An updated Version Control tab for Qlik Sense & QlikView

This updated snippet (see original post from 2018) is available on GitHub, and included in this post.

The main benefits of this script are that it requires a single row addition per log, with no manual increment of the version number, and the version control information can be surfaced by the engine either to the UI or via the APIs.

This assumes a HidePrefix of %.

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Version sheets and tabs in the load script for Qlik Sense and QlikView

In the absence of a source control system like SVN or GIT, a quick and easy way of capturing changes in a app is to update a version control tab before passing the app back to other developers, or onto testers.

This is a very low-tech solution, but the format below works well in shared environments. The first two tabs of your application should be:
– Version (explain the app and list changes you’ve made)
– Config (set the configuration values like paths, dates, etc used in your application’s data load and UI)

Version and Config sheets will become a familiar sight
Version and Config sheets should become a familiar sight

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