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Passing variables to applications via the QlikView QMC with Script Parameters and Publisher

Following this post which talks about methods for configuring apps, this post looks at how to achieve this via the QMC in QlikView and set variables in reloaded QVWs.

You’ll need to have Publisher enabled to access the features used for this example.

In a QlikView deployment with Publisher you’ll have access to the Reload tab for a task. This includes the option to add Script Parameters, which essentially leads to duplicate apps based on the provided field or variable name.

However – provide just one variable value, and you’ll pass this into one copy of the app.

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Doing your Qlik App Configuration in the load script, include files, or QMC (Publisher or the Qlik Repository Service APIs)?

For me, the bare minimum when it comes to app configuration in Qlik Sense or QlikView is:
– Setting paths and libs for use in data load script
– Setting “boilerplate” variables – e.g. the number/date/currency/etc formats
– Setting HidePrefix, SearchIndex and other app-specific behaviours
– Setting Product or Customer specific settings for consumption in the UI

This post adds some detail on config methods for Qlik Sense and QlikView, which fills the second tab from an earlier post about versioning.

 

Script for setting a base library based on config variables
Script for setting a base library based on config variables

 

In a multi-product/customer setup (see this previous post about deployment frameworks for context) where we follow common standards for names and folder structures we can streamline this configuration to reduce the maintenance and deployment burden.

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