Using Qlik to track stages of file, and provide related documents via links.

[akhenbagi]

Looking to see if Qlik can provide links to documents within an app. We use a cloud hosting service for documents. And one of our web pages we have made allows us to track documents, and pull from our document management service (dms). However, as we look to retire this website, we are hoping to include it within Qlik, but building out a document tracking app within Qlik pulling data from our database to get the stage of a file, and provide links from our dms.

Is this possible, and what would be the best way to go about it.

[pedrobergo]

Hi @akhenbagi 

I think you have two options,

1. You can use a Qlik Sense app to handle the links inside a QVD/DB. Take a look on this extension that handle and showing images, there´is an example to get all NY Library images, working on QSE Windows and Qlik SaaS.

https://github.com/murraygm/qse-mgoimagegrid 

2. It can be a new use-case for Catalog on Qlik SaaS.

You can create a external link for each document and put it on Qlik Catalog. Each link can be descripted and tagged to give a easy way to recover it. You can also put the links in separated spaces for securiting purposes.

To register or input and recover data info on Qlik SaaS Catalog you can use the SaaS APIs. Take a look into this links:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Catalog/catalog-overview...

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2021/Subsystems/CloudAPI/Content/Sense_CloudAPIs/API-... 

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Pedro