The Qlik Analytics Migration Tool

[SavRakkar]

The Qlik Analytics Migration Tool provides a structured and repeatable process for migrating analytics assets to Qlik Cloud. It enables teams to define migration plans, validate each step, and coordinate across roles to ensure secure and accurate execution.

Content

• Core Capabilities
• What Makes the Tool Different
• Why Move to Qlik Cloud
• How to Get Started
• Qlik Analytics Migration Tool (Quick Video Demo)

Core Capabilities

• Migrate Qlik Sense Client-Managed apps, streams, users, groups, data files, data connections, and much more
• Preserve content ownership, access rights, and user-generated content such as apps, private and community sheets, as well as bookmarks through dynamic user mapping
• Automatically rewrite load scripts to reflect updated cloud data connections and paths
• Configure structured plans and jobs to manage projects at scale
• Enable multi-user access to support collaboration and phased execution
• Log, validate, and roll back migration steps as needed
• Partially supports QlikView and Qlik NPrinting migrations to reduce redevelopment

What Makes the Tool Different

• Designed from real-world experience and refined for enterprise use
• Fully branded, hardened, and extended since acquisition
• Supports phased and repeatable execution across migration stages
• Adjusts load scripts and metadata automatically during migration
• Maintains user identity, private content, and access policies

Why Move to Qlik Cloud

Qlik Cloud provides continuous innovation, centralized governance, and integrated AI that is not available in on-premises environments. Customers migrating to Qlik Cloud immediately benefit from:

• Qlik Predict for AI-driven forecasting and predictions built into dashboards
• Qlik Answers for intuitive, natural language search and explanation
• Continuous cloud-native feature delivery with automated upgrades
• Real-time access to governed and streaming data sources
• Simplified DevOps, reduced infrastructure management, and tighter security control

How to Get Started

• Download the Qlik Analytics Migration Tool from Qlik's Download page. 
  
  
  
  
• Review full documentation at Qlik Analytics Migration Tool overview | Help.qlik.com 

Qlik Analytics Migration Tool (Quick Video Demo)

Learn More, Ask Questions, Share Experiences

The Qlik Community is the central place to get answers, exchange ideas, and collaborate with peers using the Qlik Analytics Migration Tool. Whether you're preparing for a full environment shift or running phased pilots, we encourage you to share your approach and learn from others moving to Qlik Cloud in the Move to Cloud forum.

Environment

• Qlik Cloud

[arychener]

I've just started testing the migration tool and it looks great!

The migration of community sheets works very well, but this is not the case for personal sheets: they are all assigned to the owner of the published application (I guess). Is there a planned update to address this issue?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

Amélie

[Sonja_Bauernfeind]

Hello @arychener 

We've forwarded this to the appropriate team, thank you so much for your feedback!

All the best,
Sonja

[adam_jacobs]

@arychener thank you for reaching out.  The tool will migrate private content, but only if the users in the user table are all mapped appropriately to the corresponding cloud user.  Please check that all users with private content exist in the user table in the migration plan.  Also make sure to run the migrate users job prior to any other steps.

[arychener]

Hi @adam_jacobs,

Thanks for your feedback.

Users appear to be correctly mapped. The app owner is correctly mapped after running the "Update Owners" job.

But it seems that all sheets (public / community / private) are always mapped to the user who launched the migration tool (me). That's why users can't see their private sheets. Maybe I missing something?

Best regards,

Amélie

[arychener]

Hi @adam_jacobs,

After verification, the community sheets are OK.
However, for private sheets, even if the logs are OK, the mapping is not done correctly.

Logs:

Sheet details on Qlik Cloud:

Whereas for a community sheet belonging to the same user, it's fine:

Maybe I have to create a support case?

Thanks a lot!

Amélie

[arychener]

The problem seems to be due from insufficient time between the execution of the “Migrate Applications” and “Publish Applications” jobs. Even if the “Migrate Applications” job is complete, if I launch the second one immediately afterwards, I encounter issues with sheet mapping.
Waiting a while between the two seems to resolve the issue.

[rlesage]

Can someone confirm if community bookmarks are also migrated correctly and whether or not they keep the correct owner?

[adam_jacobs]

@rlesage yes, this will migrate community bookmarks as well.