How to create NPriniting connection for Qlikview Desktop

[Pallavbari258]

Hi Team,

I have installed Qlikview desktop on 10.10.10.10 server & i have installed Nprinting on 11.11.11.11 server.

So both are installed different server & want create Nprinting(11.11.11.11) connection to access qvw(10.10.10.10) for built the report.

Can you please guide me how to create connection with all details. Actually i dont how to access qvw from other server in nprinting for report.  Some time i worked Nprinting but Nprinting & Qlikview desktop installed in same server. 

Thanks

[BPiotrowski]

Hi, 

Long story short, NPrinting needs beside QlikView Desktop on same machine for opening QVW/QVF files for data. As I know you cannot create such connection, for NPrinting to reach other instance for QlikView Desktop. 

Also remember QlikView Desktop which you install beside NPrinting needs licence from QlikView Server for NPrinting service account, so you need to open QlikView Desktop as service account and get licence.

[Pallavbari258]

Hi @BPiotrowski ,

Possible to create Npriting connection for Qlikview for both different server but i dont know how to create such type of connection exactly

. Thanks

[hugo_andrade]

Hi @Pallavbari258,

First thing I would check is whether the 10.10.10.10 server has QlikView Server installed, or only QlikView Desktop.

That matters because NPrinting connections are not created to a remote QlikView Desktop installation. If 10.10.10.10 only has QlikView Desktop, then there may not be a QlikView Server environment for NPrinting to connect to. In that case, you would normally work with the QVW file path instead, assuming the NPrinting Engine service account can access the file. But in that case, QlikView Desktop would need to be installed on the NPrinting server.

Qlik’s help page for QlikView with NPrinting is here:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/February2025/Content/NPrinting/DeployingQVNprinting/NPrinting-... 

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Regarding the other comment: “Possible to create NPrinting connection for QlikView for both different server but I don’t know how to create such type of connection exactly”

Yes, Qlik NPrinting can be on a different server from QlikView Server / the QVW files. But the NPrinting Engine server still needs QlikView Desktop installed locally on the same physical or virtual machine as the NPrinting Engine.

So the key checks are:

1. Does 10.10.10.10 have QlikView Server installed, or only QlikView Desktop?

2. Is QlikView Desktop installed on the NPrinting Engine server, 11.11.11.11 as well?

3. Does the NPrinting Engine service account have a valid QlikView Desktop license?

4. Can the NPrinting Engine service account access the QVW document or QlikView Server document?

But let's confirm the QlikView host has the installation of the QlikView Server software first.

Hope this helps.

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[Pallavbari258]

Hi @hugo_andrade 

Qlikview Desktop installed only.

Thanks.

[Lech_Miszkiewicz]

Hi @Pallavbari258, lets do basic documentation study

• You must have QlikVie desktop installed on Nprinting Engine machine - it is requirement!!  https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/February2025/Content/NPrinting/DeployingQVNprinting/System-req... https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/February2025/Content/NPrinting/GettingStarted/HowCreateConnect...
• then you just create local connection to a file as documented: https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/February2025/Content/NPrinting/GettingStarted/HowCreateConnect...
• as @BPiotrowski mentioned critical thing is to have your QlikView desktop licensed (the one running on Nprinting Engine machine)
• last thing to point out is that the other server on which you currently have QlikView does not even need it, as you are not connecting to a server but you will be in fact opening qvw/qvf file from QlikView desktop installed on Nprinting Engine machine which means you need to make sure you have enough resources on Nprinting machine to be able to open it
  
  

Cheers

[hugo_andrade]

Got it @Pallavbari258 , 

Then you will have to install QlikView Desktop on the NPrinting server.

NPrinting will need QlikView Desktop anyway.

When you are there, let us know.