Hi all QlikView users, QlikView November 2017 SR3 (build 12.20.20400) is now available on our download site. SR3 is a pure service release and contains 21 product defect fixes, you can find more information on the fixes in the attached release notes. Two clusters of bugs have been focused in this release, one for Container Objects and one for the new send to .xlsx functionality Thank you for choosing Qlik software! Always follow best practice when upgrading any software and make backups prior to system changes. Kind regards Global Support Team ...View More

Hi all Qlik Sense users, Today is an exciting day full of new releases as we have released new versions of Qlik Sense, Qlik Sense Mobile and Qlik GeoAnalytics. Qlik Sense February 2018 - the latest feature release for Qlik Sense. New features such as: Dynamically generated queries to web sources in scripts Loading a table from an analytic connection Simplify data preparation with recommended associations Styling an app with custom themes On-demand App Generation SSO with Microsoft SQL Server In addition to a number of product defect fixes Qlik Sense Mobile February 2018. This release includes the following: iPhone support User defined app reduction Core based licensing Performance and stability improvements iOS integration improvements Translation improvements Product Defect fixes Qlik GeoAnalytics February 2018. This release includes the following: It's now possible to leave the URL empty and get the default server configured URL The layers now support theming Field tags will be applied to fields loaded with the GeoAnalytics Connector New GeoAnalytics Server choices in the connector: Auto, Cloud and Custom Product Defect fixes Please note: If updating QlikSense you should also update Qlik GeoAnalytics.If you run Qlik Sense February 2018 you need to use Qlik GeoAnalytics February 2018 as well. Qlik Sense November 2017 Patch 3 Qlik Sense November Patch 3 contains 1 bug fix related to the Aggr function. You can find detailed information about this fix in the attached release notes. As a reminder, Patch 3 is issued as an MSP file and must be installed on top of Qlik Sense November 2017 Initial Release. All of these releases (except for Mobile) are available on our download site. For additional information please see the attached release notes. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Global Support. Kind regards Global Support Team ...View More

Hello all QlikView users, We are pleased to announce that QlikView 12.10 Service Release 9 [SR9] is now available on our download site. SR9 includes 13 product defect fixes, of which you can find the details in the attached release notes. Remember when upgrading any software to always follow best practices and make your backups. As always, thank you for choosing Qlik software! Kind regards Global Support Team ...View More

Hi all QlikView users, QlikView November 2017 SR2 (build 12.20.20300) is now available on our download site. SR2 is a pure service release and contains 9 product defect fixes, you can find more information on the bug fixes in the attached release notes. For users of export to excel, there are two relevant bug fixes. Thank you for choosing Qlik software! Always follow best practice when upgrading any software and make backups prior to system changes. Kind regards Global Support Team ...View More

Hello all Qlik Sense users, We are pleased to announce that Qlik Sense November 2017 Patch 2 is now available on our download site. Patch 2 contains 7 bug fixes and you can find information about those fixes in the attached release notes.Patch 2 is issued as an MSP file and must be installed on top of Qlik Sense November 2017 Initial Release. Don't forget to follow best practice when installing any software and make sure you make backups!As always, thank you for choosing Qlik software. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact support.Kind regards,Global Support Team ...View More

Please note a new version of the post was created on 13 April 2018.Update January 25th 2018Introduction:Meltdown and Spectre are the names of two serious security flaws that has been found within computer processors. They could potentially allow hackers to steal sensitive data without users knowing.The fixes needed to protect against Meltdown and Spectre might have the unfortunate side effect of having significant performance impact on Windows and Linux operating systems.What is Meltdown?Meltdown is a security flaw that could allow malicious software to illegally access memory that belongs to the kernel, or another software process. It works by circumventing the memory barriers between applications run in user space and kernel space by an attack involving speculative execution. A branch misprediction is provoked in one of several ways, causing the CPU to speculatively execute an illegal code sequence. This is caught by the CPU after the branch is executed, and subsequently rolled back. However, its effect on the hardware cache is not rolled back, and measuring the response time of various accesses to the cache can pinpoint what data was stored in the memory of the victim process through the address space of the adversary.The software fix involves separating the memory page tables of the user space and kernel space, which inevitably leads to a negative performance impact on communication between user level applications and the kernel.What is Spectre?Spectre is a security flaw that affects modern microprocessors that perform branch prediction. It can be used to trick otherwise error-free applications into giving up secret information by taking advantage of a delay in the time it may take the CPU to check the validity of a memory access call.MitigationThe following table describes what needs to be done in Microsoft Windows environments to mitigate the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws.Security flawCommon Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDExploit namePublic CVE nameWindows changes neededWindows patches needed?BIOS patches needed?SpectreCVE-2017-5753Variant 1Bounds Check BypassRecompile with a new compilerHardened browser to prevent exploit from JavaScriptNoNoSpectreCVE-2017-5715Variant 2Branch Target InjectionNew CPU instructions that eliminate branch speculationNoYesSEE NOTE (2)MeltdownCVE-2017-5754Variant 3Rogue Data Cache LoadIsolate kernel and user mode page tablesYes, see (1) below.Patches:KB4056898KB4056890No(1) The operating system patches have to be enabled in the Windows registry or they will not have any effect. See "Enabling protections on the server" here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-za/help/4072698/windows-server-guidance-to-protect-against-the-speculative-executionHow is Qlik software impacted?Qlik products are built on top of underlying components such as Operating Systems (OS) and chipsets, therefore Qlik products will rely on the OS fixes for both Spectre and Meltdown to mitigate the security risks.The Qlik Performance and Stability centre are in progress of testing both QlikView and Qlik Sense with operating systems and system BIOS patches that address the Meltdown & Spectre security flaws. Tests include measuring the load of concurrent users ranging from low to high scenarios. High load in this case is a continuously growing number of concurrent users (up to 300) triggering light calculations with minimum think time between the clicks. The users avoided selecting cached values. The complete bandwidth of the system was tested since the processor needed to calculate every result, which meant that a queue of clicks to serve was built up.The following conclusions are based on the results of the ongoing tests with currently available patches. We are sharing our conclusions here in the spirt of openness and transparency and they may change as more results are gathered.ConfigurationConclusionQlik Sense on WindowsA degrade of 4-20% in the response time and reload duration during typical conditions. The low and medium load scenarios are least affected.The high load scenarios, especially on four-socket machines, are impacted most with the Spectre patch. SEE NOTE (2)QlikView ServerResults are similar to those for Qlik Sense.NPrintingNo degrade for Qlik Sense.A degrade of around 10% for QlikView Server.(2) NOTE Important note regarding the Spectre patch: (update 2018-01-22)Intel has communicated new guidance regarding 'reboot issues and unpredictable system behavior' with the microcode included in the BIOS updates released to address Spectre (Variant 2), CVE-2017-5715. https://newsroom.intel.com/news/root-cause-of-reboot-issue-identified-updated-guidance-for-customers-and-partners/In response Dell is advising that all customers should not deploy the BIOS update for the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerability at this time and have removed the impacted BIOS updates from their support pages.“If you have already deployed the BIOS update, in order to avoid unpredictable system behavior, you can revert back to a previous BIOS version.As a reminder, the Operating System patches are not impacted and still provide mitigation to Spectre (Variant 1) and Meltdown (Variant 3). The microcode update is only required for Spectre (Variant 2), CVE-2017-5715."More information is available on Dell Knowledge Base hereQlik will be retesting when new patches are available and will update this support blog in due courseProduct Versions tested:Qlik Sense November 2017QlikView 12.10 SR8Qlik NPrinting February 2018 Release CandidateLinks:For more information, please see the following pages:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/04/meltdown-spectre-computer-processor-intel-security-flaws-explainerhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flawRelevant research papers for deep diving:https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdfhttps://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdfInformation on vendor fixes:Apple information: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208394AWS information: https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/Dell information: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln308588/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities-cve-2017-5715-cve-2017-5753-cve-2017-5754-impact-on-dell-emc-products-dell-enterprise-servers-storage-and-networking-?lang=enGoogle information: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.htmlIntel information:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/facts-about-side-channel-analysis-and-intel-products.htmlhttps://newsroom.intel.com/news/root-cause-of-reboot-issue-identified-updated-guidance-for-customers-and-partners/Microsoft information:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072698/windows-server-guidance-to-protect-against-the-speculative-executionhttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4056892/windows-10-update-kb4056892https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4056892Thank you for choosing Qlik!Kind regardsGlobal Support Team ...View More

Dear QlikView users, We are pleased to confirm that the first service release on the QlikView November 2017 track is now available on our download site. 12.20 SR1 will be the last service release for this year and includes more than 30 product defect fixes. You can find a list of all the fixes included in SR1 in the attached release notes. If you are using QlikView 11.20 please remember that support for QlikView 11.20 ends on 31 March 2018, with the option of purchasing extended support available should you need it. It is possible to upgrade from 11.20 (later SRs) to 12.20 SR1, but as with any major upgrade this should be thoroughly tested before upgrading any production environment. Thank you for choosing Qlik software and we hope that you have had a great 2017 and wish you and your families a prosperous 2018! Kind regards Global Support Team ...View More

Hi all Qlik Sense usersApologies for the slight delay in this announcement, but Qlik Sense September 2017 Patch #2 was released on Friday and is available on our download site. Patch 2 contains 6 bug fixes and you can find information about those fixes in the attached release notes.Patch 2 is issued as an MSP file and must be installed on top of Qlik Sense September 2017 Initial Release. Don't forget to follow best practice when installing any software and make sure you make backups!Thank you for choosing Qlik software, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact support.Kind regardsGlobal Support Team ...View More

Hi all Qlik Sense usersWe are pleased to confirm that the first patch on the Sense November 2017 track is now available on our download site. Patch 1 includes 3 customer bug fixes and you can find details of these fixes in the attached release notes. November Patch 1 must be installed on top of November 2017.If you would like to see more information about Qlik's Release Management Policy which applies to Qlik Sense, please see https://www.qlik.com/us/-/media/files/legal/license%20agreements/additional%20terms/qlik-release-management-policy-qlik-sense-qap-nprinting-en.pdf?la=en.If you are planning to upgrade to Sense November 2017 from a Qlik Sense version older than 3.2 please contact support for guidance.Thank you for choosing Qlik software. Remember to always follow best practice when upgrading or changing any software and make your backups!Kind regardsGlobal Support Team ...View More

Hello All Qlik Sense users, We are pleased to announce that Qlik Sense June 2017 Patch 3 is now available on the download site. Qlik Sense June 2017 Patch 3 contains 10 bug fixes and the details on these can be found in the attached release notes.Please make sure you follow best practice when upgrading and be sure to make backups.As always, thank you for choosing Qlik software. Kind regardsGlobal Support Team ...View More