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Hello all.
We are just beginning the process of migrating from QlikView 8.5 client installs to QlikView 10.0 SR2 web based access. We are trying to decide whether to use the IE Plug-in or AJAX.
I'm looking for some feedback from anyone who is on v10 and using AJAX - issues converting to AJAX, effort required to reformat charts, macro issues, benefits found when converted to AJAX, etc.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John.
Hello John,
First of all, it may be quite general, but I answered something similar here.
I see both pros and cons for both clients, but if I have to decide only one, I'd choose the IE Plugin. Most of the reasons are in the post I mention, and are in summary (and in general, network hardware, system requirements and so may vary, of course):
Although version 10 has improved significantly the AJAX client, it still lacks of some functionality. Some macros will not work, it's not OCX/ActiveX, so although it will work fine in IE you will not take advantage of those.
In my experience, performace is a bit poorer than the Plugin, in case of AJAX you have a WebServer in between always.
You don't have zoom either, which means that unless all your users have the same exact screen resolution, scrollbars will appear.
Anyway, the major benefit of the AJAX client is that it doesn't need any installation, and with the SR2 of version 10, works quite fine with tablets, browsers, and so.
Hope that makes sense.
Hello John,
First of all, it may be quite general, but I answered something similar here.
I see both pros and cons for both clients, but if I have to decide only one, I'd choose the IE Plugin. Most of the reasons are in the post I mention, and are in summary (and in general, network hardware, system requirements and so may vary, of course):
Although version 10 has improved significantly the AJAX client, it still lacks of some functionality. Some macros will not work, it's not OCX/ActiveX, so although it will work fine in IE you will not take advantage of those.
In my experience, performace is a bit poorer than the Plugin, in case of AJAX you have a WebServer in between always.
You don't have zoom either, which means that unless all your users have the same exact screen resolution, scrollbars will appear.
Anyway, the major benefit of the AJAX client is that it doesn't need any installation, and with the SR2 of version 10, works quite fine with tablets, browsers, and so.
Hope that makes sense.
Thank you Miguel. This information was very helpful.
Hi Miguel
Have you done any testing with regard to Bandwith usage between Ajax and IE plugin or is that
negligible.
Also any speed test with regard how fast the same model would be used in plugin enviroment vs ajax
thanks
shaun
Hi Shaun,
Unfortunately, I don't have log files worth sharing... I do can say that tunneling encapsulates the information and all the authentication must take place between the client, the web server and the server, and all the way back. With the plugin, the amount of information is sensibly less, since you authenticate once and for the session, and you skip the web server step, communicating directly server to client, without middle servers.
Hope that gives an idea.
BI Consultant
EDIT: I have updated to this QlikComunity the link in my previous post