In Qlik Sense, users (with appropriate permissions) can create their own sheets. These sheets will not be seen by any other users unless the owner chooses to publish them. Once published, the sheet goes into the Community sheets area.
It may be the case that a sheet created by a user is so good that we would like to promote it to being an Approved sheet. Right now, there doesn't appear to be a supported method of doing so.
We can, however, use an unsupported method and that is simply to update the entry in the database for the Sheet object. You will need to refer to my previous post on connecting to the repository and use a Query tool (such as the one that comes with pgAdmin III).
The table that we want to update is AppObjects. You will need to write a query (or load the data into Qlik Sense!) to find out the correct ID. The Object will have Published=true and Approved=false so we just need to update the latter:
Update "AppObjects"
Set "Approved"=true
Where "ID"='F3986BDB-1BD7-41D8-8B27-C5040103B827'
Simple as that. Once is is approved, as well as appearing in the Approved list, if you duplicate the application, the sheet will appear in the available sheets to edit.
Stephen Redmond is author of QlikView Server and Publisher and the QlikView for Developer's Cookbook
He is CTO of CapricornVentis a
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Saturday, 18 October 2014
Friday, 17 October 2014
Configure a Qlik Sense security rule to reload one task
One of the cool things about Qlik Sense Server is the ability to be far more granular as to what you give particular users access to do in different areas. In QlikView Server, we can make people Document Administrators and give them access to a folder to be able to perform reload tasks on the documents there. In Qlik Sense Server, we can give a user, or users, access to just one reload task for one application.
In Qlik Sense QMC, I will go to the Security Rules section and add a new rule. I will probably only want to add Read and maybe Update but not allow Delete for this rule. The rule will apply to QMC only.
The Resources that I will list here can be either specific names of objects or they will be wildcards. In this example, my list of Resources are:
QmcSection_Task - the access to the Task section of QMC
ReloadTask_1899c8cb-3073-4362-9f98-a36dee86dcc8 - Access to a specific task
App_3a1be6fa-99b4-422c-94a8-de031c94a7f3 - Access to a specific application
I could give access to ReloadTask_* and App_* to give the user or group access to all tasks and all apps.
In the access, I can assign to a specific set of users or I can specify a name of a role. This role does not have to exist anywhere else - this is you creating it!
So, how do I find out the Guid of a particular Task or App? Well, I could query the database directly for the information (see my previous blog entry - Connect to your Qlik Sense repository). Alternatively, I can use the web browser's developer tools to help:
If I right-click on a Task or App in their respective lists, I can select "Inspect Element" from the menu (IE11 and Chrome - other browsers may vary). The Span that contains the row will have an element that contains the Guid:
Just copy and paste!
Stephen Redmond is author of QlikView Server and Publisher and the QlikView for Developer's Cookbook
He is CTO of CapricornVentis a QlikView Elite Partner. We are always looking for the right people to join our team.
Follow me on Twitter: @stephencredmond
In Qlik Sense QMC, I will go to the Security Rules section and add a new rule. I will probably only want to add Read and maybe Update but not allow Delete for this rule. The rule will apply to QMC only.
The Resources that I will list here can be either specific names of objects or they will be wildcards. In this example, my list of Resources are:
QmcSection_Task - the access to the Task section of QMC
ReloadTask_1899c8cb-3073-4362-9f98-a36dee86dcc8 - Access to a specific task
App_3a1be6fa-99b4-422c-94a8-de031c94a7f3 - Access to a specific application
I could give access to ReloadTask_* and App_* to give the user or group access to all tasks and all apps.
In the access, I can assign to a specific set of users or I can specify a name of a role. This role does not have to exist anywhere else - this is you creating it!
So, how do I find out the Guid of a particular Task or App? Well, I could query the database directly for the information (see my previous blog entry - Connect to your Qlik Sense repository). Alternatively, I can use the web browser's developer tools to help:
If I right-click on a Task or App in their respective lists, I can select "Inspect Element" from the menu (IE11 and Chrome - other browsers may vary). The Span that contains the row will have an element that contains the Guid:
Just copy and paste!
Stephen Redmond is author of QlikView Server and Publisher and the QlikView for Developer's Cookbook
He is CTO of CapricornVentis a QlikView Elite Partner. We are always looking for the right people to join our team.
Follow me on Twitter: @stephencredmond
Connect to your Qlik Sense Repository
There are many reasons why you might want to connect to your Qlik Sense repository. For example, you may want to create a Qlik Sense application that lists all the applications and objects, along with current publication status.
It is quite easy to connect as it is hosted, by default, in a PostgreSQL database.
First thing that you will need is the download of the PostgreSQL ODBC drivers from: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/ - there are both 32 bit and 64 bit versions available.
Once you have installed the driver, you can configure the ODBC connection:
The things that you will need to know are:
Database - QSR
Server - wherever the repository database is installed.
Port - 4432 (not the default of 5432)
User Name - postgres
Password - the password that you provided on installation.
That should be good to go.
For a good tool to browse the database, pgAdmin III is a winner: http://www.pgadmin.org/
Stephen Redmond is author of QlikView Server and Publisher and the QlikView for Developer's Cookbook
He is CTO of CapricornVentis a QlikView Elite Partner. We are always looking for the right people to join our team.
Follow me on Twitter: @stephencredmond
It is quite easy to connect as it is hosted, by default, in a PostgreSQL database.
First thing that you will need is the download of the PostgreSQL ODBC drivers from: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/ - there are both 32 bit and 64 bit versions available.
Once you have installed the driver, you can configure the ODBC connection:
The things that you will need to know are:
Database - QSR
Server - wherever the repository database is installed.
Port - 4432 (not the default of 5432)
User Name - postgres
Password - the password that you provided on installation.
That should be good to go.
For a good tool to browse the database, pgAdmin III is a winner: http://www.pgadmin.org/
Stephen Redmond is author of QlikView Server and Publisher and the QlikView for Developer's Cookbook
He is CTO of CapricornVentis a QlikView Elite Partner. We are always looking for the right people to join our team.
Follow me on Twitter: @stephencredmond
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