HI,
You will have to license your personal edition. You cannot open other QVW's that were created by another user with personal edition.
When to use License Lease
Use License Lease if you don't have a QlikView Desktop license or if running out of QlikView Desktop licenses
Prerequisites when leasing a license
The following prerequisites must be met to lease a license from QlikView Server
Small Business Edition or Enterprise Edition of QlikView Server
Named user CALs
CAL assigned to user
Settings in QlikView Management Console
The following settings are required in QlikView Management Console (QMC) on the QlikView Server
System > License > QlikView Server > Client Access Licenses (CALs) > General > Check 'Allow license lease'
System > License > QlikView Server > Client Access Licenses (CALs) > Assigned CALs > Select the specific user > Assign CAL
Leasing License from QlikView Desktop
In order to lease a license from QlikView Server the following steps needs to be done on the client:
Option 1: (If User domain and server authentication are the same)
Launch QlikView Desktop client
From the menu, go to File -> Open in Server...
Enter the address to QlikView Server using the qvp protocol (example: qvp://myserver )
Hit Connect
Open a document. The license is now leased from the Qlikview Server
Close and relaunch QlikView Desktop client. You should now be able to work with local documents and the client is fully licensed.
Option 2: (If custom authentication mechanism is used - v10 SR4 or later & v11 only)
Open the QlikView Desktop client
From the menu, goto Settings > User Preferences
Go to the Locations tab and select QlikView Server AccessPoint (URL)
Click the Modify... button
Enter the URL to the QlikView AccessPoint, configured using Custom Authentication
Click OK
Click Apply then OK
From the menu, goto Tools > Open QlikView AccessPoint
Login using the custom credentials
Open a document if a User CAL has not already been assigned. The license is now leased from the QlikView Server
Close and relaunch QlikView Desktop client. You should now be able to work with local documents and the client is fully licensed.
What is QlikView Personal Edition?
The full version of QlikView Desktop (not a trial version)
Free of charge and license key is not required
With QlikView Personal Edition you are free to create QlikView documents for personal use
It is possible to upgrade to a newer version
Download QlikView Personal Edition
What are the limitations of QlikView Personal Edition?
It only works with local documents
Cannot share your QlikView documents with other users
Cannot load QlikView documents from other users
Cannot import an entire document layout into QlikView Personal Edition, e.g. sheets, objects, security settings without data
DO NOT attempt to open QlikView documents that you did not create, such as documents from the forums or created by a colleague
What is "Document Recovery"?
1. Is there a limit of licenses you can lease?
1. One user can Lease a License on 2 Systems in 24 hours
2. Does the leasing effecting any how on the users using the models on the server?
2. No, a Named User will have no effect, he can use his license on the Server for open any application as normal
3. Is there any log created of leased licenses?
3. Last Lease etc. are stored in the PGO files
4. Does administrator must approve a lease or it is done without it?
4. It has to be configured that first Lease is allowed on the server and second the User gets a Named User CAL
Regards
ASHFAQ
