April 30, 2024: What’s New in Qlik Cloud?

Improved usability and support of QVS script files

Qlik Cloud now supports the ability to upload, view, and include QVS files in load scripts. Better support and improved usability of QVS files promotes scripting best practices, such as script reuse and modularity. Once uploaded to Catalog, Qlik Cloud users can view QVS file content using the new QVS viewer. QVS files may include reusable content such as subroutines, variables, color palettes, or calendars. QVS files can be included across apps and scripts within Data load editor and Script editor.

Creating reusable load script with QVS files

New DynamoDB Connector, ODBC-based

The new Qlik DynamoDB connector provides seamless access to data stored in a DynamoDB database. This connector has all general configuration options directly in the connection definition user interface, and it supports authentication using AWS IAM credentials (access key & secret key) or a credentials file.

The previous JDBC-based Qlik DynamoDB connector will continue to be supported until end of July 2024.

DynamoDB

Runtime evaluation option for actions

The button gets a new setting so expressions can be evaluated in runtime. This allows for values set in an action to be carried forward to future actions in the chain.

Creating buttons

Tabular reporting task recipient list maximum has been modified

When creating a tabular reporting task, you could previously add a maximum of 100 recipients to the task. This task maximum has been altered to allow for 100 unique reports to be generated from a task.

Working with report tasks

App performance evaluator enhancements

We’re thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to the performance evaluator in Qlik Cloud. Now, you’ll receive reports when sub-parts of an object encounter issues or cannot be evaluated. This includes scenarios such as:

• Calculation conditions applied to measures or dimensions within an object.

• Instances where a reference to a measure or dimension has been removed from the master item library, affecting object functionality.

• Situations where expressions are disabled due to various reasons, ensuring you’re aware of any potential impact on your analytics.

App performance evaluation

New user guide for creating inline loads

The Qlik Cloud documentation has been updated with a new overview of how to create inline loads in your apps and scripts. Inline loads are a powerful way to manually add data for use in analytics. The new guide provides use cases, detailed syntax descriptions, and examples.

Using inline loads to load data