Integrating extensions on Qliksense

[IbrahimPervez]

Hi Everyone, 

I am currently evaluating my options to looks at the pros and cons of shifting to QlikSense Cloud services for a client. 

I wanted to confirm if we could integrate mashups and extensions on Qliksense cloud? From the limited research that I have done ( I am new to QlikSense), it looks like integrating mashups/extensions on Qlik Cloud is not possible. Can someone confirm this? 

If yes, how do I achieve it? 

Thanks

[dplr-rn · Accepted solution]

Both extensions and mashups (AFAIK) are not supported
cloud is still evolving i dont beleive there is any work around yet

[bgk]

Hello,

With the Feb 2020 release 3rd party visualization extensions are now able to be uploaded and used in SaaS editions of Qlik Sense. 

https://branch-blog.qlik.com/visualization-extensions-in-qlik-cloud-services-csp-42c7a84a3be6

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Admin/mc-extensions.htm

Mashup is already supported through web-integration

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Sense_Mashups/Howtos/external...

Try it out!

[MohamedELH]

Hello all,

I try to use the new features "extensions" in QS Business.

* I selected the file zip to import from QS Branch Garden.

* I downloaded the zip file on my PC

* I import it in QS Business "add extension"

==> I receive this error : "Archive contains a file that cannot be processed: QEXT file"

I have seen the process and it is asked to add the "zipped file". Can anyone help please?

Regards,

Mohamed.

[bgk]

It seems like the QEXT file is broken or contains unsupported content. Which visualization extension are your trying to import?

[MohamedELH]

Dear, 

I try to import "Help Text Popup" extension. I find it useful because I would like users to understand easily the meaning of visualizations. This pop-up fits at the moment.

https://developer.qlik.com/garden/5ddcd57cf62b220018fd28dc

Kind Regads,

Mohamed.

[bgk]

This particular extension has not been tested for QCS and might not be working as expected. Please take a look at the 
QCS TESTED property to see if the extension has been evaluated. 

In this case it seems like the extension has a couple of unsupported characters in the QEXT file. If you remove the line feeds in the description property, it can be imported.

[MohamedELH]

As I have seen now,  your are right, it has not been QCS tested. But this is the case of most extensions I have seen as well.

So I understand I need to remove unsupported characters => Which one it might be? I tried by removing the space removals but without success....

QEXT format => I open the file in Notepad and save it in QEXT afterwards.

Regards,

Mohamed.

[bgk]

Removing the line feeds (newlines) in the description field will remove the unsupported characters. 

[MohamedELH]

Dear,

Thank you for your support. I finally managed this. I removed most of the "description" text and vaildated in json format. When validated, I managed to load it in QS Business :))))))))

Regards,

Mohamed.