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Ouadie
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Employee

There is no doubt that having some sort of version control system baked into your development workflow is very important especially when challenges like storing and maintaining different backup versions of a project or collaborating with other members of your team become a nightmare.

A version control system makes all these problems disappear as it enables you to commit changes you make throughout the lifetime of a project, giving you access to historical versions that you can easily roll back to. It also allows for easier collaboration as multiple people can simultaneously work on the same project by branching out into their own isolated environments without impacting the work of others in a controllable and maintainable manner.

diagram-git.jpegWhen it comes to Qlik Sense, the lack of version control capabilities has opened the door to both simple solutions that can work for a smaller context as well as more creative ones to fill in the gap. From copying applications that may lead to a cluttered workspace, to manually creating your own system using a combination of Git and serializing your Qlik Sense apps, to sophisticated third-party solutions that take care of the heavy lifting, you can test and choose the option that fits your needs.

You can visit this Knowledge Base post to discover more Qlik Sense version control solutions.

In this blog post, I gave one of these solutions a go to see how adding version control can change the way you develop your Qlik Sense apps in the future.

Gitoqlok is a chrome extension that does just that, it integrates your VCS of choice such as Github, BitBucket, Gitlab, Gitea, etc … with your Qlik Sense App through their respective APIs. It uses the concept of serializing application objects to JSON and deserializing them back. The supported objects include story, sheet, measure, dimension, masterobject, snapshot, variable, bookmark, appprops, and fields.

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Source: gitoqlik.com

To get started, install the chrome extension here.

1. Connect Gitoqlik to the Github API using your personal token:
Visit Github to generate a new token and check the “repo” scope. Copy over your newly generated token into the "Git Settings" page of the extension. Make sure to go over the settings including your repository visibility (private or public), how your repo and branches will be named by default, etc..

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2. Once you create your app, you are ready to use the extension to create a repository. Gitoqlok makes this easy as it automatically detects your Qlik app, generates a default repo name based on the settings previously selected, and creates a master branch.

3. As you’re making progress developing the app (loading data, scripting, creating a data model, analyzing and visualizing data), you can commit your changes into the repo every time. Your commits can include the Load Script, the App Objects, Reload Tasks, and Data Connections.
You can use the git commit history to view your changes and revert to a previous state.

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4. You can collaborate with other people from your team so that each team member works on their own copy of the app in their own workspace.
Each team member would create an isolated branch inside the repository so that their changes do not affect the master branch. Gitoqlik makes this process seamless as it detects that copies of the main application have been created and finds the main repository allowing you to branch out with a single click.

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For more information about this tool, check out the docs.

I would love to hear what techniques you use to collaborate or track your changes when developing QS apps. If you have any suggestions for integrating version control with Qlik Sense, please leave them in the comments below.

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ForgotMyOldUsername
Contributor III
Contributor III

@Ouadie  - great to see some GIT integration happening, even if via a 3rd party.

Is version control for apps / loadscripts etc in the roadmap for QlikSense in the new future? 


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jp_golay
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II

Hi @Ouadie can you transfer the "Only One Selected" when deserializing the app we have the issue and looks like the information is not stored in the JSon but in the data?

Then do you have an option for deploying to another Qlik Sense Server?

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digimech
Partner - Contributor III
Partner - Contributor III

Hi @Ouadie  Thanks for the Post. Can we use this same tool for the QlikView? If not, Is there any other tools that I can use for the QlikView?

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vlntn
Contributor III
Contributor III

Hi all,

I've created a CLI tool called BIForm aimed at improving Qlik Sense BI application management via version control like Git. It can help you:

  1. Seamlessly track and manage changes to your apps.
  2. Easily revert to previous versions of your applications.
  3. Collaborate with team members through a clear change history.

BIForm also supports functionalities such as pulling the latest changes and applying them to multiple apps at once, significantly improving the update management across your BI applications.

As an open-source project, your insights and contributions to BIForm are highly appreciated. You can find more details, contribute or provide feedback through the project's GitHub repository: [link to GitHub repository].

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Shakthi0220
Partner - Contributor
Partner - Contributor

Hello all,

There is a platform, named SenseOps Code management to integrate your Qlik Sense Apps, Mashups & Extensions with a Git repository and lets your developers work harmoniously on multiple versions, resolve conflicts and govern code across environments –within a unified platform. 

Code management is designed to simplify the devOps experience, in general mainly with following features:

  • Parallel development
  • Version comparison
  • Conflict resolution
  • Streamlined deployment
  • Auto-versioning
  • CI/CD automation
  • Setup

Use this link to understand and explore more about code management - https://www.senseops.com/code-management

@ForgotMyOldUsername , this might help in the specifics you enquired about!

 

 

 

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