Qlik has come up with this wonderful concept of sharing Qlik Sense applications in the cloud. The author can share applications on the cloud with up to five people by sending an e-mail invitation. These applications can be viewed on any mobile device and on any web browser. In a small implementation, Qlik Sense cloud can be particularly helpful as one can share the applications over the web without installing the Sense Server.
Create a Qlik Sense Cloud account at https://qlikcloud.com/login.
- The Qlik Sense Cloud web page appears like the following screenshot:
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UnderMy personal cloud, Click on the
button to import the desired Qlik Sense application to the cloud:
- Under Upload an app, click on the Choose file button to select the Qlik Sense application. The Qlik Sense applications are by default stored under:
'C:Users<*your own user folder*>DocumentsQlikSenseApps'
- Select the desired application and click on the Import button.
- At this stage, the application can be published to the shared stream by checking the Publish this app to my shared stream check box.
- If the application is not published to the shared stream, it will appear in the Personal cloud on successful upload.
- If the application is published on the shared stream, it will appear in the My Shared Cloud on a successful upload.
- Click on My Shared Cloud. Here you will find the recently uploaded Qlik Sense applications.
- Click on the
button at the bottom of the window and the following window will pop up:
- Enter the e-mail address of the recipient. The recipient will receive an e-mail with a link to create a Qlik Cloud account.
- One can open Qlik Cloud while working on the Sense Desktop version by right-clicking on any application and clicking on Upload to Qlik Cloud. However, this link does not actually upload the document to the cloud, it only opens the Qlik Sense cloud with the correct dialog:
The applications that are published to the cloud can be viewed by any recipient who has been provided with the shared link. Once the recipient registers on Qlik Sense, the author of the application will receive a notification that he has a new follower.
As the information is shared with different users within the organization and outside, it provides the user with a great collaboration feature. Any application in the My Shared Cloud area is considered to be shared and can be seen by all followers. It is not possible to share only one application with a particular user. The applications can be unpublished and can be moved to the personal cloud by right clicking and selecting the Unpublish option. As of now, there are certain restrictions in using the cloud:
- The maximum size of the application to be uploaded can be 25 MB.
- Images and extensions cannot be uploaded to the cloud.
- While creating new applications directly in the cloud, we can load data only through the files uploaded to the
section or through DataMarket. - The followers are not notified if a new application is published to the shared stream.
- The applications on the cloud can be shared with a maximum of five followers.
Qlik Cloud has the functionality of a personal cloud wherein the author can have his or her own private applications, which are not published to the outside recipients.
Personal data files can be added under the option. Once the files are added under personal data, they can be used to create a new Qlik Sense application in the cloud. The process to create a new Qlik Sense application directly in the cloud is as follows:
- Select My Personal cloud and then click on the
button. - Add a title to the new application.
- Click on
. This will open the Qlik Sense application in a browser. - Open the data load editor to enter the script. If personal data files are uploaded on the cloud, you will notice that a data connection to these files is automatically created within the data load editor.
- One can also make use of DataMarket to upload data to the application.
- Add the required data to the script and reload the application.