These instructions will walk you through the upgrade process step-by-step and include best practices and tips and tricks to provide a comprehensive guide.
- Read the release notes and review the system requirements for the Qlik Sense version you intend to upgrade to.
- Create an upgrade plan including testing and maintenance windows
- Draw up a rollback plan in case of unexpected results
- Test! Prior to any upgrade, validate the new version in a test environment mirroring the production environment
- Validate Qlik Sense Apps and their visualizations: Do they still behave as expected?
- Tasks: Do Apps reload and build as expected?
- APIs: Are API calls still functioning as expected?
- Extensions: Verify installed extensions
- Customizations: Validate that customizations such as third party authentication modules work as expected.
- Back up (Backing up a Qlik Sense Site):
- The Repository Database
- Certificates
- Your Qlik Sense Shared folders storing Apps as well as QVD file locations
Content of video below and the pdf Guide attached to this article:
- Updating Qlik Sense (what are patches)
- Upgrade and centralized logging
- Preparing to Upgrade Qlik Sense
- Upgrading Qlik Sense
- Upgrading Qlik Sense after uninstalling Qlik Sense
For general information about your Qlik Sense deployment or what's new in each individual version, consult Qlik Help Site for your respective version: Guides for Administrators.
Environment:
- Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
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