Prerequisites for Connecting to Qlik Sense Cloud

To establish connectivity with Qlik Sense Cloud Plugin, specific permissions and API access must be enabled.

This article explains how to:

  • Grant users permission to generate API keys
  • Generate an API key for an account in a Qlik Sense Cloud tenant

NOTE: Configuring permissions requires the Tenant Admin role.

You can grant permissions in two ways:

  1. To all users at once
  2. To individual users

Both approaches are described below.

Option 1

Enable Permissions for All Users in Tenant

Access the Administration activity center

  1. Go to Manage users.
  2. Access the Permissions tab.
  3. [User Default]
  4. Under Features and actions, enable the Manage API Keys permission.
  5. [Confirm]

Option 2

1. Enable Permission for Specific Users or Groups

  1. Go to Manage users.
  2. Access the Permissions tab.
  3. [Create new]
  4. In the Create new role dialog, enter Name and, optionally, Description for the role.
  5. Under Features and actions, enable the Manage API Keys permission.
  6. [Confirm]

2. Assign Custom Role to Users or Groups in Tenant

  1. Go to Manage users.
  2. Select the user/group you want to assign the role to.
  3. [Manage roles]
  4. Select the required role.
  5. [Save]

Generate API Key for Account

  1. Click your user profile icon.
  2. [Settings]
  3. Go to the API keys section.
  4. [Generate new key]
  5. Provide API key description.
  6. Set an expiration time for the API key.
  7. [Generate], then copy and save the key value to a safe location.