How to get an app id in Qlik Application Automation

[Emile_Koslowski]

This article contains a few tips and guidelines on getting Qlik Sense app ids when building automations in Qlik Application Automation.

Most blocks in the Qlik Cloud Services connector require an app id as an input parameter. Each block that requires this, allows you to make a lookup. This lookup will fetch the first 500 apps in your tenant and display them in a dropdown from which an app can be selected. See the below image for an example (insert image).

The lookup feature makes it easy to quickly find an app id when you're building an automation. But in some situations, it can still be tricky to get the right app, for example, what if your tenant contains more than 500 apps? Below, we'll go over a few alternative ways of retrieving app ids.

Topics

1. List Apps block
2. Get app id from the Sense Client URL
3. Bonus: use an app id from an external source

1. List Apps block

Use the List Apps block to list all the apps in your tenant. When building the automation, feel free to disconnect the whole automation from the start block and add a List Apps block.

Execute the automation and look for the App Id in the automation's output. Use the navigation arrows or the looking glass to search through the list of apps.

2. Get app id from the Sense Client URL

Open the app you want to use in the Sense Client and copy the app id from the URL.

3. Bonus: get the app id from an external source

When using automations, it doesn't always make sense to hardcode all values. Are you sure the app id needs to be hardcoded? Maybe you can get it from an external source?

If you're working with multiple blocks from the Qlik Cloud Services connector that each require the same App Id, it might be easier to store that App Id in a variable. Or use the Get App Information block at the beginning of your automation and use its output to map the App Id in other blocks.

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.