How to export Qlik Sense Apps from source to a target shared space using Qlik Application Automation

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This article gives an overview of exporting the Qlik Sense apps from the source to a target shared space for backup purposes using Qlik Application Automation.

It explains a basic example of a template configured in Qlik Application Automation for this scenario.

You can make use of the template which is available in the template picker. You can find it by navigating to Add new -> New automation -> Search templates and searching for 'Export an app to a shared space as a backup' in the search bar and clicking on the Use template option in order to use it in the automation.

You will find a version of this automation attached to this article: "Export-app-to-shared-space.json". More information on importing automations can be found here.

Full Automation

Variables used in the template:

1. SourceSpaceID: The variable used to define source space ID. Please provide a shared space ID since copying an app from managed space is not permitted.
2. TargetSpaceID: The variable used to define target space ID. Please provide a shared space ID since copying an app to managed space is not permitted.
3. AppCount: The variable is used to get the count of apps exported to the target space successfully. Initially set this variable to 0.

Automation structure:

1. Add the 'List Apps' block to get all the existing apps in the target shared space. Configure it to use the TargetSpaceID variable as the Space ID.
2. Add the 'Get Space' block to fetch the details of the source shared space. Configure it to use the SourceSpaceID variable as the Space ID.
3. Add the 'List Apps' block to get all the existing apps in the source shared space. Configure it to use the SourceSpaceID variable as the Space ID.
4. Add the 'Filter List' block to get the apps that already exist in the target shared space.
5. Add the 'Condition' block to check if there are any apps from the source shared space that already exist in the target shared space. 
   1. If the condition block outcome evaluates to true:
      • Add the 'Delete App' block to remove the previous version of the source app from the target shared space.
      • Add the 'Copy App' block to copy the app from the source shared space to the target shared space.
      • Add the 'Condition' block to check if the app from the source shared space was successfully exported to the target shared space.
      • If yes, Add 1 to the 'AppCount' variable during each iteration. This variable will provide the total number of apps that have been backed up to the target shared space.
   2. If the condition block outcome evaluates to false:
      • Add the 'Copy App' block to copy the app from the source shared space to the target shared space.
      • Add the 'Condition' block to check if the app from the source shared space was successfully exported to the target shared space.
      • If yes, Add 1 to the 'AppCount' variable during each iteration. This variable will provide the total number of apps that have been backed up to the target shared space.
6. Add the 'Condition' block to check if there are any apps that were exported to the target shared space successfully.
7. If yes, add an 'Update Run Title' block to specify the number of apps that have been exported to the target shared space successfully. The job title is visible when looking at the automation history and My Automation Runs Overview. For more info: Update run title block | Qlik Cloud Help 

The information in this article is provided as-is and to be used at own discretion. Depending on tool(s) used, customization(s), and/or other factors ongoing support on the solution below may not be provided by Qlik Support.

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Environment

Qlik Cloud 
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[blipblopdk]

I have implemented this automation in our Qlik Cloud environment. The only changes, that I have made to the automation is to change the ID's of the source and the target space. After that I ran the automation and it worked just fine.

The problem, though, is that when I rerun the automation, I keep getting errors. Errors happen in the section where the automation tries to delele apps, that are already backed up. As an example I get the following error (and it is the same if I rerun the automation again, but the next time with an error for a different app-id).

Has anybody experienced the same and found a solution to this?

BR Kim

[blipblopdk]

What I have found out when I look at the "History" for the block where the automation tries to delete the old version of already backed up apps is that it seems to try to delete the same app twice - and it fails at the second attempt, which makes sense if it has already been deleted the first time around.

But why does it try to delete the same app twice? I do not quite understand that. Anyone?

First attempt (successful):

Second attempt (unsuccessful):

BR Kim