Showing web images in QlikView web

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have some older apps where I have used the simple model of having a URL (dynamically) to an image found on the web in a text box with Representation = Image. This has been used to show e.g. "Best selling product today is: " and then an image of the product.

Since a while back this functionality does not seem to work (tried various versions  or version 12.xx) when using the web client, while it still works in the regular Windows desktop client?

In the Desktop Client:

In my browser:

Anyone with the same experience? Any solutions?

I have tried several browsers including Chrome, IE, Safari.

Kind regards

Niklas

[Gysbert_Wassenaar]

Is the Qlikview server allowed to access the remote file?

[Anonymous]

It is a publicly available image on an e-commerce site (or as in my example above I took the URL to the Qlik logo on qlik.com).

If I am working on the actual QlikView server it works on Desktop and actually also on Desktop > Open in Server.

So I don't think it could be an access right question.

Loading the images into the app is not an option because the underlying image database is 1 million images/products.

Kind regards

Niklas

[Gysbert_Wassenaar]

Fine, but is the Qlikview server allowed to go on the internet outside the network it's part of and access the image?

[Anonymous]

I am not sure if you mean the actual "QlikView Server" software  or the hardware server where QlikView is installed.

If just the "hardware" server I just wrote:

If I am working on the actual QlikView server it works on Desktop and actually also on Desktop > Open in Server.

(Being logged in as the same user that runs the Qlik services).

Kind regards

NIklas

[Gysbert_Wassenaar · Accepted solution]

See this post: Re: Image not viewed in pivot / webview

[Anonymous]

Fantastic.

You are not only great a Qlik, but you are obviously also a better "browser" than I am.

On a funny side note my final test was now to create a PDF-report that used the same text object and running that report in web. That worked... even though the image did not show in the app it did show in the PDF-report...

Settings.ini changed now and it now works correctly again.

Always impressed!

Niklas