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Employee

We are excited to share news on the September 2018 release of Qlik Sense, and would like to highlight some of the key enhancements in this release.

Since the June 2018 Release, we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback on the value of Insight Advisor, and how it suggests the best analytics and insights to explore.  Qlik remains focused on Augmented Intelligence and the September 2018 Release expands the use of Insight Advisor to published Qlik Sense Apps, to encourage further data exploration across the enterprise.  This is only the beginning of how Qlik will reshape the analytics community with the power of our Cognitive Engine, with more to come around AI in future releases!

In addition, we are furthering our commitment to delivering ‘QlikView like’ features in Qlik Sense with our focus on Advanced Authoring.  The September 2018 release offers additional advanced authoring capabilities that enable customers to build sophisticated data layouts while improving the speed of application development through ease of use.  These include:

  • Better control over information density within the Qlik Sense client for devices that support touch and mouse input
  • Default bookmarks for setting initial selection state when applications are opened
  • The ability to turn off responsiveness of the client for custom sheet sizing
  • Expression Editor enhancements including direct links to help, restructured function categorization and improved search capabilities
  • Visualization control improvements including conditional show/hide in pivot tables and customizable master measures

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We are excited to announce another high-value enhancement delivering a key customer requirement. The September 2018 Release offers the ability to move multiple apps from stream to stream which removes the previous limitations from the Qlik Management Console (QMC).  Further, we have made investments to improve performance and stability with upgrades to our open source front-end framework.

The September 2018 Release will also deliver enhanced mapping capabilities including a new Density Map Layer that is very useful when mapping data on a highly localized and detailed level.    The Density Map Layer is a multi-color gradient background where the color intensity depends on the weight and closeness of points.  This map layer is useful for mapping data such as: crime statistics, house values, etc.  The release does not stop there as we have made other general mapping improvements around additional controls and data inputs.

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For value-added products, we’ve strengthened the capabilities of Qlik NPrinting around administration, expanded authoring, and improved security for report consumption.  For example, you can now import users/roles from an LDAP source and, if desired, you can substitute the TLS Cipher suite.  In addition, Qlik NPrinting now has session expiration log out, output of reports in .xlsm formats, and report level password protection. 

We continue to expand connectivity with the addition of Microsoft Azure DB and Jira connectors, while also delivering enhanced security with LDAP authentication within the integrated connector to Presto. More to come later this month on additional SAP connectors!

And last, the September 2018 release addresses the mobile security requirements of large enterprise deployments, delivering full support for AirWatch EMM. As AirWatch is among the fastest growing EMM vendors, it is critical for Qlik in becoming a tier one vendor to integrate well with and support this platform! 

The much-anticipated Qlik Associative Big Data Index is to be released later this month via a new Early Access Program (EAP).  Look out for more information in the coming days.

Watch the What's New video to see these awesome features in action:


What's New in Qlik Sense September 2018

Can't see the video? YouTube blocked by your region or organization? Download the .mp4 attached to this post to watch on your computer or mobile device.


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marcel_olmo
Partner Ambassador
Partner Ambassador

Hi guys, could you be more explicit about what kind of additional SAP connectors would you introduce? Are there going to be in the same free package of connectors?

Regards, Marcel.

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Michael_Tarallo
Employee
Employee

Hi Marcel - I'll ask daz‌ - @Dean - can you reply?

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Dean_Ansermoz
Employee
Employee

Hi,

We continue to expand our SAP connectors with additional functionality and support with each release. In the next release we will add a preview support for CDS views and enhancements to our Extractor connector.

If there is specific functionality that you are looking for, then please feel free to reach out.

Thanks

Dean Ansermoz

Sr Product Manager - Connectivity

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Anonymous
Not applicable

A couple of questions:

 

  1. Any new updates with respect to Webpack Technology? To be specific, should we expect any extensions/mashups to break due to unsupported private libraries in addition to those identified in June 2018? Any changes to the whitelisted private libraries?
  2. Do the lower versions of Nprinting continue to work with this version of Sense?

  

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sghori01
Contributor II
Contributor II

Still following feature in Qlik Sense is missing:

When the object is maximized; Font size will be adjusted/ increased accordingly. As it it very difficult to read while projecting on big screen.

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sghori01
Contributor II
Contributor II

Issue is resolved now

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paul_scotchford
Specialist
Specialist

Thanks, I see it requires a manual login rather than an assumed login process. Anyway thanks for the reply.

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Or
MVP
MVP

Just a quick note: the link to "What's new"in the release notes PDF is incorrect. I realize this is in the other thread, but that one has comments locked. The PDF link appears to be missing the /Sense_Helpsites/ link part of the actual link:

Actual link:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/September2018/Content/Sense_Helpsites/WhatsNew/What-is-new-Sept201...

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mikeslade
Contributor III
Contributor III

Just downloaded this version (Upgraded from April version, couldn't have July version as there were issues with the Oracle connector) - now September version doesn't open. Error message attached.

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I've followed some instructions located here, but this didn't resolve. Can you provide any other suggestions?

Thanks.

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mikeslade
Contributor III
Contributor III

This is now resolved and can open - However the oracle connector issue I raised on July launch still remains.

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