topic Re: QDS webservices api in QlikView

QDS webservices api

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

Hello everyone !

We are triying to use Qlikview webservices (via soap) to reload tasks (qvw) via EDX and we can't find the refrence documentation of the QDS API

Any one can help us ?

Re: QDS webservices api

rwunderlich — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:51:14 GMT

It's the QMS API you want. Doc is here:

http://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/12.1/Content/APIsAndSDKs.htm

-Rob

Re: QDS webservices api

Peter_Cammaert — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:58:40 GMT

Just wondering, Rob. Do you know why the 12.1 link to the COM API points to a version 10 APIGuide.qvw, instead of the more recent version 11 APIGuide.qvw, or even to a v12 document (if that even exists)?

Re: QDS webservices api

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:53:47 GMT

Thank you Rob,

But we need documentation of the QDS API (not QMS).

We d'ont know how to use the StartEDX webservice (for example) and which parameters we should send.

Re: QDS webservices api

rwunderlich — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:52:09 GMT

Don't know, imagine that's a mistake.

-Rob

Re: QDS webservices api

Peter_Cammaert — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:35:11 GMT

In the last couple of QlikView Server versions, direct access to the services has been replaced by a single unified API called the QMS API. AFAIK the remainder is undocumented, so you're probably on your own if you stick to the QDS API.

On the other hand, there is also a QMS API function TriggerEDXTask() that does about the same as what StartEDX() does. See QlikView Triggering EDX Enabled Tasks ‒ QlikView

Re: QDS webservices api

rwunderlich — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:36:25 GMT

Additional doc and example code here:

Using EDX in QlikView 11