Qlik Sense September 2018 has arrived!

[QlikSenseUpdates]

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

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. 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. Resources: To download, please login first under https://qlikid.qlik.com/signin and then click here! Qlik Sense September 2018 Help

[Josh_Good]

Great question Martin.   The reason is Qlik Sense Cloud is on continuous release while Qlik Sense Desktop is on a scheduled release (5 times a year).  So cloud gets the features as soon as they are completed by our development team and desktop gets the features in the next release.  So this capability will appear in the November release of Qlik Sense.

You may be asking, "but if the capability is available in Sept in cloud why is it not in the Sept release of Qlik Sense?".  The reason is we have to draw a line somewhere in the development process and say everything up to this point will go into the next release - for the Sept release that happen in August.  Then software needs to be packaged up, run through the various quality step, documented etc. before release.  In parallel, our development team continues working on new capabilities and release them to cloud as soon as they are ready.

This is exactly what happened in this case.  The select single value capability was not ready for Sept release cut-off but was ready soon after. 

-Josh

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[macaruso]

Josh, thank you very much for your response. It has been very clear. I will wait for the November version to have this functionality.

Regards,

Martín.

[vkish16161]

Josh -

Any idea whether input box / slider / drop down will be available in the cloud anytime soon?

Thanks!

[Michael_Tarallo]

Hi Vishnu - I asked our products team and I will get back to you as soon as I hear something. Thanks for the question!

Regards,

Mike

[Caique_Zaniolo]

Hi Vishnu,

These items are part of the Qlik Sense Advanced Authoring plan, which consists of a set of capabilities to better support developers when creating guided analytics application in Qlik Sense.

The ones you described at placed high on the prioritization list and we expect to have something out in the next six months.

Regards,

Caique

[vkish16161]

Caique,

Thanks for the info. Good to know that these are on priority. Without user inputs, it's very difficult to do "What If?" analysis and believe me or not, we've bled a few clients to Tableau because of this.

On another note,

I have seen that Alternate States has been released today on Qlik Cloud and I think I found a bug. The chart suggestions toggle seems to have a conflict with inherited states. I noticed this on a KPI box. Just an FYI.

[Anonymous]

Is the update exe for Qlik Sense server going to be added soon? It doesn't appear on the downloads page with the fresh installers.

[marcel_olmo]

Hi guys, I've recently discovered that you cannot insert inside a table an image in native Qlik Sense, you have to do it via qstable extension. The point here is that if we'd like to send a report with images we cannot do it because NPrinting doesn't allow extensions.

Is in your roadmap to add images natively soon?

Regards, Marcel.

[Michael_Tarallo]

Hi Chak (edited)- I updated to Sept 2018 by executing the installer and clicking upgrade - is that not the case for you?

[Michael_Tarallo]

Hi Marcel - this is something in discussion, but not at the top of the priority list. I will submit this to our idealtion system.

(edited) - I checked the system and there are cases for this feature, I have up-voted the idea on your behalf and made reference to this thread.