QlikView 11.2 SR5 and Maps

[Alexander_Thor]

You wake up in the morning and head down to the living room; faintly you hear a lingering “hohoho” from the chimney. Santa was here – and he left us something wonderful!

Santa is early this year, not only did he bring us a new and shiny service release for QlikView he also included a free to use mapping extension!

When you install the latest version of QlikView, http://www.qlik.com/download/, we now ship an Example Extension Object that makes use of OpenLayers and MapQuest.

So how do I make use of this sweet nectar you say?
Let me take you on a journey and explore some mapping possibilities!

1. Head out and install the latest version of QlikView, make sure you install the examples.
2. Navigate to C:\Program Files\QlikView\Examples\Extensions and double click the “Extensions Examples.qar” file. This will install all of the extension examples.
3. Open the QlikView “Extension Examples that you can find in C:\Program Files\QlikView\Examples\Documents\
4. In the Mapping tabs you will find examples on how to plot either dots/points, lines or polygons.

Attached to this post you will also find a dataset and an app that contains all of the high speed cameras in Sweden with corresponding latitude and longitude points if you want to play around with the extension, make sure you install the extension first, on your own.

Keep on Qliking!

Keep in mind

Extensions are generally built upon web technologies such as HTML and JavaScript and for QlikView to be able to render these objects on the screen you will need to run QlikView Desktop with WebView mode enabled or access the document through the AJAX-client over AccessPoint. The IE-plugin does not support extensions.

Disclaimer

The QlikView Mapping Example Extension can be configured to use many different map tile sources.

Each map tiles source has its own terms and conditions and the user assume all responsibility for the selection of a source for map tiles and for compliance with the terms and conditions of the selected source. Any and all liability associated with the selection of a tile source and the compliance with the terms and conditions of the selected source is hereby disclaimed.

High-Speed Cameras in Sweden.qvw

[menta]

You can change the value in script.js file, but it is not dinamic    

[#3]

Have anyone deployed the mapping extension???

I yesterday implemented an example of the mapping extension. Everything was working fine up until today when I got an error "Navigation to web page was cancelled"

Any ideas??

[#4]

Hi Nikos, the mapping example in SR5 is a great start if you want to begin develop extensions and sharpen your javascript skills.

However, if you want a supported solution with examples and documentation, check out QV technical partners, for example IdevioMaps. These solutions also comes with more advanced features such as drill down regions, route optimization, geocoding etc etc.

Thanks,

Patric Nordström

(disclaimer, I work for Idevio:-)

[#5]

Does this extension has limit on nr of display units?

I'm trying to display 80k lines but not all are present... and when I click on one unit, it show the location and not the line...

Do u have any ideia?

[sudeepkm]

Nice post. Thanks a lot.

[ohiguera]

Alexander, thanks for the contribution to the community, I'm starting with the implementation of maps, I understand that I have several options, using google maps with API, using an Extensions such as those you have developed and using applications market place, what are the costs associated these options to take them into account in production environments? which you recommend to a client that only requires spatial location of their headquarters.

[Anonymous]

Hi Alexander, is this extension supposed to work in Chrome? I checked on two PCs and the demo works fine in IE11 and 10 but I see no map in Chrome.

[johnh]

Hi kavrosDA,

Did you ever find out what caused your Navigation Cancelled with GeoQLik.

I am getting the same (even if I end up deleting the GeoQLikExtension object)

Thanks

[#10]

Hi John,

The issue was caused by qlikview itself not the extension. You can try  to close down the qlikview app and re-open qlikview application itself blank(do not open any qlikview project) and then consequently open the mapping project. It will work it if try once of twice.

[johnh]

Hi KavrosDA,

Thanks for this. That indeed solves the problem.