Dissecting the New UI: Administration Part 2

[MattSmart]

A tour of the last part of the last section of the New UI: Administration. 

[MattSmart]

Welcome back to the final installment of our series covering the sections of Qlik Cloud’s New UI. In previous entries we have covered Insights, Analytics, Data Integrations, and half of Administration. Today we will be finishing up with Administration and with it this series.

Getting right into the second section of Administration, we’ll find API Keys. API keys are unique identified used to authenticate and authorize applications or users when accessing an API. In this section, users can generate and revoke keys as well as view the various details surrounding each of the API Keys. Please keep in mind that only users with the ‘Developer’ role can generate these keys.

The next section is Content Security Policy, also known as CSP. In this section you can add new origins, specifying their Name, and directive. You can also view the details of these origins, along with their created date, and last update. If you would like, you can also delete these origins as well in this section.

The OAuth section contains the OAuth clients that are tied to your tenant. OAuth is a security protocol that allows third-party applications to access API resources by disclosing end-user credentials. This section allows you to view the various information tied to the clients, such as the IDs tied to them, the name, status and type. Here you can create and delete these clients as needed to maintain security and performance for your tenant.

The Web section handles the web integrations for your tenant. These integrations can be a number of things such as web apps or mashups that are hosted on different sites. Using this section, users can stay up to date on interactions between third-party domains and their tenant. As with the previous sections, this section not only allows you to manage and view your web integrations, but create and delete them as well.

The Webhooks section of the Administration panel is used to set up event-based notifications that allow your Qlik environment to communicate with external systems in real time. In this section, like the others, you can create and delete these Webhooks, as well as view the various information about them.

The settings section contains the different settings for your tenant. Here you can change the names of your tenant. You can change the region of your Talend Cloud. Feature controls are here, allowing you to enable or disable data alerts. You can set up usage metrics for your tenant. The settings section contains so many toggles and settings that it could have its own blog. Let me know if you’d like to see that in a future installment.

The Identity Provider section allows users to connect Qlik Cloud to external authentication systems and configure single sign-ons. Qlik Cloud is compatible with many Identity Provider types and Providers that can be configured and deleted in this section. This section allows providers the issuers and the states of these providers here to help manage security on your tenant.

A Data Gateway is used with Qlik Cloud to connect your tenant to data stored on-premises or behind a firewall without exposing that data source directly to the internet. This section allows you to manage these gateways. Here you can see the type of gateway (Direct Access or Data Movement). The ID of the gateway, the status of it, and the space that the gateway is in. If for some reason your data is not connecting, this section is a great first step to see if it is in a connected state.

The Learn section is ‘Your center for knowledge and growth’. Here you will find instructional articles and videos that can help you learn more about what is possible with Qlik Cloud. Here you’ll also find links to ask the community a question, get more training working with Qlik Cloud, and an option for support if needed.