Establish Connectivity to Qlik Sense Cloud

This article describes how to connect to Qlik Sense Cloud in order to load data into Datasets and map Qlik Sense Cloud objects to External Reports in Metric Insights.

PREREQUISITES:

1. Create New Data Source

Access Admin > Collection & Storage > Data Sources

  1. [+ New Data Source]
  2. Plugin: choose "Qlik Sense Cloud" from the drop-down list.
  3. [Next]

2. Provide Required Qlik Sense Cloud Parameters

  1. Data Source Name: provide a descriptive phrase.
  2. [Create]
  3. Server: provide the host name of the Qlik Sense Cloud server (without URI scheme).
  4. Token: provide the Qlik Sense Cloud API token.

Optionally, toggle on Enable On-Demand Element Creation.

3. Configure Optional Parameters


Parameter Description
1 Application filter Provide a comma-separated list of Qlik Sense Cloud applications to be returned. Leave blank to return all applications.
  • Wildcard(*) syntax is supported.
2 Limit filter values Specify the limit for the number of filter values to be applied to all filters.
3 Object types to collect

Provide a comma-separated list of object types to be returned (APPLICATION, SHEET, OBJECT). Leave blank to return all types of objects.
4 Object filter Provide a comma-separated list of object names to be returned. Leave blank to return all objects.
  • Wildcard(*) syntax is supported.
5 Sheet filter Provide a comma-separated list of sheet titles to return. Leave blank to return all sheets.
  • Wildcard(*) syntax is supported.
6 Space filter Provide a comma-separated list of space names from which to return objects. Leave blank to return all objects.
  • Wildcard(*) syntax is supported.
7 Web integration ID

Specify the Web ID from the Management Console. Used for the Intermediate Page only. See the screen below to locate it.
Web Integration ID

4. Proceed with Advanced Configuration

Advanced Configuration settings can be set to default values unless Data Source requires more precise tuning. For more details on how to proceed, refer to Advanced Data Source Configuration.

Click [Test Connection] in the upper right corner to validate setup.