topic 9 Personal Edition in QlikView

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:14:05 GMT

Hi There

I have dowmloaded Qlikview 9 personal edition , i know the limitation is that you open other users files.

How would you do this now in 9 ? What edition would you require to open anyones files ?

Thank You

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:20:43 GMT

Please have a look at the reference manual at "C:\Program Files\QlikView\Documentation" (refer section - What's new in Qlikview 9).

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:43:23 GMT

Hi AMit

I must be missing something. I have already read this section.

It states that developer, Professional and Analyzer are obsolete as they are integrated in Personal Edition. However i still cannot open my old QV documents with personal edition. It then goes on about Server and Publisher.

So it does not really speak of other editions under whats new. So i am still not sure how to use my old QV documents ?

Thanx

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:50:31 GMT

basically what i am asking is should i be using QV Desktop 9 to still access all me previous QV docuemnts. Personal edition seems to be a start from scratch approach.

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:17:18 GMT

Hello.

As far as I've understood in the "What's new" section of QlikView 9, now there are two versions: Personal and Corporate (or called otherwise). The non-personal one is equivalent to the Developer edition of QlikView <9.

With personal edition you should be able to open your old files, but you can change your PC only 4 times since you need a key to open a file on each computer you have installed QlikView Personal. Something like Windows OEM activation key.

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:23:22 GMT

Hi,

To open other files you need to buy a license for v9 ....

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:30:07 GMT

If i try open my old files it says that they were created by a licenced QV user and since i am using Personal edition ic annot open this file.

Thanx

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:30:48 GMT

kja999, are you saying i need to licence personal edition or use a licened version of desktop edition ?

Thanx

9 Personal Edition

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:37:24 GMT

Sean,

In order to access files created by a licensed QlikView Desktop client (formerly Developer/Professional/Analyzer) in version 9, you have to have a licensed copy. Version 9 Personal Edition can only create and read files from that local instance of the software.

9 Personal Edition

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:00:50 GMT

Sean, QlikView Personal Edition will transform into a full QlikView "Desktop edition" (also called QlikView Developer) when you enter a valid license key in your Personal Edition.

It is not possible to open any QlikView file in Personal Edition, unless you created the file with your own QlikView Personal Edition instance. If you have files created in earlier versions (8.5 and earlier), you will not be able to open them in Personal Edition. So yes, "starting from scratch approach" makes a bit of sense. The only exception is the provided example files, they can be opened by Personal Edition as well.

9 Personal Edition

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:00:42 GMT

Hello all - I am new to QV and new to this community. I downloaded QV 9 Personal Edition, and I was grappling with the fact that it's not a 14-day trial with significantly crippled features.

If I understand this thread correctly, it means that even a homeless person with a laptop and free WIFI can:

1. Download the Personal Edition

2. Learn how to use it; become an expert.

3. Use it on their own data, even massive files

4. Publish a blog; write a book; start training and consultancy on QV development. Enjoy massive success.

5. Buy some property adjacent to Johnny Depp's Caribbean island and live the good life forever more.

Is this scenario possible, all while using the Personal Edition?

Thanks...

9 Personal Edition

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:13:35 GMT

This was really a serious question... Sorry to be a clown.

The real question is: Can the Personal Edition handle unlimited amounts of data?

Thanks...

9 Personal Edition

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:22:10 GMT

John,

It was a great response, serious or not

To answer your question, QlikView PE can handle as much data as your computer allows; i.e. it does not have any arbitrary data size limit.

9 Personal Edition

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:55:42 GMT

Hi KJN & Jason

I have one copy of Personal Edition which was actually supposed to be Analyzer+ (but I started the "evaluation" process because I was lazy and forgot to update the license key). I am now in a position where I cannot update that license at all, when I go to license update it only shows me what it is currently set to, it doesn't allow me to change it.

What do I do now?

9 Personal Edition

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:07:42 GMT

If I understand you correctly, you have a valid license key but it's not yet entered in QlikView?

If this is the case, you can enter the license key on the getting started tab on the start page, or go to user preferences -> license tab.

Since you mention Analyzer+ I suspect that you are using QlikView 8.xx, and then I think the only way to do it is to go to user preferences -> license tab. 🙂