topic Re: Bookmark Names & IDs in QlikView

Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:16:04 GMT

What is the easiest way to view Bookmark IDs and their names?

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

Nicole-Smith — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:33:46 GMT

From Developer, Bookmarks > More:

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:38:56 GMT

If a user creates a bookmark on AccessPoint, does it show up under User Bookmarks?

Thanks

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

Nicole-Smith — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:09:22 GMT

No.

You can see them on the server if you go to Repository > Bookmarks > Show all items (but it will only show ones that users have shared with you):

Here is some more information about bookmark types:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/12.0/Subsystems/Client/Content/Bookmark_types.htm

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:25:53 GMT

I'm trying to retrace an end user's selections using Audit logs. The server bookmark IDs don't match any IDs in the document, the repository or the QMC. It looks like I will not be able to identify the selections associated with the server bookmarks.

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

Nicole-Smith — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:54:46 GMT

I'm not sure how you would do that as I've never messed around with those logs. Maybe someone else on the community can chime in...

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

CarlosAMonroy — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:23 GMT

Hi Mike,

You can try reading the shared file as xml, that will give you all metadata details, not only objects. It will include bookmarks details as well.

Hope that helps,

Carlos M

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

rwunderlich — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:28 GMT

If you want the field values associated with the user bookmarks, you can load them using the QvServerObjectConnector available in the QlikView Power Tools. This connector only works with .shared files, it does not work with the new .tshared files.

-Rob

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

rwunderlich — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:10:24 GMT

Carlos,

Is there a way to get xml from the shared files?

-Rob

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

CarlosAMonroy — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:16:40 GMT

Hi Rob,

Yes, it is. I get the xmls using Power tools.

Regards,

Carlos

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:54:33 GMT

I was able to open in Notepad++ and at least find some of the bookmarks listed. I did not find all the bookmarks in the audit log. And of course I can't really see what the bookmarks are comprised of.

Mike

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:55:32 GMT

Is Power Tools relatively simple to download an utilize? Any nuances to be aware of?

Mike

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

rwunderlich — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:09:35 GMT

You can download the latest power tools here:

Power Tools for QlikView - One-stop-shop

The nuance is that the current version of QvServerObjectConnector not support .tshared files, only .shared files. If you are using the .shared format, download and unzip the power tools. Follow the instructions in the QvServerObjectConnector\ReadMe.rtf to install. It's as smile as copying a few files.

-Rob

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:58:44 GMT

Does Power Tools need to be installed on the QV server?

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

rwunderlich — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:50:21 GMT

You can unzip the power tools to your desktop. If you want to use the QvServerObjectConnector, it must be installed (per the instructions) on the machine where the reload runs. So if you run the reload from QV Desktop, install it there. If you run the reload as a server task, install it on the server.

-Rob

Re: Bookmark Names & IDs

mpressey — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:18:30 GMT

Thanks. We just updated to 12.2 last week. So according to the compatibility matrix some of the tools are not yet available for use with 12.2. I'll have to find a workaround for my initial issue of determining server bookmark values.

Mike