QlikView Access Point explained

[Daniele_Purrone]

What is QlikView's Access Point and what do it's different elements do?

Environment:

QlikView , all versions

QlikView AccessPoint is a web portal that lists the documents each user has access to. AccessPoint only links to each document – it does not host the documents. The hosting is done by QlikView Server.
The documents can be displayed as thumbnails or in a detailed list.

Thumbnails view in AccessPoint

 Detailed view in AccessPoint

The settings available in AccessPoint are listed below:
 

Setting					Description
Category					Category grouping for the document. Categories are managed in QMC under Documents>User Documents>Document Information.
Attribute					Attribute grouping for the document. Attributes are managed in QMC under Documents>User Documents>Document Information.
View as					Document display type, Detailed view or Thumbnails view. In the Detailed view, the documents can be sorted by Name, Category, and Last Update.

Click a view details link in the Thumbnails view or a plus sign (+) to the left of a document name in the Detailed view to display additional information on a document (see below).
 

Field/Button					Description
Last Update					When the document was last updated. Note! This is only displayed in the Thumbnails view.
Next Update					When the document will be updated next time. Note! This is only displayed if the document is part of a task that has a schema.
File Size					Size of the document.
Available Clients					Click a client to open the document with that client.
Remove last document state					Click this button to remove the last document state.

Click a star icon next to a document name in the Thumbnails or Detailed view to set the preferences for the document.
 

Setting					Description
Open with					Select a client to make it the default client to open the document with.
Add to favorites					Click this link to add the document to the favorite documents. Select Category>Favorites in AccessPoint to display the favorites.