Introducing feature previews!

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For years, new Qlik Cloud capabilities have arrived the same way: finished. That sounds good until you notice what it means. We only hear what the broader user base thinks once something is generally available, which is the exact moment when changing it is most expensive.

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Until now we've filled that gap with informed guesses: research sessions, early access with a handful of design partners, support tickets after the fact. All useful. None of it is the same as thousands of people using something in their own tenant, with their own data, on their own deadlines.

That changes today. We're opening a feature preview program inside Qlik Cloud.

How it works

No support ticket, no waiting for a rollout window, no additional cost. Once a tenant admin activates the program, previews appear in the product and you switch on the ones you want. Turning one off is just as easy.

Two things worth knowing:

Previews are per user. Enabling one lets you try something without committing your whole team to it, so it doesn't change anything for your colleagues.

Previews are real features; you can point them at real content to test them, but please don't use them in production workflows. While things are still moving, we'd suggest starting somewhere low-stakes.

We're starting with three

Pages. A more flexible canvas for laying out and sharing operational content. Sheets are built for analysis; pages are built for arrival. Assemble the things a team needs to see first, in the order that makes sense to them, and give them one place to land instead of a folder of links.

Improved load script editing. A clearer editor for the work that actually happens in the script. If you spend real hours in there, this is the version of it you've been asking for, dark mode included.

Improved themes and chart defaults. Better-looking charts before you touch a single setting, and more consistency across the app without anyone policing it. Coming in a few days.

These won't be perfect

That's the point. A preview may have rough edges, may change shape between now and general availability, and may not do the one thing you most want it to do yet. Tell us. Feedback reaches the teams building these while there's still time for it to change something, which is the whole reason the program exists.

Go find them. Tell us what needs to improve.

Public Previews - Qlik Community
Feature preview | Qlik Cloud Help
Managing feature preview for your tenant | Qlik Cloud Help

Footnote: a tenant admin needs to activate the feature preview program.