Automate qlik sense qvf file deployment through QMC

[getabhishek1]

Hello Experts ,

i am working on automation  of  auto deployment QlikSense file, so need your assistance to achieve below automation challenge.

We are having one QVF file which we want to import and publish through QMC.

We want to connect QMC server through any desktop , is there any way to deploy QVF file through any command or API or websocket or any other way , through which i will be able to connect QMC server and do import and publish my QVF file.

any help will be highly appreciable.

[Vegar]

You should check out the Qlik Engine API.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/February2019/APIs/EngineAPI/index.html

Good luck!

[ilias_fytrakis]

Dear getabhishek1

You can use Qlik-Cli to perform this automation. Please follow those steps:

1.) Ensure that you have PowerShell 5.x in your computer.

2.) Download Qlik-Cli from the following URL: https://github.com/ahaydon/Qlik-Cli

3.) Extract it to C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Qlik-Cli

4.) Open C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Qlik-Cli\Qlik-Cli.psm1

and add after

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy

the following line

$result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://IpAddress/resource"

5.) Import the module by running the following command in PowerShell > Import-Module Qlik-Cli

6.) Ensure that the module has been installed with the following command in PowerShell > Get-Help Qlik

7.) Try to connect with a Certificate to Qlik Sense

Get-ChildItem cert:CurrentUser\My | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -eq 'QlikClient' } | Connect-Qlik qliksense_hostname

Example

Get-ChildItem cert:CurrentUser\My | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -eq 'QlikClient' } | Connect-Qlik vmqlik

8.) Import the target application with the following command in PowerShell

Import-QlikApp <Application File> -upload

Example

Import-QlikApp '.\ABC Invoice Check.qvf' -upload

Note down the id from the import command.

9.) Publish the application to a stream

Publish-QlikApp -id <Application ID from Step 7> -stream <Stream Name>

Example

Publish-QlikApp -id 352d77d8-6902-446e-b80e-848a67c617fc -stream Everyone

I have tried the aforementioned commands on a virtual machine with the following specs:

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• PowerShell 5.1
• Qlik Sense November 2018 SR2

If you want to fully automate this process you should write a script which:

• Gets the application file path.
• Isolates the ID produced during the application import.
• Pushes the ID to the Publish command.

Sorry for the long post!

Best regards,

Ilias