately I did not succeed with the webservices ...

... waiting for SR1 ... I hope this will be fixed in SR1 ...

Best regards

Stefan

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Brett_Bleess — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:14 GMT

Hey guys, we were able to confirm that WSDL is no longer available in version 9, and here is a snippet from the Service Release 1 (SR1) release of version 9 QVS/Pub manual regarding the replacement functionality, which will give you a preview of what is coming.

Regards,
Brett

26.2 Triggering EDX Enabled Tasks

In order to start the tasks that have an external event as trigger, you must make two

POST type request calls to the QlikView Distribution Service that has been assigned

the task.

The body of the first request call must contain the following:

The reply will contain the following important entry:

zLavfNlancWoyhACGlpaE5sWOy8kicLa</GetTimeLimitedRequest-

KeyResult>

</GetTimeLimitedRequestKey>

The value of the entry GetTimeLimitedRequestKey is then used for the next

request:

<Global method="RequestEDX"

key="zLavfNlancWoyhACGlpaE5sWOy8kicLa">

<i_TaskIDOrTaskName>MyTask</i_TaskIDOrTaskName>

<i_Password>MyPassword</i_Password>

<i_VariableName />

<i_VariableValueList />

</Global>

The status of the task is returned in xml format.

The attributes in the second request are:

TasIDOrTaskName - The name or ID of the task you want to start

i_Password - The password you set when you created the trigger. If no password

was set the attribute must still be included but can be left empty.

i_VariableName - The name of the variable you wish to change. The attribute may

be left empty.

238

i_VariableValueList - The values you want to assign the variable. The variables

are entered according to the same pattern as in QEMC. The attribute may be left

empty.

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:54:57 GMT

Thanks; yes I've already seen that in Beta of SR1 and I am now testing this ...

Best regards

Stefan WALTHER

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:07:22 GMT

Speaking of SR1 for 9.0. Does anyone know when it will be available for release?

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:33:59 GMT

Hi,

I did download the 9.0 SR1 QVS/Publisher ref manual, but it dident contain any section 26.2 and didnt mention EDX anywere in the doc?

/Hans

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

andgid — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:26:22 GMT

The QVS Reference manual is dated 06/08 in the http://www.qlik.com/download/ page, even though it is the SR1 release. The installer packages are dated between the 23 and 25 of September so my guess is that the documentation has not been updated.

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:42:57 GMT

Based on what's in section 26.2, I was able to make a quick little vbscript that I could run from my desktop to trigger a document reload. Here it is:

(Please pardon my VBScript. It's not my best language)

I put the following code in MyTestDoc.vbs. A normal person would, of course, want to enhance the error handling.


Dim url, doc, uid, pass
url = "http://myQVAppServer.MyDomain.edu:4720/qtxs.asmx"
doc = "MyTestDoc.qvw"
userID = "myuserid"
pass = "myPassword"
MsgBox ReloadEDX(url, doc, userID, pass)
Function ReloadEDX (dsURL, document, userID, password)
 Dim requestKey, xmlhttp, requestData, httpResult

 set xmlhttp = createobject("msxml2.xmlhttp.3.0")
 xmlhttp.open "post", dsURL, false, userID, pass
 requestData = "<Global method=""GetTimeLimitedRequestKey"" />" & vbCrLf
 xmlhttp.send requestData
 requestKey = xmlhttp.responseXML.selectSingleNode("//GetTimeLimitedRequestKeyResult").text
 requestData = "<Global method=""RequestEDX"" key=""" & requestKey & """><i_TaskIDOrTaskName>" & document & "</i_TaskIDOrTaskName><i_Password /><i_VariableName /><i_VariableValueList /></Global>" & vbCrLf
 xmlhttp.open "post", dsURL, false, userID, pass
 xmlhttp.send requestData
 httpResult = xmlhttp.responseXML.xml
 If xmlhttp.responseXML.selectSingleNode("//TaskStartResult") Is Nothing Then
 ReloadEDX = httpResult
 Else
 If xmlhttp.responseXML.selectSingleNode("//TaskStartResult").text = "Success" Then
 ReloadEDX = "Reloading of " & document & " has been started"
 Else
 ReloadEDX = httpResult
 End If
 End If
End Function

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:31:39 GMT

Thanks for posting that script. It works great!

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:27:30 GMT

Hi!

I set key "EnableBatchMode"=True in QvDistributionService.exe.config , I restart the Distribution Services but i obtain HTTP 403 Forbidden response when i call to http://myserver:4720/qtxs.asmx

What may be happening?

Thanks!

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:24:20 GMT

Are you saying that if "EnableBatchMode"=False then you get the hello message, but if it's true you get the forbidden message?

This is a shot in the dark, but when you request qtxs.asmx are you using IE and logged in as someone in the QlikView Administrators group?

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:28:51 GMT

If EnableBatchMode=true that url should response "Hello World", but I obtain HTTP 403 Forbidden.

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:37:07 GMT

I understand. What if it's set to False? Do you get the hello message then?

I'm just trying to understand if the 403 message is *really* related to the EnableBatchMode setting, or if there's something else that's causing the problem. That setting doesn't make a difference for me.

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:14:58 GMT

What kind of rights do I need?

I dont wan't to let the user running the call be in the server admin group...

BR
Hans

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:09 GMT

Ok, I get the same respone with EnableBatchMode=False: HTTP 403 Forbidden.

QlikView 9 - Webservices do not work? (cannot call WSDL)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:15:45 GMT

When you make the request, are you using IE? Are you in the QlikView Administrator's group?

If you can get it working as an administrator, there are ways you can make it so a non-administrator can trigger it by using the Windows Scheduler.