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The following release notes cover the versions of Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows released in February 2024. For questions or comments, post in the Product Forums or contact Qlik Support.
Please refer to the What’s new sections of the online help for information about the new and updated features of the Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows February 2024 release:
What's new in Qlik Sense February 2024 (Users)
What's new in Qlik Sense February 2024 (Developers)
What's new in Qlik Sense February 2024 (Administrators)
New load balancing algorithm
The load balancing algorithm has been improved by using Engine health check data. As part of the Engine health check data we now store the CPU usage and free memory information per Engine node. Now, apps can be routed to nodes based on this data to make sure nodes are receiving new apps or new sessions based on their current usage.
Added support for SHA-384
Support for SHA-384 has been added for a higher encryption within a Qlik Sense deployment. After a new installation or upgrade, SHA-256 will still be selected but the configuration can be changed into SHA-384 certificates.
Export functionality added for audits in the QMC
With the February 2024 release, you can now export your audit results out of your QMC into CSV files and use those values outside of your Qlik Sense Enterprise deployment.
Data window functions in engine load script
Customers can now perform complex calculations on their data tables in the Qlik load script to perform aggregation on different partitions without losing the granularity of their data.
This functionality is commonly used in SQL and with many ML data preparation use cases.
New pivot table
The new Pivot table is here with a set of new features:
All of the above are designed and added based on feedback from our users. The new Pivot table is launched in the Visualization bundle and will replace native pivot next year when additional features are added.
Layout container
The Layout container is a new component in the Dashboard bundle. In the Layout container, charts can be placed in a freeform manner with or without a snapping grid. Charts can overlap, be stacked, and controlled with show conditions. The Layout container is highly versatile but especially useful for:
To get the most out the layout container, follow best practices, check out Bruno Calver's talk at Techspert Visualization Day on Qlik Community.
Styling Grid, Funnel & Sankey charts
The Grid chart, Funnel chart, and the Sankey chart have been upgraded with the new property panel for styling. The styling includes general settings for title, subtitle, footnote, background, border and shadow and chart specific settings for axis and value labels.
Filter pane styling
The Filter pane now gets more properties for styling: General settings for title font styling, background, border and shadow. Chart specific styling for header and content font styling, color settings for selection state, background color and image.
Borders and shadows
As of today, most charts receive settings for borders and shadows. Charts inherit the border setting from the theme but the border width and color setting can now be overridden and customized per chart. The border can play a big role in how your dashboard is perceived, use it wisely to achieve your goals.
Chart shadow is a new property on charts, providing a shadow contour around the chart, with options for size and color. Shadows create a depth effect and can be used to highlight and make certain elements stand out.
Borders and shadows works very well in the Layout container where charts can overlap and be stacked.
Copy and paste style
You now have a new menu choice for copying style settings from one chart to another. This quality of life improvement makes it easier to style and work with charts. Especially now when all charts has many more styling settings.
Key | Title | Description |
QB-26530 | Implemented Retry Mechanism for QRS API /ContentCacheControl Endpoint in Hub Service | Enhanced the Hub service to use a retry mechanism, allowing it to wait for the QRS API's /ContentCacheControl endpoint to respond. |
QB-28406 | Fixed security issue with using old version of Axios | Fixed security issue caused by Qlik Sense using an old version of Axios. The security issue has been resolved by updating the version of Axios used by Qlik Sense. |
QB-27699 | Add sanity check for invalid column width values, making sure all columns are included | Added a sanity check to resolve issue with the 'View data' capability for the Pivot table. The issue was caused by incorrect column width values being stored in the chart's properties, causing some columns to not be rendered by the 'View data' tool. The new check ensures all columns are rendered in 'View data'. |
Key | Title | Description |
QB-26818 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Export to PDF does not work on Qlik Sense February 2024 | Fixed a problem where the container was not being exported because an outdated browser version did not support newer javascript functions. |
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. |
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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-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. |
Key | Title | Description |
QB-25504 | Qlik Sense Hub: Last row of apps not fully visible on Chrome/Edge | The last row of apps was not completely visible on Chrome/Edge if there was a banner message enabled. We have made a few changes to the layout to fix this issue. |
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-25673 | Qlik Sense: Error-128 shows when opening app | Fixed an internal error that would sometimes cause an error message with the code 128 to be shown when an app was opened and a bookmark applied on Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. |
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-26376 | Qlik Sense Hub: App names not visible when banner is enabled | Fixed a layout problem that caused the last Stream to be partially obstructed on Chrome and Edge if a banner message was enabled. |
Patch 4 contains important security fixes. For more information, see below links:
Key | Title | Description |
QB-25677 | Databricks connector: OAuth authentication problem related to character length of connection string | Fixed an issue that caused errors in authenticating a Databricks connection via Azure OAuth. The problem was caused by a change in the character length of the connection string. The issue has been fixed by excluding OAuth tokens from connection string length validation, and additionally by providing these tokens with their own length limit of 16kb. |
QB-22519 | 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. To apply this fix, users must add the line "AdHocFieldIgnoreOuterSetField=1" to the settings.ini file. For information on how to edit the file, see How to modify Qlik Sense Engine settings.ini.: https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/How-to-modify-Qlik-Sense-Engine-s-Settings-i.... |
QB-25034 | Visualizations: Sheets with tables have incomplete or blank data | Fixed an issue that would cause some apps to show incomplete or blank data in some visualizations after selection operations, or in some cases, on the first rendering. |
QB-26190 | Qlik Sense Engine: Section Access issues after upgrade to Qlik Sense February 2024 | After the February 2024 upgrade, Section Access with dynamic data reduction would fail in some cases. When reduction fields were using numerical values, it would sometimes cause the data reload to fail. This has been fixed. |
QB-26125 | Qlik Sense Engine: File lock applied when saving reloaded apps on NetApp file share | Fixed a problem with the degradation of a third-party driver that would cause the Qlik Engine to be unable to take file lock when applying changes to the App. This problem only occurred when using Qlik Sense with NetApp SMB file share. |
Key | Title | Description |
QB-24656 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Pivot table drag dimension to column fails | Dragging dimensions to columns failed if disabled dimensions were present. This has been fixed and dragging dimensions in a pivot table now sorts correctly. |
QB-25165 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Unable to add data connection throwing error 404 | Resolved a degrade issue that made it impossible to create connections when using virtual proxy prefixes. |
QB-25897 | Link to helpsite missing in topbar menu | Restored the Help link to the Qlik helpsite in the action menu (...) on the navigation bar. |
SHEND-1828 | Qlik Sense: Updated Node.js | Qlik Sense February 2024 Patch 3 updates the version of NodeJS to pick up recent patches. |
Offline license issue in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows February 2024.
The following support article details a workaround: https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Cannot-set-offline-license-in-Qlik-Sense-Ent....
This issue will be fixed with the release of Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows February 2024 Patch 2 on March 20, 2024.
Key | Title | Description |
QB-24802 | Qlik Sense Mobile: All filter option is not displayed on iOS device | Fixed a problem where zoom on text entry was not reset, resulting in missing filter options. |
QB-25217 | Qlik Data Prep: Limited field of view in the Add Data dialog in Data Manager on Chrome and Edge | When selecting a source data file, the preview window was limited to only showing one row. This has been solved by fixing a rendering problem in the Add Data Dialog on the latest Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge versions. |
QB-25045 | Qlik Sense Licensing: Cannot set offline license in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows February 2024 | Fixed a problem that would throw an error when using offline license. |
QB-21455 | Qlik Sense Hub: Favorites icon visible in anonymous sessions | We have removed the Favorite icon for anonymous sessions. |
Key | Title | Description |
QB-24440 | Qlik Sense: EngineHealth function in QMC stops working when TimeZone is UTC | Fixed a problem where the engine timestamp did not include a timezone offset, presenting only a "Z" instead of the expected "+0000", leading to a failure in converting the timestamp into a readable format. This update addresses a critical issue where the EngineHealth function would cease to operate correctly when the system TimeZone was set to UTC. We have enhanced the functionality within the QMC to ensure robust and accurate parsing of date-time strings across various time zone formats. |
QB-24625 | Qlik Sense Engine: Access to hidden values possible through Set Analysis on dimension | Fixed a problem where the Section Access value subset was not correctly applied to fields-on-the-fly based on a single key field. This resulted in all key values being visible on the field on the fly, even if Section Access restricted the source key field. |
QB-24368 | Qlik Sense: Content libraries do not recognize virtual proxy prefix | Fixed a problem where it was not possible to load content library items if a virtual proxy was used. |
QB-22171 | REST Connector: Slow when importing large files | We have made performance improvements of file import with the REST connector for cases where a table contains a large number of columns. |
QB-24441 | Qlik NL Insights: NL Insights not working on mashups on Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows | Fixed a problem where NL Insights considered extensions as virtual proxy prefixes, causing the request to use the wrong URL. |
QB-24350 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: No longer possible to select several areas of the map at the same time | Clicking on one element of a slightly off-screen map would focus on the selection and confirmed it directly. This has been fixed and the map allows multiple selections. |
QB-24944 | Visualizations: Qlik.Resize() not working in mashups | Fixed a problem where Qlik.Resize() was not working in mashups. Chart rendering on resize is now triggered when the chart starts with zero size. |
QB-24577 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Treemap chart color doesn't apply defined custom theme after upgrade | After upgrading to QS May 2023 patch 9, the custom theme was not applied to the treemap. This has been solved, and in cases where the color scheme does not exist, it will fall back to default. |
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QB-19742 | Connectors: SAP BW/Infoprovider data type "INT8" limitation | The use of CL_ALV_TABLE_CREATE=>CREATE_DYNAMIC_TABLE was created in SAP_BASIS 46B, so new data types were not supported. This is now resolved by this ticket which was identified by SAP note 551605. |
QB-20411 | Qlik Engine: Outer set analysis could give different results with a master measure | If a master measure had an inner set using a $-sign expression, then the outer set could be applied erroneously. This meant that the result of an outer set with an expression could give different results than that outer set with an expression in a master measure. This has been fixed and set analysis results are now the same independent of whether the expression is in a master measure or not. |
QB-20509 | Qlik Engine: Embedded field names are sometimes not detected | Qlik Engine on Linux now correctly detects embedded labels in text files with Japanese and other non-western European languages. |
QB-21103 | Qlik Engine: Variable definitions are unexpectedly changing during an interactive reload | If a variable was created as an app object (not in script) and a user changed the value of the variable within their session, for example by using the variable input control in the Qlik Sense user interface, and the user then reloaded the app in the same session, the definition of the variable would change to the value in the user's session. This scenario would typically occur during app development, since it requires user-triggered interactive reload, with the same user working in the app, in the same session. This fix ensures that the definition of a variable is always maintained unless it is explicitly changed by an app designer or in a load script. The in-session value of the variable is independently controlled. |
QB-21227 | Visualizations: When bar chart is selected NVDA screen reader reads incorrect information | Fixed a problem that caused NVDA screen reader to read incorrect information when a bar chart was selected. |
QB-21289 | Visualizations: Variance waterfall data shows incorrect number abbreviation in Auto mode | This fix formats both the labels and the tips of the variance-waterfall chart based on the first measure format, in both Auto and Number mode. |
QB-22155 | Qlik Sense: Fail to open Data Load Editor in new tab | The routing was redirecting to a non-existent HMTL file, causing the failure to open the Data Load Editor in a new tab. This fix corrects the routing. |
QB-22161 | Qlik Sense Hub: Blank space appears in the Hub when app menu is opened | Fixed an issue where a blank space was displayed at the bottom of the screen in the Hub when the app menu was opened using right-click. |
QB-22217 | Qlik Sense on Windows: Bad request error when connecting to websocket for some formats of headers | This issue affected Qlik Sense on Windows August 2023 Patch 2. A "400 Bad request" error was thrown when connecting to websocket if multiple comma-separated valid headers were entered without entering a whitespace after the comma. This has been fixed and header values are now allowed without whitespaces. |
QB-22272 | Qlik Sense: Error when reloading Excel data after upgrading to Qlik Sense May2023 patch 6 | After upgrading to Qlik Sense May 2023 patch 6, some users saw "Error: Too many columns in data sources (16326) but the limit is 10000)" when reloading Excel data. This has been fixed by updating the default value of MaxColumsInDataSource to 0 for Qlik Sense Enterprise environments. The limit is set to 10,000 in Cloud environments by the cloud management rules in args.yml template. |
QB-22497 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Hyperlink in table not working on Qlik Sense August 2022 IR | Fixed a problem where opening a URL from a table would cause the link to have a port attached to the URL. This went against the browser's origin restriction, meaning the iframe didn't show. This was solved by adding a "noopener" to the opening of the link. |
QB-22664 | Connectors: SAP BW reload fails when processing a variable value with "+" filter | Added support for "+" character in BEx variable values. |
QB-22724 | Tab Nabbing vulnerability in openNewTab() | Noopener has now been included when opening URLs from button objects. |
QB-22750 | Visualizations: Copy and paste of cell value fails in iFrame | Copying to clipboard is blocked within iFrames and needs to be specifically allowed on the iFrame properties. Due to the deprecation of execCommand in the browser API, Qlik now uses the never clipboard API. This is however blocked by default in iframes, unless you explicitly allow it. To allow, add: <iframe src="index.html" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"></iframe> execCommand can still be utilized until it is removed. Until then, Qlik supports it as a fallback if the preferred copy solution is blocked. |
QB-22795 | 'Last modified by' is set to INTERNAL\bootstrap at app reload | The 'Modified by' column in QMC apps table is now set to INTERNAL\sa_repository after each app reload, reflecting the repository service updates to the app static byte size. This feature can be toggled on/off in the repository and QMC. |
QB-22817 | Visualizations: Color by expression not working in bar/line charts | Fixed a problem where color by expression was not applied correctly in some bar and line charts if it was combined with conditionally hidden measures. |
QB-22849 | Qlik Sense: Dashboard variable input has inconsistent behavior | Fixed a problem where the variable input from the dashboard bundle added an extra option to the dropdown. This extra option was confusing and has now been removed from the dropdown options. A new hidden option has been added that will allow selection of any option in the dropdown when these do not match the current value of the variable. |
QB-22966 | Qlik Connectors: Drill connector ODBC driver update | The ODBC driver for the Drill connector has been updated to a newer version that includes updates to third-party components. |
QB-22968 | Qlik Sense: External call to fonts.googleapis.com | The font Qlik Sense loads when the application starts is now loaded from Qlik Sense's own web resources. This means that external calls are no longer made. |
QB-23049 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Unable to export to image or PDF when using URL rewrite in Reverse Proxy | Exporting Image/PDF didn't work using a Reverse Proxy prefix if a Virtual Proxy was not provided in the QMC. This fix removes the need to set up a Virtual Proxy in the QMC and instead uses the configurations of the Reverse Proxy to call the correct path to the printing service |
QB-23162 | Reading Parquet from S3 | Added a fix to read parquet files from S3 |
QB-23280 | Qlik Engine: Attribute flag does not affect cardinality of a Pivot table | Fixed a problem where an attribute with a SET statement with the attribute flag set to "false", was not expanding the whole cube to include the SET. |
QB-23298 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Abbreviation of dimension labels are too short | Fixed a problem where GetObjectMeasures() did not work when used in a calculated dimension with aggr() method. |
QB-23329 | Visualizations: Scroll option missing in Link to Sheet selection. | Fixed an error that caused some CSS to not load properly, resulting in the missing scrolling function |
QB-23393 | Qlik Engine: Parquet file not read correctly | Parquet files were incorrectly ready, producing incorrect data output. This was fixed by supporting decimal types stored as fixed-length byte arrays. |
QB-23492 | Qlik Sense Visualizations: Total cell is not bold in Pivot table | In Pivot tables with a measure and a dimension in column, the Total value cell was not bold. This has been fixed and the Total value cells are correctly set as bold when there are only column dimensions and indent mode is turned off. |
QB-23497 | Master measure formatting was not applied in Insight Advisor charts | Resolved an issue where changes were not applied in Insight Advisor charts when master item settings were changed. |
QB-23501 | Windows authentication pop-up appears when loading background images in charts | The issue has been resolved. The media library button in the property panel was not using the virtual proxy prefix when loading the images. |
QB-23548 | Qlik Sense Hub: Long app names get truncated | In the Hub, apps with long names were truncated and not shown in the UI. This has been fixed with styling changes to show the app name on the next line if it exceeds a certain length. |
QB-23564 | Visualizations: Sheet background cannot be inserted via virtual proxy prefix | Resolved an issue where sheet background insertion was not possible via virtual proxy prefix. |
QB-23580 | Visualizations: Grid chart not allowing filtering on Y-axis dimension | Fixed a problem where gird charts did not render correctly if the current selection did not generate any data. |
QB-23712 | Visualizations: Selection icon hidden when zoom is used on Qlik Sense Mobile | Fixed a problem where the icon to confirm selections on the filter pane disappeared from the screen when zoom was active. Zooming is now prevented on the search field on small devices. |
QB-23717 | Visualizations: Clipboard API does not exist in non-secure context (HTTP) | Resolved and issue where write text to clipboard did not exist in nonsecure context (HTTP allowed). Now, a check ensures that the string is copied through a callback function whenever the clipboard API is unavailable. |
QB-23790 | Qlik Sense Engine: Windows script functionality | Window and WRank script functionality was originally available only on Qlik Cloud. With this fix, the script function is now available for Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. |
QB-23934 | Updated filter pane responsiveness | Resolved an issue where the filter pane would appear cropped when made very narrow in some cases. |
QB-23976 | Fix default context menu in mashups with containers | Resolved an issue where the default context menu of the browser failed to appear in mashups containing containers. |
QB-24345 | Qlik Sense: Mashups not loading after Qlik Sense upgrade | A comparison for cross-site mashups was not considering a mashup on the same host with a different port to be a cross-site mashup. |
QB-24377 | Visualizations: Wrong color by dimension | Fixed an issue where changing the first dimension of a two-dimensional chart via the exploration menu could update the "Color by dimension" incorrectly. |
SHEND-1522 | Qlik Sense: Updated Node.js | Qlik Sense February 2024 updates the version of NodeJS to pick up recent patches |
The following issues and limitations were identified at release time. The list is not comprehensive but lists all known major issues and limitations.
3rd party library QT has been updated to version 6.5.4.
SHA-384: Upgrading the certificate signing algorithm requires the restart of Qlik Sense services. For a step-by-step instruction, see Upgrading the certificate signing algorithm. If Qlik NPrinting is connected to the Qlik Sense server, certificates must also be exported to the NPrinting deployment and NPrinting services need to be restarted.
For information about the requirements for Qlik Sense, see System requirements for Qlik Sense in the online help.
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