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The following release notes cover the standalone version of Qlik Web Connectors released in December 2021.
What's new in Qlik Web Connectors December 2021
General Improvements
- Updated prerequisites, the Web Connectors now requires .NET Framework 4.8 (previously 4.7.2)
- For applicable Connectors, the prompt/consent level defaults to select_account on the initial authentication
- For connectors using OAuth, the flow now uses PKCE, and the authentication codes are returned to a ‘v3.htm’ page instead of ‘v2.htm‘ (depending on your environment, you may need to add or update this in the whitelists)
Specific Connector Improvements and Adjustments
Amazon S3:
- Added regions for US government
- Added region parameter as optional to CanAuthenticate and ListBuckets tables
GitHub:
- Added Statuses and StatusHistory tables
Google Analytics:
- Added validation rule for parameter 'Start Date'
- Improved table description for UnsampledReportsGet to make it clear that Google Drive connector is needed to retrieve this data
Google Drive & Spreadsheets:
- Removed the previously deprecated table GetWorksheet
OData:
- Increased auth header parameter length limit to 5000
- The authentication parameters no longer included in generated load script when not necessary
Office 365 SharePoint:
- Updated validation of the ‘Folder’ for ListFolders and ListFiles tables
- Improved URL concatenation for API requests
Slack:
Watson Natural Language Understanding:
- Added API URL for the connection on all tables
Twitter:
- Added 'Ignore Rate Limit Errors' input parameter to FriendIds and HomeTimeline tables
The following connector APIs have been updated to provide improvements in various features as well as performance.
- Azure Storage, to version 2020-12-06
- Google Ad Manager, to v202111
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM, to version 9.2
- Watson Natural Language Understanding, to version 2021-10-12
Detailed API documentation can be found for each connector within the Qlik Web Connectors application via links under About/Useful Links, and on the Qlik Connectors pages in the online help.
Deprecated Connectors
The Bitly V2 Connector has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Three connectors are removed due to extensive changes in their APIs making it impractical to modify the existing connectors.
- Facebook Fan Pages
- Google AdSense
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM
A new version of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector with the suffix V2 was previously released, see more details in this blog.
Resolved Defects
General: update to use v2.0 of authentication API (fixes error AADSTS90027 during consent/authentication)
Amazon S3: fix in China endpoint domains
GitHub: fix in authentication
Google Drive & Spreadsheets: corrected error when a non existing table name is requested
OData: fixed issue 'Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1' caused by BOM in returned XML data for ListResources and GetData tables
Known issues and limitations
IP v6 addresses are not supported when entering an IP v6 address for the purpose of white listing.
Load Balancing is not supported.
System requirements notes
From this release the Qlik Web Connectors requires .NET Framework 4.8 (previously 4.7.2).
Downloads
The new Qlik Web Connectors release package is available from the Qlik download site.
About Qlik
Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private SaaS company, Qlik offers an Active Intelligence platform, delivering end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics cloud solutions to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik does business in more than 100 countries and serves over 50,000 customers around the world.
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