To configure Qlik Sense Desktop, carry out the following steps:
- Locate your Settings.ini (usually located in C:Users[your user]DocumentsQlikSense). If it is not there, you can create an empty one using Notepad (or another text editor).
- Add a line with the following content:
SSEPlugin=R,localhost:50051
Make sure that there is a blank line at the end of the file. This is necessary because, if the file does not have this empty line, the last line can be skipped.
What does each parameter mean? Let's explain these, as follows:
- SSEPlugin: This command instructs us to use Qlik Sense to load a plugin.
- R: Shortcut name for your connection. This should be unique to your configuration. Any time you type R into your chart expressions, Qlik will know that your plugin will handle the calculation, referring to your script functions (for example, R.ScriptEval()).
- The localhost: The hostname or IP of where your version of R is installed.
- The 50051: The TCP/IP port.