Qlik Answers Agentic Analytics FAQ

Sonja_Bauernfeind · May 6, 2026 2:46:02 AM

This article provides answers to the most frequent questions asked about Qlik Answers.

For the Qlik MCP FAQ, see Qlik Model Context Protocol (MCP) FAQ.

What is Qlik Answers Agentic Analytics?

In February 2026, we launched our new agentic experience, which will enhance decision-making and improve productivity through a combination of assistants and agents running on a cutting-edge architecture. This initial release includes out-of-the-box agents for structured data analytics, unstructured knowledge, discovery of anomalies, and help and assistance. These agents take advantage of our foundational capabilities, including our data products and unique analytics engine, to execute complex, multi-step tasks in a trusted, scalable, and secure manner.

How will Qlik Answers evolve?

Qlik Answers is the primary AI assistant for people to interface with agentic AI. It will understand the intent of natural language questions and engage the underlying agentic framework to execute tasks, build responses, and take actions.

Qlik Answers now combines structured data analytics with unstructured content and general knowledge and reasoning from LLMs to deliver the most complete and relevant answers and insights, helping our customers improve decisions, productivity, and business outcomes in ways not possible before.

Looking ahead, as we build additional agents, such as prediction agents and pipeline agents, they will all be invoked through Qlik Answers. A broader set of agents is planned, all aimed at helping users get more value from their data and become more productive as Qlik continues to evolve.

What is the value to me as a customer?

With Qlik Answers now able to handle both structured and unstructured data, you can drive hundreds more informed decisions and actions each day. You can drive productivity through automation of a broad range of data and analytics tasks and workflows. And with plug-and-play simplicity, you can quickly deploy assistants in a matter of hours, reducing risk, speeding time-to-value, and future-proofing their investments in AI.

How much does the Qlik Answers cost?

For now, Qlik Answers will continue to be priced based on current models for the number of questions asked. You get capacity at corresponding levels in Standard, Premium, and Enterprise editions, as well as Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS, with additional capacity available for purchase as needed.

There is currently no additional cost for structured data questions or task automation requests; a question is a question.

For additional details, refer to Pricing.

What if I have a valid subscription, but cannot use Qlik Answers yet?

Since launch, Qlik Answers has been rolled out across regions, and the process is still ongoing. If you have Standard, Premium, and Enterprise editions, check if your region already supports it (see Supported regions).

If it is not yet available to you, then:

MCP is already available to you regardless, see Deploying and administering Qlik MCP server
Be on the lookout for an in-product message alerting you once your tenant has access

Do I have to be a Cloud customer to use it?

Yes, you must be a Qlik Cloud customer to use Qlik Answers. Qlik Answers is built on cloud-native technologies, specifically large language models (LLMs) that require significant compute resources and specialized infrastructure, and there is no mechanism to deploy these technologies in an on-premises environment.

However, you don’t have to fully migrate their analytics environment or documents to the cloud to take advantage of Qlik Answers. Analytics apps can be pushed to the cloud as needed to support Qlik Answers. See Qlik Answers and applications distributed from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows for details.

Will I get both Qlik Answers and Insight Advisor?

No. You will use either Qlik Answers or Insight Advisor, not both at the same time.

Qlik Answers represents the AI-first experience going forward. When a tenant chooses Qlik Answers, that becomes the primary way users interact with analytics. Insight Advisor is not available in parallel within the same tenant.

This is a deliberate choice to avoid duplicated experiences, inconsistent results, and user confusion.

Will Qlik Answers become available on premises?

No. Qlik Answers is cloud only.

There are no plans to bring Qlik Answers to on-premises environments. The product relies on cloud native AI services, managed infrastructure, and continuous model evolution.

What happens to Insight Advisor? Is it going away?

Insight Advisor is not being discontinued.

If you remain on Insight Advisor, you can continue using it. However, within a tenant, you must choose between Insight Advisor and Qlik Answers. You cannot run both experiences side by side.

What happens to the business logic we already built in Insight Advisor?

The most important and relevant business logic is preserved when moving to Qlik Answers.

That said, Qlik Answers is built for a newer generation of AI-driven analytics. In many cases, customers will find they no longer need to manually build or maintain the same level of logic, because the system handles more of that automatically.

The value is not in recreating everything exactly as it was, but in moving to a simpler, more capable experience.

What is the difference between Qlik Answers and Qlik MCP?

This is essentially a buy vs build decision:

Qlik Answers is a fully managed, out-of-the-box solution. It features AI agents specifically
designed to take advantage of our unique capabilities, including our analytics engine.

Everything is preconfigured, secured, monitored, and continuously improved. Customers can start using it immediately without worrying about infrastructure, model selection, or orchestration.

It’s an easy, plug-and-play solution.
Qlik MCP is for customers who want to build and customize themselves. It is aimed at broader AI initiatives and assistants, allowing organizations to build on top of Qlik’s trusted data and analytics foundation. It’s designed for technically advanced teams that want to integrate their own models, customize deeply, and manage their own AI stack.

Essentially, it’s “APIs for AI.”
If you want speed, simplicity, and support, Qlik Answers is the right choice. If you want full
control and customization, and to build and operate it yourself, MCP is the right path.

What AI models does Qlik Answers use?

Qlik Answers is built on AWS Bedrock and currently utilizes Anthropic Claude models. The specific model versions vary by agent function and are continuously evaluated and updated based on performance, accuracy, latency, and cost optimization.

Our Model Selection Philosophy:

Qlik maintains flexibility in model selection to continuously improve the user experience as AI technology evolves. Different agents within the Qlik Answers architecture may use different models optimized for their specific tasks (e.g., semantic understanding, code generation, reasoning).

Can I bring my own AI model to Qlik Answers?

No. Not at this stage.

Qlik Answers is a managed experience with curated models and configurations. Customers who want to use their own models or bring custom AI stacks should use MCP instead.

Does Qlik Answers work with my existing Qlik apps?

Yes. Qlik Answers works on top of existing Qlik Sense applications and uses the same data, logic, and security model.

But to get the best experience, apps should be prepared beforehand:

Does it respect master items and business logic?

Yes. Master measures and dimensions are always prioritized. If business logic exists, Qlik Answers uses it rather than creating new calculations.

Does it generate charts automatically?

Yes. Qlik Answers generates appropriate visualizations such as KPIs, bar charts, or time-based charts depending on the question.

How does security work in Qlik Answers?

Qlik Answers inherits and enforces Qlik's established security model without exception. All existing security rules, section access configurations, and row-level security policies apply automatically.

Key security principles:

Users only see data they are authorized to access
Section access restrictions are enforced
Application-level permissions control which apps users can query

Field-level security (if implemented) is respected in all analyses.

No additional security configuration is required. Organizations with complex security requirements can continue using their existing Qlik security implementations with confidence.

Can different users get different answers to the same question?

Yes, if their access rights differ. Answers are always scoped to the user’s permissions.

Do I need to prepare my data differently?

While no special data preparation is required beyond standard Qlik Sense data modelling best practices, the apps themselves should be prepared beforehand to give you the best experience possible:

Does Qlik Answers support follow-up questions?

Yes. Qlik Answers understands conversational context, allowing users to refine or continue their analysis.

Does Qlik Answers support multiple languages?

At its initial GA release, Qlik Answers is optimized and fully supported for English language queries and responses.

While the underlying large language models have multilingual capabilities and may be able to process queries in other languages with varying degrees of accuracy, non-English language support is not officially validated, documented, or supported by Qlik at this time.

Additional language support is planned for future releases based on demand and regional priorities.

Does it replace analysts or data teams?

No. It accelerates analysis and reduces repetitive work but does not replace human expertise or decision-making.

Can I limit which apps are available to Qlik Answers?

Yes. Only enabled and indexed applications are available.

Does it work across multiple apps?

Not in the current GA release. Qlik Answers operates within the context of a single Qlik Sense application per query. Multi-application query capabilities are planned for a future release.

What scopes do I need to be able to ask questions?

If you want to ask questions in an app, you just need the ‘Data analysis’ scope. If you plan on asking questions to an assistant, you need the ‘Data analysis’ and ‘Search knowledge base’ scopes.

What is the risk of Cross-Region Inference?

Cross-region inference has minimal risks as the data still stays within the AWS Virtual Private Network. The only difference here is that the LLM call gets processed in a different region due to GPU availability.

What about the speed of responses?

We have made a deliberate design decision to prioritize the quality of answers and insights over the speed of responses. In general, Qlik provides a far richer reasoning process and answer than competing products, and this results in a longer response time. We are planning to improve and optimize this, as well as introduce a faster mode for simpler questions in the future.

How do I troubleshoot my app if I am not getting the answers I expect?

Qlik Answers always references its sources in detail. To begin troubleshooting, check the citations, which will show:

The app used
The fields and expressions used to build the visualization
The knowledge base used
The text chunks being referenced

In a case where you do not get the response you expect based on the sources, or you receive an error:

Ask again in case of an error (see the appendix for possible error codes)
Rewrite the prompt (see Best practices for chatting with Qlik Answers)

Has your app been prepared for Qlik Answers?

What capacity limitations do we need to consider?

Your Qlik Cloud subscription determines the quota of questions asked by users. If you are licensed for Qlik Answers, both MCP and Qlik Answers will use your monthly question capacity. See Administering Qlik MCP server.

What happens when we reach a capacity limit?

Question capacity quotes are per month and reset every month. When you hit your limit, users can no longer ask questions until the next month. Overage is only allowed, depending on your subscription. For more information, see Qlik MCP server product description.

For more information on overage, see Overage.

What functional limitations do we need to consider?

See Qlik Answers Limitations.
Qlik Answers will work with one app or assistant at a time. It does not search through all apps.

How do we turn off features?

Features can be turned off for individual users through user scopes.

Go to your Administration Center
Go to Manage Users
Switch to the Permissions tab
Click User Defaults and change the scope as required

See Control access to AI features.

If you have previously enabled the feature, the entirety of Qlik’s Agentic Analytics can easily be turned off again by configuring AI features in Qlik:

Go to your Administration Center
Go to Settings
Go to the Tenant tab
Toggle Enable cross-region inference in AI features in Qlik

See Enable cross-region inference.

Appendix

Error codes

These error codes should only be used to reference what is an expected error. Retry if you receive any of these errors.

Retry and Processing Errors

DAA-001: Retry limit exceeded.
DAA-002: Maximum duplicate processing attempts exceeded.

App and Document Errors

DAA-007: App ID not found in swarm.
DAA-008: Failed to retrieve the document.
DAA-009: Invalid App ID.
DAA-010: App not indexed for answers.

Chart and Sheet Errors

DAA-016: Failed to create chart.
DAA-017: Unexpected error while adding chart.
DAA-018: Sheet creation failed.

Expression and Hypercube Errors

DAA-024: Expression builder (v2) error.
DAA-025: Hypercube length exceeded.

Semantic Search Errors

DAA-030: No related data found in semantic search.
DAA-031: Error while fetching semantic search results.
DAA-032: Not enough relevant assets found in search.
DAA-033: Validation error during semantic search.

Access Verification Errors

DAA-050: Missing access control context.
DAA-051: HTTP error occurred during access control request.
DAA-052: Access control request timed out.
DAA-053: Connection error during access control request.
DAA-054: Access control privilege denied.
DAA-055: Unexpected error in access control process.

Sonja_Bauernfeind · ‎2026-04-01

Edit, May 6th: This limitation has been lifted. For the updated documentation, see Qlik Answers and applications distributed from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

~~Hello @arychener!~~

I've looked into this for you and might have found out that this is a limitation. Qlik Answers is not available for apps distributed from Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows. We'll update our documentation accordingly, as this is not currently listed. UPDATE: Currently investigating this internally as this needs more clarity.

~~Thank you for raising the question!~~

All the best,
Sonja

arychener · ‎2026-04-01

Thanks a lot @Sonja_Bauernfeind for your quick response!
If I understand correctly, that means this part of the FAQ is incorrect:

right?

Amélie

Sonja_Bauernfeind · ‎2026-04-01

That is what we are currently investigating, @arychener.

I will update the FAQ and can ping you once I know more.

Sonja_Bauernfeind

Edit, May 6th: This limitation has been lifted. For the updated documentation, see Qlik Answers and applications distributed from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

Hello @arychener

I have an answer for you now, and I've updated the FAQ accordingly. The use of distributed apps from on-prem is on the road map for Q2 2026. At present, it is a limitation, and we are updating our documentation accordingly.

All the best,
Sonja

arychener

Thanks you so much @Sonja_Bauernfeind!

arychener

Hi @Sonja_Bauernfeind,

Great news! Is the indexing then calculated every time the app is published from Qlik Sense client-managed?

Thanks a lot

Amélie

Sonja_Bauernfeind

@arychener I'm trying to get that answer currently! Will let you know once I find out and add it to the FAQ.

All the best,
Sonja

Qlik Answers Agentic Analytics FAQ