SaaS editions of Qlik Sense - August 2020 Monthly Update

[Jamie_Gregory]

Good morning Qlik Users!

The August 2020 update for SaaS released Tuesday, August 11th! The release included the following enhancements:

• The App Analyzer (which I blogged about yesterday): A new application that can be installed and configured to gain tenant insights and empower Administrators to act on the insights revealed
• Multiple data reload enhancements:
  • Easily accessible reload history via the app tile or the Explore page (look for the red exclamation point in the app tile and the Last Modified column)
  • The script log format has been improved (more improvements are coming later this year) and the log can be downloaded
  • App name is visible within the scheduler tab
  • Schedule start times are more granular now at five-minute intervals
  • A start and end date for a schedule can now be specified
• Delete users: Tenant Admins can now delete users from the tenant where previously they could only be disabled. This action does not delete any content associated with the user.

The August 2020 update also included a new capability called Qlik DataTransfer. This lightweight utility gives you the ability to securely push data from on-premise data sources to the cloud!

Stay tuned for a more in-depth blog about this new capability. For more information, take a look at Qlik DataTransfer  and be sure to sign up for Michael Tarallo’s Do More with Qlik session.

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Kind Regards,

Qlik Global Support

[rzenere_avvale]

Hey @Jamie_Gregory , regarding 'This action does not delete any content associated with the user.': could Qlik consider the implementation of that action? And/or something like 'take ownership of all content owned by (user to delete)', in order to review content and then delete it?
I think this would improve manageability of the platform

Riccardo

[Jamie_Gregory]

@rzenere_avvale I like that idea! I don't know of anything in the works yet, but you can enter it in as an enhancement request on our Ideas board.

[squeakie_pig]

Hi @Jamie_Gregory 

I seem to be whinging about this every single month when someone at qlik posts all the new shiny stuff that they have released in the monthly updates.  It would be fantastic if release notes are available.  The monthly SaaS updates are not available in the usual download section like the major releases. 

[Carl_Hunter]

@squeakie_pig I agree, it would be good to see the changelog/full release notes - no surprises should be the motto! 

[rzenere_avvale]

Thanks for the feedback @Jamie_Gregory , I will proceed creating the Idea!

Riccardo

[squeakie_pig]

Thanks @rzenere_avvale .  Appreciate that.  I didn't create an idea as I thought this was (or should be) standard operating procedure.   Probably just wishful thinking from me hoping that someone forgot to upload it to the downloads section ... again 🙂

[uligorio]

Hi @Jamie_Gregory ,

I tried to install the App Analyzer following the "Install Guide".Everything worked fine until the connection creation (page 8).Here "testing" or creating the connection I receive the following error message:

HTTP protocol error 401 (Unauthorized): Requested resource requires authentication.

I'm a TenantAdmin and I successfully created the API key that I'm trying to add in the Query headers section of the connection (Authorization with value: Bearer <API key>). 

I also read the  Note: The connection will not save if the URL and the API key does not match

but I can't realize how to proceed. The URL I use is similar to the following:

https://myurl.eu.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/items

Have you any advice? Thanks in advance,

Umberto

[Jamie_Gregory]

@uligorio The message typically means there is something wrong with the Query Header. I would look at the following things:

• Authorization is spelled correctly and there is not a space after the word
• Bearer is spelled correctly and there is one space between the word and the API key
• Angle brackets are not being used for the key
• This information is under Query headers and not Query parameters

If that does not help, please post a screenshot.

[uligorio]

Thank  you so much @Jamie_Gregory , following your additional notes and creating again the connection everything worked fine. KR, Umberto