topic Counting unique users when anonymous auth in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Counting-unique-users-when-anonymous-auth/m-p/609992#M1325965 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Qlik!</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="; color: #000000;"><STRONG>I need to somehow show "Number of unique users".</STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="; color: #000000;"><STRONG>Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?</STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Background:</STRONG></P><P>Several objects show a count of unique users using the field [Authenticated User].</P><P></P><P>That does not work in my clients environment, because they use anonymous authentication thus all users get [Authenticated User] = 'Anonymous'.</P><P></P><P>I cannot use the field [QlikView User] either, because not all apps use authorization.</P><P></P><P>That leaves me with the field [Client_machine_identification] and hence my question:</P><P></P><P>How is [Client_machine_identification] calculated?</P><P>Does it always return the came hash for the same IP/MAC whenever that user connects, or how does it work?</P><P><STRONG>Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?</STRONG></P><P><BR /><EM>Kind regards</EM></P><P><EM><STRONG>Magnus Åvitsland</STRONG></EM></P><P><STRONG><EM>BI Architect Consultant</EM></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><EM>Framsteg.com</EM></STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT magavi_framsteg 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Counting unique users when anonymous auth https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Counting-unique-users-when-anonymous-auth/m-p/609992#M1325965 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Qlik!</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="; color: #000000;"><STRONG>I need to somehow show "Number of unique users".</STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="; color: #000000;"><STRONG>Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?</STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Background:</STRONG></P><P>Several objects show a count of unique users using the field [Authenticated User].</P><P></P><P>That does not work in my clients environment, because they use anonymous authentication thus all users get [Authenticated User] = 'Anonymous'.</P><P></P><P>I cannot use the field [QlikView User] either, because not all apps use authorization.</P><P></P><P>That leaves me with the field [Client_machine_identification] and hence my question:</P><P></P><P>How is [Client_machine_identification] calculated?</P><P>Does it always return the came hash for the same IP/MAC whenever that user connects, or how does it work?</P><P><STRONG>Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?</STRONG></P><P><BR /><EM>Kind regards</EM></P><P><EM><STRONG>Magnus Åvitsland</STRONG></EM></P><P><STRONG><EM>BI Architect Consultant</EM></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><EM>Framsteg.com</EM></STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Counting-unique-users-when-anonymous-auth/m-p/609992#M1325965 magavi_framsteg 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: Counting unique users when anonymous auth https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Counting-unique-users-when-anonymous-auth/m-p/609993#M1325970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm not completely sure but I think the <STRONG>[Client_machine_identification]</STRONG> is the lowest possible level. But it isn't enough then a user could use more than one device. I think you must combine several parameter - machine + ip + osuser + qvuser to come to the nearest solution.</P><P></P><P>- Marcus</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:58:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Counting-unique-users-when-anonymous-auth/m-p/609993#M1325970 marcus_sommer 2014-02-20T10:58:17Z