Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows - Technical Preview for November 2024

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Table of Contents

• What's new in Qlik Sense Technical Preview November 2024
• November 2024 – Technical Preview
• Resolved Defects
• Technical Preview November 2024
• Known issues and limitations
• Clients
• Dynamic views
• Managing a Qlik Sense site
• Qlik Sense Desktop
• Connectors
• Cloud deployments and Multi-Cloud
• Upgrade notes
• System requirements notes
• Downloads

This is Release notes for a Technical Review and are only available for a limit time. This release note will be archived when November 2024 is released.

What's new in Qlik Sense Technical Preview November 2024

November 2024 – Technical Preview

Please note: For the best experience, we recommend that you install this preview as a "fresh installation" only - not as an upgrade on your current setup. While upgrades are technically possible, they may impact performance. When the Initial Release (IR) version of the November 2024 release is live, upgrades will be fully supported.

Distribution to cloud tenants
We have removed the dependency on license type, allowing all client-managed subscription models to distribute Qlik Sense apps to a Qlik Cloud tenant.

Vizualization and client enhancements

• New asset panel with sheet grouping enabled.
• Improvements to pivot tables, straight tables, and combo charts.
• User-provided labels in the selection bar.

Postgres database support
Added support for Postgres versions 15 and 16.

Security enhancements
If you are using mashups or have cross-site domain setups, add the following response headers to enhance security and control access. These headers help protect against Cross-Site Forgery (CSRF) attacks:

• Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://localhost:8080
• Access-Control- Allow-Credentials: true
• Access-Control-Expose-Headers: qlik-csrf-token

Resolved Defects

Technical Preview November 2024

Key	Title	Description
QB-29492	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Variance Waterfall fails to export as PDF or image	Fixed a problem introduced with the February 2024 release which prevented the exporting Variance waterfall to PDF or image.
QB-29401	Visualizations: Problem replacing invalid dimensions / measures master items	Fixed a problem where replacing dimensions or measures would sometimes fail if they were linked to a non-existing master dimension.
QB-29232	Qlik Sense Visualizations: The 'More' menu in the filter pane displayed incorrectly	The 'More' menu in filter panes displayed incorrectly under other objects or the assets panel.
QB-29043	Qlik Engine: Distinct count on key fields incorrectly handling key subsets in reports	In reporting mode, a set expression with a distinct count over a key field was not always calculated correctly. The calculation outcome depended on the table load order and the subset relation of the key in the tables. The reporting calculation now builds an invariant and well-determined field and table state.
QB-29033	Qlik Sense Platform: WebSocket connection lost	Fixed a problem that would, in some cases, throw an exception that caused the loop WebSocket listener to terminate.
QB-29018	Qlik Sense Engine: Incorrect library function used for deleting an element from object array	While updating the properties cache for DeleteChild operation, the library function used to remove an element from the childlist object array causes the last element to be moved to the deleted element index. This causes the original order of remaining elements to be changed. Fix is added to use the library function which preserves the order of remaining elements.
QB-29009	Visualizations: Problems with sheet navigation	Fixed a problem that intermittently prevented opening apps, adding new sheets, and navigating existing sheets. This was solved by optimizing the reranking of sheets whenever there are rank conflicts.
QB-28873	Qlik License: Captcha box not always visible on the the Signed License Definition	Fixed a problem where the Captcha box was not always visible on the Signed License Definition site.
QB-28865	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Cannot set or unset bookmark as default	Fixed a problem that prevented the setting or unsetting of the default bookmark within an app.
QB-28864	Qlik Engine: Window script function converts Nulls to text	Fixed a problem where the window function would incorrectly translate loaded null fields to '-' which could then be selected. With this fix, the handling of null values is corrected and null fields remain null.
QB-28741	Qlik Sense Visualizations: The listbox 'More' menu for tables and pivot tables closed without changes	When selecting one of the options in the listbox 'More' menu, it closed without applying the changes. The selections are now applied correctly instead of closing the menu.
QB-28727	Visualizations: Not possible to search for bookmark	Now validating bookmark creation date before the formatting date.
QB-28658	Visualizations: Sheet styles not working for newly created apps	Fixed a problem where sheet styles did not persist on new apps. Properties are now bound to the visual elements which show the changes.
QB-28630	Visualizations: Incorrect position of data points on a line chart	Fixed a problem that caused data points to be incorrectly positioned on small screens or when zooming to 125%.
QB-28611	Qlik Engine: Lineage data API is not working when using Preceding LOAD	Fixed a problem where the /v1/apps/{appId}/data/lineage API returned an empty discriminator for Load From statements with a preceding load.
QB-28589	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Field titles missing in Chart Exploration	Alternative columns were initially shown without proper titles in the new Qlik Sense straight table's chart exploration. This happened during sheet editing and when users worked with the exploration feature to add and remove columns.
QB-28453	Qlik Sense Engine: Dynamic scripts in charts did not add or replace values in the correct rows	When evaluated in a chart, the dynamic scripts did not have access to the context information used to access the source rows. Therefore, they only used one row for all additions and replacements.
QB-28451	Qlik Sense Engine: Dynamic scripts were not evaluated when expected	The engine only checked if a chart contained expressions when determining if it should be evaluated as a table or a hypercube. This meant that any hypercube modifiers such as dynamic scripts were ignored if the chart did not contain an expression.
QB-28426	Qlik Enterprise Connectors: Amazon Redshift populating duplicate columns	This enhancement addresses an issue where duplicate columns were being fetched when schemas with the same name existed in both the external schema and the Datashare schema. Now, columns are retrieved only from the selected database schema, ensuring accurate data retrieval and eliminating duplicate columns.
QB-28406	Qlik Sense: Axios security issue	Fixed a security issue caused by Qlik Sense using an old version of Axios. The was resolved by updating the version of Axios used by Qlik Sense.
QB-28392	Qlik Enterprise Connectors: Google Big Query Connector - Select dialog	Changing the catalog from dropdown did not refresh the list of databases.
QB-28299	Qlik Sense Engine: The Concat function resulted in a faulty lineage	In some cases, when the Concat function was used in combination with the FROM load statement, the Concat function did not add the correct sources for a field, resulting in an faulty lineage graph. The faulty graph assumed that the sources were present and therefore incremented an internal index, which resulted in incorrect relations between nodes. Support for the Concat function has been added for lineage and it will now properly add the sources.
QB-28201	Qlik Engine: Iterator is shown as a non-integer when using large values	Fixed a problem with the string conversion method used in a FOR loop, which caused formatting issues when handling large values.
QB-28142	Qlik Sense Engine: Missing privileges for connections	Fixed a problem where connections that were fetched using REST API were missing privileges. This would cause the Add data button to be missing from the connection Attached Files.
QB-27988	Qlik Engine: Syntax error on tab during script execution	Fixed a LOAD script parsing problem when the WHERE clause contains "(".
QB-27933	Qlik Sense: Date picker library is outdated	Updated momentJS to the latest version.
QB-27902	Qlik Sense Engine: Hypercube modifier REPLACE LOAD sourced data incorrectly and added rows to chart	When REPLACE LOAD was used in a dynamic chart script, it was using only one row for the source data regardless of the actual number of source rows. It also incorrectly added rows to the chart.
QB-27821	Resolved UI issue: Restored internal menu functionality in Dev Hub	In the Mashup editor in Dev Hub, the 'Menu' button in the toolbar was inadvertently replaced with a 'Help' button. The issue is resolved and access to the 'Menu' button has been restored.
QB-27754	Qlik Sense: CORS error blocks external API requests	Fixed an issue with CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) requests that were blocked when making external API requests. The issue was related to the handling of the "withCredentials" option in the requests.
QB-27751	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Overflow on button labels was not displaying correctly with ellipses	The button labels were missing settings for text overflow. CSS settings were added and now the labels work as expected.
QB-27657	Qlik Sense Engine: Parquet file not deleted	Parquet files were in some cases not deleted after being used. This has been fixed by not using the MemoryMap option when opening Parquet files for reading when the files have been downloaded using a web connector.
QB-27639	Schedule reload task using custom schedule	When adding a custom filter, some valid format options produced an error.
QB-27632	Qlik Sense Engine: Incorrect format when exporting a table containing dates	When exporting a table containing dates to Microsoft Excel, the date fields were exported in numeric format, instead of formatted date/time. This has been fixed by treating unformatted date/time values as formatted Excel date/time fields, using default formats that adjust to the viewer's locale.
QB-27623	"Show totals above" option is missing when converting native Pivot table to Pivot table (Visualization bundle)	An issue was identified in which the "Show totals above" option" is not shown when converting a native Pivot table to the Pivot table from the Visualization bundle. The issue has been resolved by adjusting a setting for indent mode.
QB-27565	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Added sanity check for invalid column width values, preventing view data crashing	Possibly due to converting a table to a pivot table, the, the values stored in the pivot table properties for column widths were incorrect. When the view data mode was selected, those incorrect values caused the chart to crash. A sanity check has been added to prevent the crash.
QB-27477	Qlik Engine: Tables with the same expression show different results	Fixed a problem when SET analysis constraints did not correctly limit the number of rows in the hypercube, leading to inconsistent results for the same expression.
QB-27393	Visualizations: Filter pane selection options are not displayed	Fixed a problem where expanding a filter pane caused the buttons for making different selection options (such as more, clear selection, cancel, and confirm)  were not displayed.
QB-27352	Qlik sense Visualizations: Selection popup and bar is blank when using getGlobal method in a mashup	Fixed a problem where listboxes within mashups could stop working. This problem occurred specifically for mashups created using the Capability API and calling the qlik.getGlobal function.
QB-27348	Qlik Enterprise Connectors: Invalid Session Token error for Amazon Athena connections	Resolved an issue with the Amazon Athena connector when using a proxy with user name and password to authenticate the connection. The resolution involved fixing the authentication process so that the Proxy Username value entered by the user is properly forwarded to the driver.
QB-27277	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Data Manager custom association field preview not working	Fixed a problem that caused the preview of the custom association fields to stop working when selecting which fields to associate the tables with.
QB-27237	Qlik Sense: Custom Trigger with double digits causes custom filter validation error	Custom filter now allows the use of double digits for the hourly position for Tasks in the Qlik Management Console.
QB-27227	Bar chart label incorrect when the result is 1.95	Fixed floating error on formatting.
QB-27147	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Qlik Sense icon not showing in apps on May 2024 IR	Fixed a problem that caused the favicon to disappear on some apps.
QB-27108	Visualizations: Exporting object with styling fails	Fixed a problem where exporting any object with shadow values as an image would fail. This was solved by disabling chart shadows on server printing.
QB-27008	Qlik Sense Visualizations: "Color by expression"  not working in a dimensionless barchart	Fixed an issue where you could not switch to "Color by expression" in a dimensionless barchart and instead it defaulted to single color.
QB-27006	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Incorrect CSS for overflowing content	When the content of a multi KPI could not fit in the height of the object, the data could end up inaccessible to users. By correcting the CSS, the data can always scrolled to the data.
QB-26965	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Incorrect rendering of heatmap	Fixed a floating error in calculating the number of rows and columns that caused heatmaps to render incorrectly.
QB-26946	Qlik Mobile zooming issue	Prevented users from interacting with a chart in a small device if the browser is zoomed in.
QB-26936	Qlik Sense Engine: Select and search methods fail to parse search strings starting with certain characters	Search strings starting with any of the following characters: <>\"~()='[] would not be parsed correctly when the user was expecting an exact search. A fix was added which will allow users to force an exact search by adding an extra backslash "\" before any of the special characters (for example, to search for "<x>" enter the search string "\<x>"). This fix is disabled by default. To enable it, update the Settings.ini file to include "EnableSpecialCharacterEscapingInSearch = 1".
QB-26902	Qlik Sense Visualizations: The button object was unclickable in a mashup if the label was too long	Buttons with long labels are now clickable within a mashup.
QB-26880	Qlik Web Connectors: Files stored in a team folder are inaccessible through the Dropbox connector	A new connection parameter was added to access Dropbox team folders and files. The root parameter allows the selection of team root if it's available for authenticated users.
QB-26872	Qlik Sense Engine: Resolving issues from open app performance enhancements	There were some issues with connection deletion behavior after implementing performance enhancements for opening apps. These have been resolved.
QB-26840	Qlik Sense Engine: The <CreatorDoc> tag is empty in QVDs created with Qlik Sense February 2024	Fixed a problem where the <CreatorDoc> tag in the metadata of QVD files created with Qlik Sense February 2024 was empty, instead of showing the app ID that generated the QVD. <CreatorDoc> tags are now written from the STORE statement, even if the format spec is omitted.
QB-26786	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Alternative measure & dimension dropdown was not updating correctly	The alternative measure & dimension dropdown did not update correctly when a user edited a chart. This issue has been fixed.
QB-26669	Qlik Sense Engine: Problem exporting straight table to Excel	Fixed a problem with handling the pre-generated format string for Euro during Excel export from the Qlik Engine.
QB-26657	Qlik Sense Visualizations: Qlik extensions lost custom properties after server restart	Three extensions did not have the version specified correctly: - sn-layout-container - sh-shape - sn-text The versions are now updated properly in all files for these extensions
QB-26613	Qlik Engine: Dimension created with Aggr function does not fully support selection	Fixed an issue that would cause some apps to have a limited ability to make selections in a dimension created using the Aggr function.
QB-26558	Qlik Engine: Connector performance reload issues in Qlik Sense February 2024	The Select Statement Lineage for Sense Server has been disabled as it served no purpose in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. This was causing issues with some connectors by making irrelevant calls in Sense Server.
QB-26530	Qlik Sense: Custom Cache Control settings not maintained with server reboot	Enhanced the Hub service to use a retry mechanism, allowing it to wait for the QRS API's /ContentCacheControl endpoint to respond.
QB-26504	Qlik Cloud Engine: Line Chart not showing all values for X-axis	Fixed an issue that would, in some apps, exclude the highest magnitude dimension value from a chart using a continuous x-axis. This could happen when the data point's x-axis value was encoded using more than the 15-digit precision used in the QIX Engine
QB-26486	Qlik Sense on Windows: Straight table columns unusable with auto width	Fixed a problem where columns in straight tables using auto width became unusable. The minimum width has been increased to 120px.
QB-26447	Visualizations: Some table column headers do not wrap	Due to an indexing error in the table code, the showing/hiding header icons and wrapping header text, were based on the wrong column. These calculations now use the correct index and the text wrap and icons are shown correctly.
QB-26407	Qlik Sense: Node.js updated	Node.js has been updated to version 18.20.4.
QB-26392	Qlik Sense on Windows: Failing requests to fetch custom brand spam console	Fixed a problem where requests specific to the Qlik Cloud Services offering were made on Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows deployment causing the failing requests to spam the console.
QB-26205	Visualizations: Cannot rearrange columns in the new Straight Table	Fixed a problem where columns could not be rearranged in the new straight table if the table had conditional columns.
QB-26199	Visualizations: Undo button not working	Fixed a problem where the undo button was unresponsive after unlinking a master dimension.
QB-26106	Qlik Engine: HypercubeEvaluator calculation error	Fixed a problem in a hypercube calculation that returned a row even when the selection result was empty. After the fix now rows should be returned.
QB-26098	Scatter plot labels	Fixed a problem with the rendering of the scatter plot during changes in viewing data.
QB-25981	Incorrect translation: Japanese	Corrected the Japanese translation for "Sorting in search" when working with pivot tables.
QB-25920	Qlik Engine: Unable to filter text values of QVD in Data Manager	Fixed a problem where the filtering of a text field for QVD files was not working. If the field type was a string but the filter value was a number (for example: 1), the filter would not work. This has been fixed by forcing the columns to be interpreted as text.
QB-25909	Qlik Sense on Windows: Unsupported trigger time zone reported as (GMT + 0000)	This adds a fix for setting Daylight Savings Time to Permanent Standard Time if the time zone is not supported by the Qlik Management Console (QMC).
QB-25871	Qlik Engine: Cannot reference iterator value using $() in chart script	In a chart script, the iterator in a "For… Next" loop could not be used in a dollar expansion expression. This has now been fixed.
QB-25773	Visualizations: Inconsistent behavior when pressing home/end keys	Fixed a problem that caused inconsistent behavior when pressing the home/end in the search listbox of a filter pane.
QB-25730	Qlik Sense Engine: Inner set expression issue when outer set expression is present	Fixed an issue that caused the miscalculation of inner set expressions when outer set expressions were present. The inner set expression {<Field1=StateA::Field1>} will now read Field1 correctly from StateA even when an outer set expression is present.
QB-25031	Qlik Web Connectors: Unable to load data from Odata database via Qlik Odata connector	Fixed a problem where a "System.OutOfMemoryException" would be thrown if the OData connector returned a large response. This was solved by accepting smaller values in the Max depth parameter. Additionally, new tables have been added to retrieve information (V4GetSchemas, V4GetEntities, and V4GetProperties).
QB-25016	Qlik Sense: Issue with display scaling on Qlik Sense on Windows February 2024	Fixed a problem with scaling present on high DPI monitors.
QB-24997	Qlik Sense on Windows: Exception importing sheets to NPrinting May 2023	Fixed a problem on the main-web-container component shipped with QSEoW that caused NPrinting exports of extended Sense sheets to fail when a Sense app carded theme was used.
QB-24968	Qlik Web Connectors: Error when importing a table using the Qlik ODATA connector	Fixed a problem that caused an error ("Sequence contains no elements") when retrieving data from the JsonV4GetData table. With this fix, paces in path parameter values are now processed correctly.
QB-24536	Data Prep & Insights: Import from SharePoint fails with error message	For some connectors, the same QVD ID (file name) was generated for two table sources, resulting in an error message ("Data could not be added to Data Manager"). We have changed how the QVD ID is generated by adding a load statement and including it in the text to generate the hash.
QB-23881	Qlik Sense: User details exposed in WebSockets (CWE-200	Fixed a vulnerability problem where user details were exposed in WebSockets (CWE-200 information exposure). This was solved by hiding the owner data for Anonymous User Context in AppPropList and the Owner data in the Hub App Card for Anonymous User Context.
QB-23565	Improved HTTP header validation	Improved HTTP communication by providing additional header validations.

 

Known issues and limitations

The following issues and limitations were identified at release time. The list is not comprehensive but lists all known major issues and limitations.

Clients

• Third-party extensions are currently not supported on mobile devices, and the Qlik Trusted Extension Developer program does not accredit extensions for use on mobile devices. Generated items might not be visualized properly on a mobile device, depending on individual device specifications, mobile OS, and the size of the Qlik Sense app.
• When you consume Qlik Sense apps using the Microsoft Edge browser on touch/hybrid devices, the long-press action does not work. This prevents you from accessing functions such as an object’s context menu, which requires a long press in touch mode. This is a Microsoft Edge issue.
  Workaround: If you use a hybrid device, turn off touch mode, and then turn it back on again.
• Export as Anonymous does not work for mashups deployed in a domain that is different from the domain where Qlik Sense is installed. Export only works for Anonymous if the mashup is deployed in the same domain as Qlik Sense.
• When using the new Load Extension syntax in the load script, the Data Load Editor syntax completion does not work well after the keyword “Extension” when trying to write the call to an SSE function (AAI function). The script still executes correctly.
• Legend does not show dimension values after row number 3000.
• Limitations when exporting a story to PowerPoint:   
  • Titles are not rescaled as HTML. Font settings are not exported.
  • Storytelling effects are not applied.
  • Exported charts might show fixed scroll bars, depending on the export resolution.
• It is not possible to open the context menu of an org chart on a touch device.
• When you choose to view data in the context menu in a dynamic chart and make a new selection in the app, you need to refresh the browser for the chart to be displayed again.

Dynamic views

• Dynamic views that you delete from one app are also deleted from every other app that was using the same view. There is no workaround for this issue. Avoid deleting views that might already be in use by other apps.
• When you create a new dynamic view in the assets pane, the dropdown menu item does not automatically change to show the charts of the newly created dynamic view if there are any existing dynamic views. You must click on the dropdown menu to choose the newly created view.
• The data for a dynamic view is automatically refreshed whenever you open a sheet that contains charts for the view. The same happens when you enter and then return from the global selections pane, and when you add a new chart for the view. Refrain from performing these actions on the base app to prevent triggering refreshes.
• The view of a dynamic chart is cleared and shows a message indicating a view constraint violation whenever you change the selection state of the base app in a way that violates the view's constraints. Refrain from changing the selection state of the base app until it has finished making use of the data in any of the dynamic view charts.
• The ‘Go to source’ option on a snapshot slide (available on right-click) for a dynamic chart does not select the actual dynamic chart when you change the view to the base app sheet.
• Changes to chart settings for dynamic view charts using the Exploration menu are lost after refreshing the view.
• Dynamic views do not support the Trellis extension.

Managing a Qlik Sense site

• The Edit pane under Custom properties in the Qlik Management Console (QMC) can currently handle a limited number of custom properties. If you want to edit custom property values in the QMC, we recommend keeping the number of custom property values to a maximum of 500. If you want to apply values without modifying them, the QMC can handle up to 10,000 custom property values.
• When you remove app objects from an application via the QMC interface, deleted objects are not removed from the application’s binary file stored on the file system.
• It is not possible to use a security rule on the HubSection_* resource to hide the ‘Open hub’ link from the navigation menu when accessing an app as an anonymous user.  
  Workaround: Use reverse proxy to redirect the ‘Open hub’ link to a preferred landing site.
• Windows service Qlik Engine cannot be started on a node where the Qlik Engine service is disabled through the QMC. Every time Windows restarts for that node, the Qlik Engine service fails to start up and throws an error in Windows event logs. You can prevent this by temporarily disabling the Qlik Engine service in Windows Service Manager.
• Data connection passwords containing special characters (such as "=", "%", or ";") are not properly encoded when updated via the QMC. This causes authentication errors when trying to connect to specific data sources, which could cause reload tasks to fail.  
  Workaround: Use the data load editor to update the password. Note that once the password is updated, the name of the data connection is automatically appended by "(domain_userId)". You can adjust this later via the QMC.

Qlik Sense Desktop

• Qlik Sense Desktop can play WebM and Ogg but not MP4 files. This is due to limitations in Chromium.

Connectors

• REST connector: The ‘Next token’ pagination option does not work when the pagination token has the same value for each page.
• For connectors in the ODBC Connector Package only the data types listed as supported in the online help have been verified to work correctly in the Preview and Script editor. However, the ODBC Connector Package does not prevent you from loading other data types. In some cases, you can load unsupported data types with the load script.
• ODBC connector: Database connectors in the ODBC Connector Package do not work properly if the username on the Microsoft Windows system running Qlik Sense Desktop contains letters that are not English alphanumeric characters.
  Workaround: Change the Windows system locale to match the character set that contains the characters used in the username. For example, if the system locale on the system running Qlik Sense Desktop is set to English and a username contains Swedish characters, you must change the system locale to Swedish for the ODBC connector to work properly.
• The Qlik Salesforce connector does not support PK chunking on sharing objects. PK chunking is only supported on parent objects.
• The Apache Phoenix connector does not support non-Latin characters in metadata. The connector might return corrupted data or unpredictable query results if you run a query with non-Latin characters in metadata, such as table names, column names, and aliases.

Cloud deployments and Multi-Cloud

• When you download a pivot table in Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS, expanded rows are not included but stay collapsed.

Upgrade notes

For upgrade advisory regarding required add-on upgrades, see Community post.

System requirements notes

For information about the requirements for Qlik Sense, see System requirements for Qlik Sense in the online help.

Downloads

Download this release from the Product Downloads page on Qlik Community.

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