New home of Qlik Sense Business ?

[johngouws]

Hi, 

I notice the Qlik Sense Cloud discussion group is no longer there and I am wondering if this is the new home for QSB discussions? 

The next logical question - if so, what happens to me old discussions? These will include MFA and the fact that there is no Web file connector in Qlik Sense Business? 

Regards - John 

[logicode]

Hi John

I see you haven't received a reply to your post, but would also like to know if this is the new home for Qlik Sense Business discussions.

@Michael_Tarallo  could you please shed some light on this?

We're currently receiving Access Denied when trying to access the old Cloud & Web File Connector threads.

With regard to the missing Web File Connector issue, we've transitioned our clients to using the Dropbox connector in order to load on-premise data - we were originally using the Web File Connector to pull in on-premise data via FTP, so the Dropbox option is a suitable workaround in this scenario.

This approach won't work for loading data from actual Web Files though and I unfortunately don't know of any other workarounds at this stage.

A major issue for us at the moment is that our clients can't export visualizations (to PDF). 

According to the Governance and Sharing section in https://www.qlik.com/us/pricing , exporting data and visualizations should be an active feature.

Is anyone else experiencing the same issue?

Regards

Leigh

[johngouws]

Hi Leigh, 

I hope you had a good break! The Dropbox connector is great and is a crucial part of the ETL process. In the beginning I used your REST connector workaround for the Web connector and as you know the functionality was stopped. I need the Web connector to get exchange rates every hour. As a workaround I am using a stand alone machine with QV on it to get these rates and dump them into Dropbox. It works, but looks a bit 'mickey mouse' when there is a machine standing in the corner with a label on it that say "QlikView machine - Do Not Switch off". Hmmm. 

You makes mention of "can't export visualizations (to PDF)". I am not sure if I am missing something, but I can export. Maybe I am missing something? See the attached PDF. 

Regards

John

[logicode]

Hi John

Thanks, I had a great break! And all the best to you for 2020!

I was going to suggest using a stand alone machine or cloud server with QV to download/extract any web file data you needed and store it into Dropbox, but I know not everyone likes the MacGyver approach. Clearly you value automation as much as I do!

Thanks for the feedback on exporting to PDF. It looks like you may have exported a single object from within the visualization, not the complete Dashboard? Can you tell me if you are able to export a complete Sheet/Dashboard from the main Navigation menu dropdown?

Thanks so much.

Regards

Leigh

[johngouws]

I thought I was missing something! This is all I get. I have a Client who did something like that via a Story. I know it took some doing to get it right. I think that may be an option. 

[logicode]

Thanks John.

This functionality used to be available in Qlik Sense Cloud Business and according to the documentation it should be available in Qlik Sense Business too:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/UserInterface/tabbed-nav...

@Michael_Tarallo or @Josh_Good do either of you perhaps know why we don't have the option to Export sheet to PDF from the global menu?

Creating a story for a Dashboard in order to export it to PDF would be overkill when there is meant to be an option in the navigation menu for this, plus I still don't see an option to export a story to PDF either.

According to Josh Good, as at 16 Sept 2019 the option to export stories was not yet available - I'm not sure if there is an update on this somewhere:

... export of stories is currently not available in Qlik Sense Business.  It is something on our roadmap however I do not have any specifics on timing.

Exporting to PDF, for both Dashboards and Stories, is crucial functionality for Business.

Thanks so much.

Regards

Leigh

[Michael_Tarallo]

Guys - I am so sorry I was not getting the notifications - I will check.

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Hi @Michael_Tarallo 

Please advise if you have any news on the questions in this thread.

Our clients are also unable to download tables to Excel without the number format dropping - this has become a MAJOR issue.

All Tables (Pivot & Straight Tables) export numbers to Excel as General format.

Have tried setting the data formatting in Qlik Sense to Auto, Number and Custom - none of these fixed the issue.

Not sure if I'm missing something here?

Thanks so much.

Regards

Leigh

[johngouws]

Hi Leigh, 

I don't think you are missing anything. I have also tried the various formats, without success. 

[Michael_Tarallo]

On it