The QlikView Distribution Service is always part of a QlikView installation, both in QlikView Server EE and QlikView Server SBE. The fact that this service is visible in QMC as an independent service (and even relocatable to another machine) doesn't depend on the server version (EE or SBE) but on whether you have a Publisher License or not.
- In QlikView SBE without a Publisher license, the Distribution Service will not have a separate entry in the System->Setup tree. Tasks cannot be configured and you only have a Reload tab available for each of your User Documents.
- In QlikView SBE with a Publisher license, QMC will show tabs for both Source Documents and User Documents. There will be no Reload tab in User Documents anymore, but in the Source Documents tree you can create one or more Tasks for ech Source Document listed. Also, the tree in System->Setup will have a separate entry for the QlikView Distribution Service which enables you to configure a multitude of properties of the QDS.
So, yes there is a Distribution Service hidden underneath the QlikView Server installation, and no, you don't need a separate license if the limited feature set of the standard publisher fits your requirements. Check the Services control panel to see which QlikView services are installed. In recent versions of QlikView without a Publisher license, the Distribution Service appears as "ReloadEngine..." in the Status->Services tab in QMC.
BTW the difference between QlikView Server EE and QlikView Server SBE is that EE comes with a permissions system called DMS (versus just NTFS) and EE allows you to buy and install more than 25 Named CALs and 100 Document CALs.
Best,
Peter
