QlikView Desktop - open from Server

[#1]

Hello.

As I understand QlikView Desktop can connect to QlikView Server and open documents from the Server.

When I open document from the Server where the data processing will occur (script execution, calculations etc.)? On the Server or in QlikView Desktop? Or maybe server and client somehow split up the work?

Thanks.

[warfollowmy_ver]

You need to configure the terminal server and the user through RDP shortcut will be able to work in the desktop version, and then all calculations will be at the expense of server resources. In this way it can be used as a license server (delegated) and its own local.

This is the best solution of all other solutions.

Experience has shown that the principle use all the detailed data in a single document is a road to nowhere.

[Peter_Cammaert · Accepted solution]

When you use QV Desktop to open a QlikView server document, you can do this in two ways:

• Using File->Open in Server: QV Desktop will act as a QlikView client (just like the AJAX client in your browser but nicer) and load the document as if loading it from the AccessPoint. You will not be able to edit a script, reload data and lots of other things you can't do as an AccessPoint visitor. Note that the connection frol QV Desktop will go straight to the QVS service, not to the AccessPoint.
• Using File->Open... and navigating to a server share (if such a thing exists): QV Desktop will act as the regular QVW document editing tool you are used to, and - if permissions are in your favor - allow you to open/edit scripts, reload data and store the document with modifications in the same or a different location. Note that in order to be able to reload the data, your source connections must be identical to those that are available to this document on the QlikView server.

There is no native QlikView feature to edit documents remotely using custom protocols. There is no internal locking system with commits & merges to serve multiple developers. There is no distributed loading mechanism where you split the reload job between Desktop and server (except by storing data in QVDs in another data stage)

QlikView means a Windows application that opens and optionally reloads a Windows file (QVW). Both on your personal machine using QV Desktop, as well as on the Server using QVB.exe under QDS control.

Mind you: Qlik Sense does support many of these features.

Best,

Peter