QlikView Server Reference Manual - ENG v11.2
QlikView Server Reference Manual - ENG v11.2
Version 11.20 SR5 for Microsoft Windows®
Lund, Sweden, 2013
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Contents
Part 1 Introduction 7
1 Overview 9
1.1 QlikView 9
1.2 QlikTech Support Services 9
1.3 Conventions 9
1.4 About this Document 10
2 What’s New in QlikView 11 Server? 11
Part 2 Installation 17
3 Upgrading QlikView 19
3.1 Upgrade Considerations 19
3.2 Upgrade Procedure 19
3.3 Multi-machine Preparation 20
4 Installing QlikView Server 23
4.1 Logging the Installation 24
4.2 Obtaining the MSI package 24
4.3 Completing the Installation 24
5 Building a Farm 27
5.1 Planning 27
5.2 Root/First Install 28
5.3 Adding Services on Other Machines 28
5.4 Clustering 28
Part 3 Architecture 31
6 Roles 33
6.1 QlikView with Publisher 33
6.2 QlikView without Publisher 34
6.3 QlikView Server 35
6.4 Web Server 36
6.5 Directory Service Connector 37
6.6 Management Service 38
6.7 Distribution Service 39
6.8 Reload Engine 39
7 Logging 41
7.1 Logging from QlikView Server 41
7.2 Session Log 41
7.3 Performance Log 43
7.4 Event Log 44
7.5 End-user Audit Log 45
7.6 Manager Audit Log 47
8 Documents, Data, and Tasks 49
8.1 User Documents 49
8.2 Source Data 50
8.3 Source Documents 50
8.4 Tasks 50
9 Service by Service 53
9.1 QlikView Server 53
9.2 QlikView Distribution Service 56
9.3 QlikView Publisher Repository 58
9.4 Configuration Files 59
9.5 Web Server 61
9.6 Directory Service Connector 64
9.7 QlikView Management Service 65
Part 4 Security 67
10 Security Overview 69
11 Protection of the Platform 71
11.1 Functionality 71
11.2 Special Accounts 71
11.3 Communication 71
12 Authentication 73
12.1 Authentication when Using QlikView Server in a Windows User Environment 73
12.2 Authentication with a QlikView Server Using an Existing Single Sign-on Software Package 74
12.3 Authentication Using neither IWA nor Single Sign-on Software 75
12.4 QlikView Server Authentication Using Custom Users 76
13 Authorization 79
13.1 Document Level Authorization 79
13.2 Data Level Authorization 79
Part 5 Licensing 81
14 Client Access Licenses 83
14.1 CAL Types 83
14.2 Identification 84
14.3 Document CAL Restrictions 84
14.4 Combining Different CALs 84
14.5 License Lease 85
14.6 Cluster Licensing 85
14.7 Cold Standby Servers 85
15 Editions of QlikView Server 87
15.1 Editions 87
15.2 Features and Limitations 89
Part 6 Appendix 91
16 Silent Installation 93
16.1 Settings 94
16.2 Dialogs 94
16.3 Additional Dialogs 98
16.4 MST 99
16.5 Additional Information 100
17 Clustering QlikView Servers 101
17.1 Why Cluster QlikView Servers? 101
17.2 Requirements for Clustered QlikView Deployment 102
17.3 Building and Installing a QlikView Cluster 104
18 Clustering QlikView Publisher 109
18.1 Introduction 109
18.2 Why Cluster QlikView Publisher? 111
18.3 Requirements for a Clustered QlikView Publisher Deployment 111
18.4 Security 113
18.5 Configuring QlikView Publisher Clustering 115
18.6 Troubleshooting 118
19 OEM 119
19.1 General 119
19.2 Detailed Function Description 119
20 DSP Interface 121
20.1 DirectoryServiceProvider 121
21 SNMP 123
21.1 MIB File 124
22 Deploying MSI Packages with Group Policies 127
22.1 General 127
22.2 Deploying the MSI Package 127
22.3 Step-by-step Guide 128
23 Certificate Trust 133
23.1 Architecture 133
23.2 Requirements 134
23.3 Installation 135
23.4 Using Microsoft Management Console 138
24 QlikView Server Extensions 141
24.1 Adding Extensions to QlikView Server 141
25 Configuring Microsoft IIS for Custom Users 143
26 Triggering EDX Enabled Tasks 147
Part 1 Introduction
1 Overview
This document describes QlikView Server and contains information on installation, architecture, security,
and licensing. The document also includes a number of appendixes that provide additional in-depth
information.
1.1 QlikView
QlikView Server
QlikView Server is a platform for hosting and sharing QlikView information over an intranet or the Internet.
QlikView Server connects users, client types, documents, and objects within a secure environment.
QlikView Publisher
QlikView Publisher manages content, access, and distribution. By reducing data, each user can be presented
with tailored information. The QlikView Publisher service and user interface are fully integrated into
QlikView Server and QlikView Management Console (QMC).
QlikTech International
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Phone: +1 (888)-828-9768
Fax: 610-975-5987
For other locations, visit the QlikTech home page (see above).
1.3 Conventions
Style Coding
Menu commands and dialog options are written in bold. File names, paths, and sample code are written in
Courier.
Environment Variables
The paths described in this document use environment variables. The variables and the equivalent paths in
Windows Vista® (and later) and Windows XP are presented below.
Environment
Windows Vista and later Windows XP
Variable
%ProgramData% C:\ProgramData C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data
LDAPs
Configurable LDAP DSP for LDAPs (LDAP via SSL) support has been added.
License Tracking
The use of licenses has been added to the QlikView Event Server logs. The following events are now logged
(when using low verbosity logging):
l “PGO”, “Recreating [file name] from backup”
l “PGO”, “Recreating corrupt file [file name]”
l “PGO”, “Creating file [file name]”
l “License”, “License leased to user [user name] on machine [machine name]”
l “CAL usage”, “Using CAL of type [CAL type] for user [user name] on machine [machine name].
Sessions on this caltype: X”
l “CAL usage”, “Releasing session CAL for user [user name] on machine [machine name]”
l “CAL usage”, “Usage CAL session for user [user name] on machine [machine name] stopped”
l “CAL usage”, “Named User CAL session for user [user name] on machine [machine name] stopped”
l “CAL usage”, “Document CAL session for user [user name] on machine [machine name] stopped”
l “CAL allocation”, “Unused (Document) Named User CAL [user name] deleted – ok”
l “CAL allocation”, “(Document) Named User CAL (not used for 24 hours) [user name] deleted – ok”
l “CAL allocation”, “Unused (Document) Named User CAL [user name] marked for deletion – ok”
l “CAL allocation”, “(Document) Named User CAL [user name] added – ok”
l “CAL allocation”, “Named User CAL (not used for 24 hours) [user name] deleted – ok”
l “CAL deallocation”, “(Document) Named User CAL [user name] no longer marked for deletion – ok”
l “CAL deallocation”, “(Document) Named User CAL [user name] not marked for deletion – denied”
l “CAL deallocation”, “(Document) Named User CAL [user name] not found – denied”
Reloads
Prior to QlikView 11 Server, a reload is performed in the following way with Publisher:
1. The entire document (.qvw) is loaded to memory from disk.
2. A reload is completed.
In QlikView 11 Server, a reload is performed in the following way:
1. The document (.qvw) without the data is loaded to memory from disk.
2. A reload is completed.
The performance enhancement is the reduction in time to load the document to memory from disk, since
there is no data. QlikView 11 Publisher can open source documents without data prior to executing a reload
task. There is no need to load the document data to memory and then perform a reload of the document.
Improved Logging
Changes to the settings in QlikView Server and QlikView Web Server are stored in the audit log.
The logging and error handling have been improved for QlikView Distribution Service.
AccessPoint Remake
AccessPoint has been given a new look and feel:
l New search capabilities have been added.
l The document attributes have been leveraged to improve the categorization of documents.
l Document descriptions can be added.
l Global messages can be shown on the AccessPoint by adding messages in QMC.
EDX Enhancements
Starting an EDX returns a session ID to allow interrogation of the status of the session rather than on the
task. When the session is done, the status contains a list of all the tasks (and session IDs) that have been
triggered, allowing for continuous tracking of the status. This functionality is available through the API.
Retries
If a task that contains a loop fails, it restarts from the point of failure, rather than from the beginning of the
loop.
Part 2 Installation
3 Upgrading QlikView
3.1 Upgrade Considerations
Migrating from 32-bit (x86) to 64-bit (x64) Version
When migrating from 32-bit (x86) to 64-bit (x64) or from 64-bit (x64) to 32-bit (x86), the running version
must be manually removed prior to installing the new version.
To install QlikView Server, proceed as follows:
1. Verify that backup media exists for the current release of QlikView Server and back up all current
files associated with QlikView Server (HTML pages, QlikView documents, licensing file, QlikView
Server .shared files, and so on).
2. When running QlikView Server version 8, use the Users tab in QMC to determine if there are any
active users linked to QlikView Server. It may be a good idea to send out a broadcast message to
notify the users that the service will be stopped.
3. Uninstall QlikView Server from Start Menu>Control Panel.
4. Install QlikView 11 Server.
Note! When upgrading from a previous version and using Microsoft IIS, the virtual folders in IIS must be
updated (see the table below).
Microsoft IIS
Update Required
Virtual Folder
QVAJAXZfc Update to %ProgramFiles%\QlikView\Server\QlikViewClients\
QlikViewAjax.
QvAnalyzer Removed
QvJava Removed
QvPrint Removed
Simple Upgrade
This procedure requires no special planning and involves the smallest risk, but causes the system to be down
for some time.
Proceed as follows to perform a straight-forward upgrade:
1. Perform a backup as described in Upgrade Procedure (page 19).
2. Stop all services running on all machines.
3. Upgrade the services on each machine (in any order).
4. Start all services on all machines.
Maximize Uptime
This procedure requires more planning, but the system uptime (from an end user point of view) is maximized.
Proceed as follows to perform the upgrade:
1. Perform a backup as described in Upgrade Procedure (page 19).
2. Stop QMS (which means QMC becomes unavailable).
3. Upgrade in the following order (let the installer restart the services):
a) Web servers
b) Directory Service Connector (DSC)
c) QlikView Server (QVS)
d) QlikView Distribution Service (QDS)
e) QMS
4. Start QMS (which means QMC becomes available again).
Note! IPv4 is required for installation of QlikView Server. IPv6 is currently unsupported.
It is recommended not to move folder locations after the QlikView Server installation is complete, since
many settings depend on the initial file locations. If the location of QlikView Server has to be changed after
the installation, proceed as follows:
1. Run the QlikView Server installation executable:
l Microsoft Windows x86 version: QlikViewServer_x86Setup.exe
l Microsoft Windows x64 version: QlikViewServer_x64Setup.exe
l Microsoft Windows Server 2012/Windows 8 (and later): QlikViewServer_Win2012andUp.exe
2. If the User Account Control dialog is displayed, click Yes to allow the program to make changes on
this computer.
3. Click Next in the Welcome dialog.
4. Select the region for the location of the server. Click Next to continue.
5. Read the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next to
continue.
6. Enter the customer information for QlikView Server. Click Next to continue.
7. All files are installed in the specified folder. To change the root folder for the installed files, click
Change to specify the preferred location. Finally, click Next to continue.
8. Select the type of installation you want to perform:
l Full installation, Single machine with QlikView Webserver: Used to run all components on a single
machine with QlikView Web Server as web server.
l Full installation, Single machine with Microsoft IIS: Used to run all components on a single machine with
Microsoft IIS as web server. This option is only available if IIS is installed on the target machine.
l Custom installation, select profiles: If this option is selected you select the profiles you want to be included
in the installation from the Profiles section in the dialog:
l QlikView Server: Installs QlikView Server, Directory Service Connector, and the QlikView Server example
documents.
l Reload/ Distribute Engine: Installs the Reload Engine and the QlikView Distribution Service.
l Management Console: Installs the QlikView Management Service together with the QlikView
Management Console (QMC).
l Webserver: Installs the QlikView Web Server.
To make further configuration of features to be installed, click Config. When done, click Next.
To use pre-defined configuration of features, click Next.
9. Set the account that the QlikView Server and Publisher services are to run under. Click Next to continue.
Note! If using a local administrator account on Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 that is not part of a domain, the
installation program cannot resolve the account. This means that the account for the services in Computer Manager
has to be set manually.
You can also select I want to specify the account to be used for the services later.
10. Select the IIS Website from the drop-down list and click Next.
Note! This step is only applicable if Full installation, Single machine with Microsoft IIS was selected in Step 8. If
not, proceed directly to the next step.
11. Select the Service Authentication method:
l Use digital certificates: Authenticate communication between QlikView servers using digital certificates and
SSL. This alternative is recommended in environments where not all servers have access to a common
Windows Active Directory or when the security provided by certificate authentication is required. Note that
digital certificates are only supported by Windows Server 2008 R2 and later.
l Use QlikView Administrators Group: Authenticate communication between QlikView services based on
membership in the local Windows group QlikViewAdministrators. This alternative can be used in
environments where all servers that are part of the QlikView installation can authenticate using a common
Windows Active Directory.
Click Next to continue.
12. Click Install to start the installation.
Note! This may take several minutes to complete.
13. Click Finish when the installation is complete.
14. Log off from Windows® and then log on again, so that group memberships added during the installation are updated.
Note! It may be sufficient to log off from Windows and then log on again. However, it is recommended to restart the
machine to enable the QlikView Server functionality.
Note! Running real-time anti-virus protection on the server degrades the performance of QlikView Server. It
is recommended that the user documents, source documents, log directories, and .pgo files are excluded
from the anti-virus scanning.
Note! To optimize the performance when running Microsoft IIS and AJAX, turn on compression in the web
server.
For information on how to configure IIS 6, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730629%28WS.10%29.aspx.
For information on how to configure IIS 7, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782942%28WS.10%29.aspx.
Licensing
The licensing is used to authenticate QlikView Server and allow it to run on a specific machine.
Go to System>Licenses in QMC, select a QlikView Server or Publisher, and fill in the Serial number and
Control fields on the QlikView Server License or QlikView Publisher License tab (depending on whether
QlikView Server or Publisher was chosen).
Note! The license is checked every time a document is opened. If the time limit specified by the License
Enabler File (LEF) is reached, the QVS automatically enters offline mode, which means that it is reachable
from the QMC, but not operational.
5 Building a Farm
Server farms can be used to provide additional performance, redundancy, and security in place of a single
server solution.
5.1 Planning
Before starting the actual installation, planning is needed. The following items have to be considered:
l Trust mechanism
l Web server (QlikView Web Server or Microsoft IIS)
l Redundancy level
l Account to run the services under
l QVPR format (XML or SQL)
l User directory
l User authentication
l Firewalls
Trust Mechanism
Trust mechanisms are provided with Windows groups or certificates.
Windows groups can easily be deployed, if all services reside in a single Active Directory (AD). If encrypted
communication is needed, it can be added manually.
Certificates provide for trust mechanisms in cross-domain environments and can also provide SSL encryption.
Web Server
QlikView Web Server is intended for use when the web server is not needed for other purposes. It is
lightweight and easy to manage, but at the same time limited to support the tasks needed by a QlikView
installation.
A Microsoft IIS-hosted web server is recommended, if:
l More flexibility or more advanced tuning is required
l The web server is to be used for other tasks than QlikView
l An authorization scheme not available out-of-the-box is required
Redundancy Level
The redundancy level is mainly a question of clustering and/or having multiple machines running the same
service. All services except QlikView Management Service (QMS) can be installed on multiple machines. In
addition, QlikView Server (QVS), QlikView Distribution Service (QDS), and Directory Service Connector
(DSC) can be clustered.
QVPR Format
The choice of QVPR format is based on reasons outside the QlikView product (for example, backup and
availability). The installation always starts in XML mode.
User Directory
QlikView defaults to Windows users (that is, NTFS mode). If non-Windows users are to be given access
(other than anonymously), QlikView Server must run in Document Metadata Service (DMS) mode.
DMS mode may also be preferable for other reasons, see Document Level Authorization (page 79).
User Authentication
QlikView supports multiple authentication schemes. Additional schemes may require ASPX development
and the possible use of Microsoft IIS for web services.
For information on the available authentication schemes, see Authentication (page 73).
Firewalls
Make sure that the services are able to communicate (for example, by opening the appropriate ports in the
firewalls). For information on the ports, see Service by Service (page 53).
5.4 Clustering
This section provides an overview of how create a QlikView Server cluster. For additional information, see
Clustering QlikView Servers (page 101) and Clustering QlikView Publisher (page 109).
Note! Do not mix architectures – that is, 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) – within a cluster.
QlikView Server
For the QlikView Server cluster to work properly, it is important to set System>Setup>QVS
resource>Folders>Root Folder to a common shared folder. In addition, Alternate Temporary Files Folder
Path must be set to a common shared folder (separate from the root folder).
If extensions are used, it simplifies management if Alternate Extension Path is set to a common shared
folder.
It is also common practice to set System>Setup>QVS resource>Logging>Log Folder to a common place,
but this is not strictly necessary.
Note! The root folder must not be used for anything else than cluster files (that is, .pgo files) and user
documents.
Part 3 Architecture
6 Roles
The overall architecture of a QlikView installation reflects the separation of roles.
QlikView deployment with Publisher containing the location of the QlikView components
Front End
The front end is where end users interact with the documents and data that they are authorized to see via
QlikView Server. The front end contains the QlikView user documents that typically have been created via
QlikView Publisher at the back end. All communication between the client and server takes place here and
QlikView Server is fully responsible for the client authorization.
The front end relies on infrastructure resources (for example, Windows-based File Share for clustering).
Note! QlikView Server currently only conforms with Windows File Share or a Windows-based NAS. This
means that storage must be owned, governed, and shared by a Windows operating system instance (typically
accessed using a path like \\<servername>\<share>).
Authentication of end users is (with exception of the built-in Custom Users) handled outside QlikView.
Back End
The back end is where the QlikView source documents, created using QlikView Developer, reside. These
source files contain scripts to extract data from various data sources (for example, data warehouses, Microsoft
Excel® files, SAP®, and Salesforce.com®). This extraction sometimes involves intermediate files (QVD
files). The main QlikView component that performs the loading and distribution at the back end is the
Distribution Service. Within the back end, the Windows file system is always in charge of authorization (that
is, QlikView is not responsible for any access privileges).
The back end uses the infrastructure resources for clustering (for example, Windows-based File Share) and
may also use resources like SMTP servers and directory catalogs.
Note! QlikView Server currently only conforms with Windows File Share or a Windows-based NAS. This
means that storage must be owned, governed, and shared by a Windows operating system instance (typically
accessed using a path like \\<servername>\<share>).
As depicted here, both the back end and front end are suitable for development, testing, and deployment.
Client Runs in a web browser or an application shell that provides a container for the client code. The
client communicates with QVS either directly or through the web server to provide the
QlikView interface and functionality to the end user.
Web Runs an http server, which can be used to serve html web pages to the client, assists with
server authentication of the user, and enables communication between the client and QVS.
With the exception of Custom Users, the authentication of client users is done outside QlikView using, for
example, Windows authentication. See QlikView Server Authentication Using Custom Users (page 76) for
information on authentication of Custom Users.
The protocols defined for client communication with QVS are listed below.
Protocol Description
QlikView Protocol Encrypted, binary, and TCP-based; communicates directly with QVS on port
(QVP) 4747.
QVPX XML-based; communicates with the QVS using http/https through a web
server.
Windows clients (.exe/.ocx) communicate directly with QVS using QVP on port 4747. These clients do
not require a web server to establish and maintain a connection with QVS.
The AJAX client and mobile clients do not communicate directly with QVS. They establish and maintain a
connection using the QVPX protocol through a web server, QlikView Web Server (QVWS) or Microsoft IIS.
This is normally done using port 80 (http). The web server, in turn, communicates with QVS using the
QVPX2 protocol on port 4747.
The default installation settings for QVS use QVWS, not IIS. QVWS shares port 80 with IIS on Windows
Vista (and later) and Windows Server 2003 (and later). On Windows XP, only one of the two web servers
can use port 80. If both are configured to run, they must be assigned different ports.
Management Service
The QlikView Management Service (QMS) keeps settings in a database of its own, the QVPR. The QVPR is
by default stored as XML files – an alternative is storing the settings in an SQL database. An installation
can only have a single instance of QMS active. Active/passive failover should be used for redundancy. Note
that no other service needs QMS to be running.
Distribution Service
The Distribution Service works with the source documents to produce:
l User documents
l .qvw files for distribution to a folder or via e-mail
l .pdf documents for distribution to a folder or via e-mail
The chain of events up to the final distribution involves one or many of the following tasks:
1. Data is loaded from one or more data sources (including QVD) into one or more .qvw or .qvd files.
2. A document is reduced into one or more smaller documents.
3. Attributes and usage rules are added (applicable only when distributed to a QVS).
The Distribution Service performs the tasks according to defined schedules and/or as responses to events.
7 Logging
All alerts from the QlikView services appear in the Windows event log.
Exe Version Full version number of QVS.
Example: “11.00.11076.0409.10”
Server Started Date and time when QVS was started.
Timestamp Date and time when the log entry was created.
Document QlikView document that was accessed.
Document File timestamp of the document that was accessed.
Timestamp
QlikView User QlikView section access user ID (if used).
Exit Reason Reason for session termination:
l “Socket closed” = Client-induced termination
l “LRU” = Terminated as Least Recently Used in favor of new user
l “Shutdown” = Server-induced termination for other reasons
Note! This is not a complete list, as the exit value in some cases comes from the operating
system.
Session Start Time when the session was started.
Field Description
Session Duration Duration of session in hours:minutes:seconds.
CPU Spent (s) CPU seconds spent by the session.
Bytes Received Bytes received by the server during the session.
Bytes Sent Bytes sent by the server during the session.
Calls Number of QlikView calls during the session (bidirectional).
Selections Number of QlikView selections made during the session.
Authenticated User Authenticated Windows NT® user ID (if any).
Identifying User Client user identification.
Client Machine Client machine identification.
Identification
Serial Number Serial number of the QlikView client (installed clients only, that is, QlikView
Desktop and Internet Explorer plugin).
Client Type Client type used:
l “Windows Exe” = QlikView Desktop and Internet Explorer plugin
l “Ajax” = all clients that use the QVPX protocol
l “Unknown”
Client Build Build version of the QlikView client.
Version
Secure Protocol Secure protocol used:
l “On” when encrypted communication is used (typically Windows clients).
l “Off” when non-encrypted communication is used.
Tunnel Protocol “Tunnel” when QVS tunnel communication is used.
Server Port Port used by the server.
Client Address Client IP number.
Client Port Client port.
CAL Type Client Access License (CAL) type:
l “User” = Named User CAL
l “Session” = Session CAL
l “Usage” = Usage CAL
l “Document” = Document CAL
CAL Usage Count Number of Usage CALs.
Exe Version Full version number of QVS.
Example: “11.00.11076.0409.10”
Server Started Date and time when QVS was started.
Timestamp Date and time when the log entry was created.
EntryType Entry type:
l “Server starting” = Startup
l “Normal” = Normal interval log entry
l “Server shutting down” = Shutdown
ActiveDocSessions Number of document sessions* that has shown activity during the interval
and still exists at the end of the interval.
DocSessions Total number of document sessions* that exists at the end of the interval.
ActiveAnonymousDocSessions Number of document sessions* with anonymous user that has shown
activity during the interval and still exists at the end of the interval.
AnonymousDocSessions Total number of document sessions* with anonymous user that exists at
the end of the interval.
ActiveTunneledDocSessions Number of document sessions* with tunneled connection that has shown
activity during the interval and still exists at the end of the interval.
TunneledDocSessions Total number of document sessions* with tunneled connection that exists
at the end of the interval.
DocSessionStarts Number of document sessions* that has been initiated during the interval.
ActiveDocs Number of documents loaded at the end of the interval in which there has
been user activity during the interval.
RefDocs Number of documents loaded at the end of the interval for which there is
a session at the end of the interval.
LoadedDocs Total number of documents loaded at the end of the interval.
DocLoads Number of new documents loaded during the interval.
Field Description
DocLoadFails Number of documents that has failed to load during the interval.
Calls Total number of calls to QVS during the interval.
Selections Number of selection calls during the interval.
ActiveIpAddrs Number of distinct IP addresses that has been active during the interval
and still exists at the end of the interval.
Note! Tunneled sessions and multiple users originating from the same IP cannot be
distinguished.
IpAddrs Total number of distinct IP addresses connected at the end of the interval.
Note! Tunneled sessions and multiple users originating from the same IP cannot be
distinguished.
ActiveUsers Number of distinct NT users that has been active during the interval and
still exists at the end of the interval.
Note! Anonymous users cannot be distinguished.
Users Total number of distinct NT users connected at the end of the interval.
Note! Anonymous users cannot be distinguished.
CPULoad Average CPU load from QVS during the interval.
VMAllocated(MB) Size in MB of the virtual memory allocated by QVS at the end of the
interval**.
VMCommitted(MB) Size in MB of the virtual memory actually used by QVS at the end of the
interval. This number is part of VMAllocated(MB) and should not exceed
the size of the physical memory in order to avoid unacceptable response
times.
VMFree(MB) Size in MB of the unallocated virtual memory available to QVS**.
VMLargestFreeBlock(MB) Size in MB of the largest contiguous block of unallocated virtual memory
available to QVS. This number is part of VMFree(MB).
UsageCalBalance “-1.00” = There are no Usage CALs.
*One user + one document = One document session.
**VMAllocated(MB) + VMFree(MB) = Total maximum virtual memory space available to the QVS process.
Timestamp Date and time when the log entry was created.
SeverityID ID for the severity level:
1 = Error
2 = Warning
4 = Information
EventID Unique ID for the event type.
Severity Event severity level:
l Error
l Information
l Warning
Message Event description.
Field Description
Server Date and time when QVS was started.
started
Timestamp Date and time when the log entry was created.
Document Path and name of the document that was accessed.
Type Type of selection made (for example, “Selection” or “Bookmark”).
For an overview of the types available, see the table below.
User User name.
Field Description
Message Information on the type of selection or application of bookmark that was made in the
document (for example, “Apply Server\Bookmark15”).
For an overview of the messages that can be posted in this field, see the table below.
The types and messages that can be posted in the Type and Message fields in the end-user audit log are
listed below.
Note! In the end-user audit log, “XXX” and “YYY” are replaced with values from the QlikView document.
The following example shows the resulting log entry when a bookmark (“Bookmark01”) is selected. The log
has been put in a table for better overview.
Field Value
Server started 2013-05-06 10:17:33
Timestamp 2013-05-06 10:23:28
Document C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\Documents\Test.qvw
Type Bookmark
User QlikTech\jsmith
Message Apply Server\Bookmark01
If detailed audit logging is selected, the log entry above may be followed by one or more log entries that
detail the selections that were made because the bookmark was selected. In these log entries, the Type field
is set to “Bookmark Selection”.
ModifiedTime Time and date (in UTC) when the changes were made.
ID ID of the row (that was updated or deleted) in the table that was changed.
The following example comes from the AlertEmail table. The log has been put in a table for better
overview.
TransactionID 455a241d-8428-4dc7-ba67-4ae7cb21cf3d
ChangeType Update
ModifiedTime 2010-02-02 15:12:54
ModifiedByUser MyDomain\mjn
ID b3745325-cee7-4fe7-b681-9c9efe22fc5c
DistributionServiceID 8846d7dd-bb3f-4289-9c9b-b0ca71b7c3b2
EmailAddress mjn
TransactionID 455a241d-8428-4dc7-ba67-4ae7cb21cf3d
ChangeType Update
ModifiedTime 2010-02-02 15:12:54
ModifiedByUser MyDomain\mjn
ID a37f242c-6d80-42da-a10c-1742d2ec927f
DistributionServiceID 8846d7dd-bb3f-4289-9c9b-b0ca71b7c3b2
QDSWebAdress http://computer-mjn:4720/qtxs.asmx
CurrentWorkorderID 96bff2dc-f1ea-84d2-b6c4-ea58bf5c98e5
Shared Files
There are multiple objects available for user collaboration and sharing through QlikView Server:
l Bookmarks
l Sheet objects, including charts
l Reports
l Annotations
Each of these objects may be defined as a user object, available to authenticated users, regardless of access
method or location, or a shared object, available to all users of the document through QVS.
The objects are configured and managed using QlikView Management Console (QMC).
Once QVS is enabled for server objects, any of the QVS object settings are checked, and the document is
opened in QVS, a special database file is created and maintained in the same location as the QlikView
document. The file has the same name as the QlikView document, but a .Shared file extension.
Example:
l QlikView document: Presidents.qvw
l QVS share file: Presidents.qvw.Shared
If the name of the QlikView document is changed, the .Shared file has to be manually renamed to match
before opening the renamed QlikView document in QVS. This preserves the shared objects attached to the
document.
When updating a Server object, report, bookmark, or input field data, the file is exclusively locked. Making
a selection or simply activating the object does not lock the file and any number of servers can read the file
at the same time. A partial lock is implemented so that different sections of the file may be updated
simultaneously by different servers in a cluster.
The file is read once when the server opens the document, but it is not read again unless there are changes.
All sessions share the same internal copy of the .Shared file (that is, opening a session generally does not
require the file to be read from disk).
The server objects can be managed (for example, change of ownership or delete) on the Documents>User
Documents>Server>Server Objects tab in QMC.
8.4 Tasks
Tasks can be used to perform a wide variety of operations and be chained together in any arbitrary pattern.
The starting point when describing tasks is the transformation of a source document into a user document.
Source
A task is always tied to a source document, so the source is given.
Layout
The source document contains the layout, which is copied unchanged all the way to the user documents.
The server side layout is associated with the user document and is also unchanged.
Reload
The data can be:
l Used as stored in the document (that is, no reload)
l Partly reloaded from the source (that is, require script preparation)
l Fully reloaded from the source, discarding any old data
l Reloaded in parts by use of “Script Parameters” (which require script preparation)
Reduce
The document can be reduced after reload. The reduction can either reduce the input into a smaller document
(simple reduce) or split it up into several smaller documents (loop and reduce).
The reduction is based on a selection, either done directly in QMC or using bookmarks.
Distribution
Distribution requires a QlikView Publisher license.
The destination is defined as:
l A list of users and a folder on a QlikView Server
l A list of users and a folder in the file system
l A list of users (assuming their e-mail addresses are known)
Note! “Loop and distribute” must be used, if different content is to be distributed to different users. If not,
the same document (or documents) is distributed to all.
Information
Information can be associated with the document as part of the distribution to a server. The information is
not moved with the document, if it is distributed to another location. The information is used in QlikView
AccessPoint.
The following information can be associated with the document:
l Description
l Category
l Arbitrary name value pairs
Server Settings
The settings for the document are distributed to a server. The settings are not moved with the document, if it
is distributed to another location. The settings are enforced by QlikView Server.
Authorization enforced by the server (equal to all servers):
l The users authorized to create server objects
l The users authorized to download the document
l The users authorized to print and export the document to Microsoft Excel
Preferences applied by QlikView AccessPoint (equal to all servers):
l Internet Explorer plugin is recommended
l Mobile client is recommended
l AJAX client is recommended
Performance enforced by the server (equal to all servers):
l Audit logging
l Maximum open sessions
l Document timeout
l Session timeout
Availability (per server):
l Never
l On-demand
l Pre-loaded
9 Service by Service
This chapter describes the QlikView Server/Publisher components in detail.
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\QlikViewServer
Listens to QVP: 4747; QVP (tunneling): 4774; Broadcast: 14747; SNMP: 161
Uses/Controls -
Used by QDS, QMS, QVWS, QlikView Desktop/Internet Explorer plugin/OCX
Files
Settings and Configuration
File Description
Settings.ini Stores the QlikView Server (QVS) settings. Manual changes in this file require restart
of QVS. This file is always stored in the “Data” folder (see Overview (page 53)).
Cluster
QVS uses .pgo files to coordinate a cluster. The files are stored in the “Data” folder (see Overview (page
53)).
File Description
BorrowedCalData.pgo Keeps track of borrowed Client Access Licenses (CALs).
CalData.pgo Keeps track of CALs.
ServerCounters.pgo Keeps track of statistics.
TicketData.pgo Keeps track of tickets.
Logs
The logs are kept one per node in the cluster. The log files are stored in the “Data” folder by default (see
Overview (page 53) for the default path).
File Description
Events_<computer_name>.log Event log.
File Description
Performance_<computer_name>.log Performance log.
Sessions_<computer_name>.log Session log.
Special Folders
The special folders are stored in the “Data” folder (see Overview (page 53) for the path).
Folder Description
Extensions Note! The Extensions folder has to be created manually.
By default, QVS looks for extensions in this folder. Extension objects are located
in Extensions\Objects and document extensions are located in
Extensions\Document. U se QlikView Management Console (QMC) to
manage all extensions in one place in case of a cluster.
Temp By default, QVS puts temporary files in this folder (for example, when exporting
using the AJAX client, a temporary file is created in the folder).
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\DistributionService
Listens to HTTP: 4720; SNMP: 4721
Uses/Controls DSC, QVS, QVB
Used by QMS
Note! After restarting the machine, the Windows event log may contain a message that the QlikView
Distribution Service (QDS) failed to start in a timely manner, even though it started successfully. This is
because the QDS initialization phase is longer than the Windows timeout period (30 seconds by default).
To avoid the event log message, either change the Windows timeout period or configure QDS to depend on
another late starting service to make QDS start up during a less busy period.
Files
The QlikView Distribution Service (QDS) files can be divided into three groups based on main purpose. All
files are stored in the QDS “Data” folder (see Overview (page 56)). In a clustered setup, all QDSs must share
the same program folder. This is solved by the file config_<computer_name>.xml, which contains the
program data path to use.
Tasks\Task_ The actual tasks. Note that deleted tasks are not automatically removed (due
<GUID>.xml to support issue analysis).
Triggers\Triggers_ The actual triggers. Note that deleted triggers are not automatically removed
<GUID>.xml (due to support issue analysis).
Cluster
File Description
LoadBalancer.xml Used to select which QDS (in a cluster) to do the job.
Logs
File Description
TaskResults\TaskResult_ Latest result of the task identified by the GUID.
<GUID>.xml
TaskLogIndex\TaskLogIndex_ This is just for lookup (one file per task), pointing to the actual
<GUID>.xml log.
EdxResults\EdxResult_ Until the task is completed, this file contains the current status
<GUID>.xml of the EDX task. When the execution is finished, it contains the
result (success/fail) and the task started as a result (if any).
<node-nr>\Log\<Date>.txt General QDS event and error log.
<node-nr>\Log\Cluster_ Synchronization log.
<Date>.txt
<node-nr>\Log\LoadBalancer_ Load balancing log.
<Date>.txt
<node-nr>\Log\Root_ QDS event log.
<Date>.txt
<node-nr>\Log\WebService_ QDS event log.
<Date>.txt
<node-nr>\Log\Workorder_ QDS event log.
<Date>.txt
<node-nr>\Log\<date>\<time> QDS task event log.
- <task name>\Tasklog.txt
<node-nr>\Log\<date>\<time> The distribution related to the task (only exists for distribution
- <task tasks).
name>\DistributionReport.xml
QlikView Batch
Overview
Data -
Listens to COM
Uses/Controls -
Used by QDS
Files
Settings and Configuration
File Description
Settings.ini Used to store settings.
Logs
File Description
<document_name>.log Reload log that is placed together with the reloaded document.
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\ManagementService\QVPR
Listens to -
Uses/Controls -
Used by QMS
Files
By default, QlikView Publisher Repository (QVPR) is a set of XML files. These files are backed up as .zip
files in %ProgramData%\QlikTech\ManagementService\QVPR\Backups.
Security Groups
When installing QlikView Server/Publisher, a couple of security groups are created.
The QlikView Server/Publisher services must run under an account that is member of the security group
QlikView Administrators. Users connecting to QMC must be part of this group. Anyone connecting to a
remote service must also be member of QlikView Administrators.
The users connecting through the API must be members of the QlikView Management API security group.
The group is not created during the installation and has to be added (and populated, for example, with the
members of the QlikView Administrators group) manually. A membership in this group is required to import
tasks from another QlikView Server/Publisher.
The QlikView EDX security group is not created during the installation and has to be added (and
populated) manually in order for users to run EDX tasks.
Document Administrators
To delegate the responsibility of creating tasks to people not part of the QlikView Administrators group,
users can be appointed document administrators. The document administrators are only allowed to access the
tabs in QMC that are related to either user documents or source documents.
Note! The use of document administrators requires a QlikView Publisher license.
For more information on how to appoint document administrators, see the QMC online help.
UseHTTPS True = Communication runs over https. A certificate for the web site is
needed to enable this setting.
Trace Used for debug logging.
QMSBackendWebServicePort Port that the back end management service listens to. The default value is
4799.
QMSFrontendWebServicePort Port that the front end management service listens to. The default value is
4780.
MaxLogRecords Maximum number of log records that should be retrieved for a task.
EnableAuditLogging True = Track a) changes on tasks and settings made in the system, b) who
made the changes, and c) when the changes were made.
AuditLogFolder Path to the folder where the audit logs are saved.
AuditLogKeepMaxDays Maximum number of days each log is saved.
WebservicePort Port that the QlikView Distribution Service uses to communicate
with. The default value is 4720.
UseHTTPS True = Communication runs over https.
DSCAddress Port that the Directory Service Connector service uses to
communicate with. The default value is 4730. If the value is
modified, the tag “DSCAddress” in the
QVDirectoryServiceConnector.exe.config file has to be
modified too.
DSCTimeoutSeconds Timeout for calls to the Directory Service Connector.
DSCCacheSeconds How long the service caches the responses from the Directory
Service Connector.
QlikViewEngineQuarantineTimeInms How often a QlikView engine is allowed to start (in milliseconds).
OpenDocumentAttempts How many tries that can be made to open a document before it is
logged as an error during distribution.
DebugLog True = Enable logging of memory usage and stack trace on “Error”
logging.
Trace True = Enable debug logging.
EnableBatchMode Enable this setting to make batch calls to the QlikView Distribution
Service (see QlikView Distribution Service (page 56) for more
information).
WebservicePort Port that the Directory Service Connector service uses to communicate with. The
default value is 4730. If the value is modified, the tag “DSCAddress” in the
QVDistributionService.exe.config file has to be modified too.
UseHTTPS True = Communication runs over SSL instead of http. A certificate for the web
site is needed to enable this setting.
PluginPath Path where the Directory Service Connector looks for available DSP plugins. The
default value is %ProgramFiles%\QlikView\Directory Service
Connector\DSPlugins.
Trace True = Enable debug logging.
DisableCompress Enable this setting to disable compression of the http communication.
Overview
QlikView Web Server
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\WebServer
Listens to HTTP: 80; HTTP: 4750; SNMP: 4751
Uses/Controls DSC
Used by Web browser clients and mobile clients
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\WebServer
Listens to HTTP: 4750
Used by QMS
Files
Settings and Configuration
File Description
Config.xml Configuration file for the service.
Logs
File Description
Log\<date>.txt Event and error log.
Load Balancing
QVWS hosts web pages, prepares the file list for AccessPoint, and manages the load balancing of QlikView
Servers (QVSs).
AccessPoint is a web portal for documents hosted on QVWS. The pages for AccessPoint are by default
located in the folder %ProgramFiles%\QlikView\Web. QVWS also acts as web server for any AJAX
pages accessed by the end users.
The load balancing performed by QVWS is different from load balancing a web server, since the additional
work and resource consumption is almost similar for each user, so it does not matter on which server the user
ends up.
The load balancing schemes are listed below.
Scheme Description
Random The default load balancing scheme. The user is sent to a random server, no matter if the
document the user is looking for is loaded or not.
Loaded If only one QVS has the particular document loaded, the user is sent to that QVS. If more
Document than one QVS or none of the QVSs has the document loaded, the user is sent to the QVS
with the largest amount of free RAM.
CPU with The user is sent to the least busy QVS.
RAM
Overload
The settings for load balancing are configured in QMC.
QlikView AccessPoint
QlikView AccessPoint is a web portal that lists the documents each user has access to. AccessPoint only
links to each document – it does not host the documents. The hosting is done by QlikView Server.
The documents can be displayed as thumbnails or in a detailed list.
The settings available in AccessPoint are listed below.
Setting Description
Category Category grouping for the document. Categories are managed in QMC under
Documents>User Documents>Document Information.
Setting Description
Attribute Attribute grouping for the document. Attributes are managed in QMC under
Documents>User Documents>Document Information.
Next Update When the document will be updated next time.
Note! This is only displayed if the document is part of a task that has a
schema.
File Size Size of the document.
Available Clients Click a client to open the document with that client.
Remove last document state Click this button to remove the last document state.
Click a star icon next to a document name in the Thumbnails or Detailed view to set the preferences for the
document.
Setting Description
Open with Select a client to make it the default client to open the document with.
Overview
Executable %ProgramFiles%\QlikView\Directory Service
Connector\QVDirectoryServiceConnector.exe
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\DirectoryServiceConnector
Listens to HTTP: 4730; SNMP: 4731
Uses/Controls -
Used by QDS, QMS, QVWS
Files
Settings and Configuration
These settings originate from QVPR.
File Description
Config.xml Configuration file for the service.
Resources/<id>.xml DSP configurations.
Logs
File Description
Log\<date>.txt Event and error log.
Data %ProgramData%\QlikTech\ManagementService
Listens to HTTP: 4780 (Web); HTTP: 4799 (API); SNMP: 4781
Uses/Controls DSC, QDS, QVS, QVWS
Used by Web browser/API client
Files
Settings and Configuration
QlikView Management Service (QMS) keeps a global view of the settings in QVPR.
File Description
Config.xml Configuration file for the service.
Logs
File Description
Log\<date>.txt Event and error log.
Part 4 Security
10 Security Overview
The security of QlikView Server/Publisher consists of the following parts:
l Protection of the platform: How the platform itself is protected and how it needs to communicate and
operate.
l Authentication: Who is the user and how can the user prove it? QlikView uses standard
authentication protocols, such as Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), HTTP headers, and
ticketing, to authenticate every user requesting access to data.
l Document level authorization: Is the user allowed to access the document or not? QlikView uses
server-side capabilities such as Document Metadata Service (DMS) or Windows NTFS to determine
access privileges at file level.
l Data level authorization: Is the user allowed to see all of the data or just parts of it? QlikView
implements row and field level data security, using a combination of document-level capabilities
(Section Access) and server-side data reduction capabilities (QlikView Publisher).
QlikView Administrators
The QlikView Administrators group is used for granting access to the QlikView Management Console
(QMC) as well as authorization of communication between services, if Windows Authentication is used.
11.3 Communication
Protection of AJAX Client
The AJAX client uses HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol for communication between the client browser and
the QlikView Web Server (QVWS) or Microsoft IIS. It is strongly recommended to protect the
communication between the browser and the web server using SSL/TSL encryption over the HTTP protocol
(that is, HTTPS). If the communication is not encrypted, it is sent as clear text.
The communication between the web server and QVS uses QVP as described below.
Protection of Plugin
The QlikView plugin can communicate with QVS in two ways. If the plugin has the ability to communicate
with QVS using QVP (port 4747), the security described in Server Communication (page 72) is applied.
If the communication cannot use QVP or if the client chooses it in the plugin, the communication is
tunneled using HTTP to the web server.
If HTTPS is enabled on the web server, the tunnel is encrypted using SSL/TLS.
Server Communication
The QVS communication uses the QVP protocol, which is encrypted by default. The QVP protocol can be
protected using 1024-bit RSA for key exchange and 128-bit RC4 for data encryption, provided the Microsoft
Enhanced Cryptographic Provider is installed. If the Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider is used, the
protection of the communication is 512-bit RSA for key exchange and 40-bit RC4 for data encryption.
Services Communication
The services that are part of the QlikView platform (that is, QVS, DSC, QMC, QDS, and QVWS) all
communicate using web services. The web services authenticate using Integrated Windows Authentication
(IWA).
12 Authentication
Although QlikView can be configured to allow anonymous access, the majority of implementations require
users to be authenticated. In such environments, QlikView always requires that the user is authenticated
when establishing a session via QlikView Server (either through a browser or when downloading and
opening a document via the QlikView Desktop client).
In the QlikView context, the authentication of a user is almost always done against an external entity that is
then used to pass the externally authenticated user identity to QlikView Server. In such a scenario,
QlikView relies on the authentication to be performed prior to accessing QlikView, and that some token of
identity is transmitted to, and trusted by, QlikView.
The figure below shows the authentication flow for the combination of NTLM and alternate login, which
differs from the standard flow for IWA:
In both cases, if the user has properly authenticated to the SSO software, the username is injected into an
HTTP header and the value in that header is what the QlikView server accepts as the authenticated identity
of the user.
Note! Unless SSO software is in place, the HTTP header method of authenticating to a QlikView Server
must not be used. HTTP headers can easily be spoofed. All of the SSO software packages mentioned above
provide protection against this type of spoofing attacks, if the software package is the only path for users to
access the content.
QlikView does not recommend or endorse any specific tool or product for providing identity in HTTP
headers. The approach is highly suited to extranet deployments wherein the users may not exist in the
internal Active Directory. The act of authentication is performed by the reverse proxy or ISAPI filter that
intercepts the attempt of the end user to interact with QlikView content.
13 Authorization
Once a user has been authenticated (that is, the system knows who the user is), the first step in assigning the
security privileges has been completed. The second step is to understand the authority or access rights that
the user has to applications, data, or both. This step is referred to as Authorization. At a fundamental level,
an administrator populates an Access Control List (ACL) with a list of users and/or groups and what they are
to have access to. When the time comes for a user to request access, the system looks up the authenticated
identity of the user in the ACL and verifies if the administrator has granted the user enough privileges to do
so.
Direct access to a QlikView document using QlikView Desktop is always governed by the Windows NTFS
file security. Access to the web-based QlikView Management Console (QMC) is restricted to Windows users
that are members of a particular local Windows group.
There are two types of data level authorizations:
l Dynamic data reduction: Determines if the user is allowed to view the data when the user tries to
access it.
l Static data reduction: Performed by QlikView Publisher, determines if the user is allowed to view the
data when it is prepared for the user.
Static and dynamic reduction of data can be used on its own, but can also be combined to deliver data level
authorization.
Part 5 Licensing
Session A Session CAL allows any user, identified or anonymous/unidentified, on one QlikView
CAL client to access as many QlikView documents as may reside on the server or server cluster to
which the Session CAL is assigned for a minimum period of 15 minutes. For Session CALs,
the QlikView client refers to each unique instance of the QlikView client (for example, the
AJAX client, QlikView Desktop, or the Internet Explorer plugin) on the user’s machine. The
minimum session time for a Session CAL is 15 minutes, which means that sessions that end
in less than 15 minutes will still consume the session until the 15 minute mark is passed;
those which terminate after 15 minutes will consume their actual session length. By default,
there is no maximum session length, but this can be configured.
14.2 Identification
To use a Named User CAL or a Document CAL, the client user must be identified via an authenticated user
name (Windows Active Directory or through a ticket exchange between the web server and QlikView
Server). An IP address is not a valid form of identification for a Named User CAL. The two methods of
identification cannot be mixed on the same instance of QlikView Server. Note that the user name
identification requires Windows authentication on AJAX clients, since machine name identification cannot
be used for these clients.
Any CAL used by an identified user may not be transferred to another user, unless the transfer is due to a
change in the employment status or work duties of the prior user, in which case there is a 24-hour quarantine
before the CAL be transferred to another user.
4. If a new Document CAL can be assigned to the connecting client, it is used.
5. If there is an available Session CAL, it is used.
6. If there is an available Usage CAL, it is used.
7. If none of the above, access is denied.
15.1 Editions
The various editions of QlikView Server are listed below.
Edition Description
QlikView QlikView EE Server is designed to be used in large and complex deployments and
Enterprise provides features such as unlimited documents, server-based collaboration, integration with
Edition third-party security systems, server clustering, and cluster licensing. The minimum
(EE) Server configuration of a QlikView EE Server is five Named User Client Access Licenses (CALs).
QlikView QlikView SBE Server is designed to be used in smaller deployments. The minimum
Small configuration of a QlikView SBE Server is five Named User CALs.
Business
Edition
(SBE)
Server
QlikView QlikView IAS is a QlikView Server that is licensed for an uncapped number of users, but
Information limited to a single QlikView document. QlikView IAS runs in anonymous mode and must
Access be publically accessible without authentication (on the public Internet), that is, it must not
Server be placed behind a firewall. N o QlikView client can access QlikView IAS – the user
(IAS) interface must be built by the end user either manually or by using QlikView WorkBench.
Note! There is no license lease from QlikView IAS.
QlikView QES allows end users to deploy QlikView solutions to their extranet. QES is based on
Extranet QlikView EE Server, but only supports up to three QlikView documents. The server can be
Server deployed with a combination of Session and Usage CALs. QES supports mobile clients
(QES) and can be deployed in clustered environments. The AJAX client or a customized AJAX
client can be used via QlikView WorkBench, which is included in QES. The minimum
configuration of a QlikView QES Server is five Extranet Session CALs.
In addition to the editions of QlikView Server described above, there is also a number of additional, server-
related products, all of which are listed below.
Product Description
QlikView QlikView Test Server is a license that provides an environment separate from production
Test Server to use for data validation, application testing, and preparation/migration of QlikView
documents to new versions and/or releases of QlikView.
QlikView Test Server comes in two editions, QlikView EE Test Server and QlikView SBE
Test Server, both of which have the same features and limitations as the corresponding
production servers. In addition, the watermark “Test” is superimposed on all charts and
added to all object captions.
Note! There is no license lease from QlikView Test Server.
Product Description
QlikView QlikView Publisher is a license that adds significant functionality to the standard reload
Publisher capability of QlikView Server. QlikView Publisher includes functionality to handle field
level security and access control from central administration software like Window Active
Directory or Novell® LDAP. QlikView Publisher is also needed to support complex
distribution models for QlikView documents. In addition, each license of QlikView
Publisher allows an additional node/server for reload, distribution, or security management
in a multi-node/server deployment.
With the additional component QlikView Publisher Report Distribution, any QlikView
document report can be distributed as a .pdf file to a folder or via email or SMTP.
QlikView QlikView WorkBench (an add-on to QlikView EE Server) is a development tool for
WorkBench creating web mash-ups with QlikView. It features drag and drop editing capabilities
within the Microsoft Visual Studio® development environment and allows for custom
web interfaces and integration with third-party services.
Note! QlikView WorkBench is not available for use with QlikView SBE Server.
QlikView QlikView Web Parts (an add-on to QlikView EE Server) for Microsoft SharePoint allows
Web Parts for rapid deployment of QlikView objects within Microsoft SharePoint portal
for environments.
Microsoft
Note! QlikView Web Parts are not available for use with QlikView SBE Server.
SharePoint®
QlikView QlikView Local Client is a client with all functionality used to develop QlikView
Local Client documents. QlikView Local Client is deployed, if the end user deploys local clients only.
QlikView Anybody registered on QlikView.com is allowed to download QlikView and develop
Personal QlikView documents for personal use. There are no restrictions to QlikView Personal
Edition Edition except that it cannot open QlikView documents created by other users or perform
an import of an entire layout from an XML file.
Licensing
Clients
Scalability
Integration
Features
Security
Part 6 Appendix
16 Silent Installation
When running a silent installation, QlikView is installed with a limited set of or no dialogs at all. This
means all features, properties, and user selections have to be known when creating the silent installation
package. There are also some standard properties in Windows Installer Service that may be required.
To prepare a silent installation, the MSI file has to be extracted from the QlikView Setup.exe file.
A silent installation can be run with different interface levels:
/qn Completely silent.
/qb Basic user interface.
Add a + sign at end of the interface levels command to get a modal dialog at the end of the installation
saying “Finished” and if it was successful or not.
The following silent installation command lines are recommended for QlikView:
msiexec /i QlikViewServerx64.msi Addlocal="all" IS_NET_API_LOGON_
USERNAME="Domain\username" IS_NET_API_LOGON_PASSWORD="password /qn+
Alternatively:
QlikViewServer_x64Setup.exe /s /v"/qn+ Addlocal="all" IS_NET_API_LOGON_
USERNAME="Domain\username" IS_NET_API_LOGON_PASSWORD="password"
The command line above installs all features completely silently with a modal dialog at the end of the
installation.
If just a limited set of the features are to be installed, change all to the name of the feature instead. If
several features are to be installed, separate them with commas.
The following features can be installed:
l DirectoryServiceConnector
l ManagementService
l QVS
l QvsDocs
l WebServer
l DistributionService
l SupportTools
l QvsClients with the sub-features Plugin and AjaxZfc
l MsIIS with the sub-features QvTunnel and QlikView Settings Service
Note! For the sub-features to be included in the installation, they have to be included in the list of features
to be installed.
msiexec /i QlikViewServerx86.msi ADDLOCAL="all" DEFAULTWEBSITE="2" /qn+
This command line installs all features, including the virtual directories to another website than the default
one. This requires a machine with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and more than one
website on it. The site number also has to be known. Set DEFAULTWEBSITE to the site number where the
virtual directories are to be installed. To find the number of the website, check IIS.
The installation procedure can be logged, using the following command:
msiexec /i QlikViewServerx86.msi ADDLOCAL="all" DEFAULTWEBSITE="2"/L*v
log.txt /qn+
16.1 Settings
The following settings are good to know when designing a silent installation package:
Prerequisites .NET Framework 4.0
INSTALLEVEL 100, all features is set to 101 by default
IIS Four virtual directories and an Application pool are installed
Services Five services are installed
16.2 Dialogs
The QlikView installation has a number of dialogs, one of which is a Custom Setup dialog and one of
which is a Website dialog. All dialogs set important properties. To find the value of a property, do a test
installation with verbose logging. Note that the property values may differ depending on the language and
operating system used.
Region
This dialog is used for specifying the region.
Property: REGION_LIST
Region dialog
License Agreement
This dialog displays the license agreement for the selected region.
Radio button: AgreeToLicense = "Yes"
License dialog
Customer Information
This dialog is used for entering the customer information.
Properties:
l USERNAME
l COMPANYNAME
Destination Folder
This dialog is used to set the default folder for the installation.
Property: INSTALLDIR
Profiles
This dialog has several properties connected to it, since there are multiple profiles to choose from.
Select Full Installation, Single machine with QlikView Webserver to install everything, including
QlikView Web Server, needed to run QlikView on a single machine. To use IIS instead, select Full
Installation, Single machine with IIS (this option is only available if IIS is installed on the target machine).
To perform a custom installation, select Custom installation, select profiles and then select the profiles to
install. The Webserver profile allows the user to choose between QlikView Web Server and IIS (if IIS is
installed on the target machine).
Properties:
l PROPQVS: QlikView Server
l PROPDS: Publisher
l PROPQMC: Management Console
l PROPWEB, PROPIIS = 1 or 2: Webserver
l PROPIIS (if IIS is installed) or PROPSTATE: Single Machine Install
Profiles dialog
Logon Information
This dialog, which is optional to use, is used to specify the user that is to run the services that are installed.
When clicking Next, a Custom Action checks that the entered user is valid. The Custom Action, which is
implemented by InstallShield, requires the machine to be part of a Domain to work properly.
Properties:
l LOCALSERVICE
l IS_NET_API_LOGON_USERNAME
l IS_NET_API_LOGON_PASSWORD
Service Authentication
This dialog is used to select the type of service authentication. QlikView Administrators Group is selected
by default.
Property: PROPCERT (1 = Digital certificates, 2 = QlikView Administrators Group)
Ready to Install
This is the last dialog. Click Install to start the installation.
Website
This dialog is displayed when selecting IIS as web server in the Profiles dialog, see Profiles (page 96).
Property: DEFAULTWEBSITE
Website dialog
16.4 MST
When creating an MST file, the MSI file is customized without any changes being made directly in the MSI.
The MST file works as a filter on top of the MSI and allows changes to be made to the installation. For
example, the default installation folder for QlikView Server is %ProgramFiles%\QlikView, but if that
is changed to C:\QlikView in the MST file, the default folder is changed. The same thing can be done
with the dialogs, which means properties can be preset, so that the installation can be run with a limited set
of dialogs.
To create an MST file, an MSI repackaging studio (for example, InstallShield AdminStudio) is needed.
Note! QlikTech does not supply any MST files and does not take any responsibility for MST files created
by customers or partners.
The following figure shows a resilient, clustered, load balanced QlikView Server deployment that uses
AccessPoint and network load balancing.
The QlikView Server load balancing capabilities are included in the QlikView web portal, AccessPoint.
This chapter also discusses how to make this component resilient using network load balancing (if needed).
server A and the second 1,000 users to server B. Alternatively, the servers could be clustered so that, to the
end users, there is just one “world” (in reality it would be a single IP address or URL).
Resilience
When the number of users increase, so does the users’ reliance on QlikView. By clustering the QlikView
Servers, resilience can be built into the deployment. In the case above, where a single server can support
1,000 users, three servers could be used to build resilience into the deployment. This would allow one server
to be lost (due to, for example, hardware failure) with the system still capable of supporting 2,000 users.
Having all three servers as active nodes helps reducing the response times by not running all servers at 100%
of their capacity and also limits the number of users affected if a node is lost.
However, QlikView currently does not provide any session recovery options. In practice, this means that if a
node in the QlikView cluster is lost, the users lose the analysis they are currently performing and that they
have to reconnect to the cluster to resume their work. This does not mean that the data within the QlikView
application is lost and needs to be reloaded, as the data is stored in the .qvw file on the NAS.
Sticky Sessions
The requirement is for the user’s session to be routed consistently to the same server. Methods for doing this
vary from device to device – refer to the load balancer documentation for information on the options
available.
Availability Checking
A special web page on the AccessPoint provides automated checking of the system status:
http://myAccessPoint/QvAjaxZfc/QvsStatus.aspx
This page returns an http status code of 200, if the AccessPoint and at least one QlikView Server in the
cluster respond. Any other status code returned by this page should be considered an error. Common errors
from this page include:
l 404: The AccessPoint is unable to respond. Check the web server.
l 503: No QlikView Servers responded to the AccessPoint and therefore it cannot service user requests.
The status of the QlikView Server cluster is also displayed on the web page:
2. Configure the document folder to point to a folder on the NAS that all QlikView Servers in the
cluster can access.
3. Install the next QlikView Server in the cluster.
4. Ensure that all QlikView services are running as local administrators and that they are members of the
“QlikView Administrators” local group.
5. Open System>Setup in the QMC and select the server. Then go to the General tab and enter the
control number for your license and the address to the second QlikView Server in the cluster.
6. If needed for usability reasons, go to the General tab for the QlikView Server in the QMC and
rename the cluster (in this example, the cluster is renamed “My Cluster”).
7. Repeat steps 3 - 5 for the QlikView Server nodes in the cluster.
9. The cluster is now configured and ready to use.
18.1 Introduction
QlikView Publisher is an optional module for QlikView Server that enables scheduling, administration, and
management tools that provide a single point of control for QlikView analytics applications and reports.
Administrators can schedule, distribute, and manage security and access for QlikView applications and
reports across the enterprise.
QlikView Publisher performs the following main functions:
l It loads data directly from data sources defined in connection strings in the source .qvw files.
l It is used as a distribution service to “reduce” data and applications from source .qvw files based on
various rules (for example, user authorization or data access) and distribute these newly-created
documents to the appropriate QlikView Servers or as static reports via email.
l When using QlikView Publisher, only Publisher has access to the source documents folder and the
data sources for data load and distribution. The source documents and data are not accessible by
QlikView users.
By deploying a clustered architecture, QlikView Publisher achieves scalability and/or resilience using web
services technology. A dministrators can cluster services together to provide load balancing. Native support
for SNMP enables integration with enterprise system monitoring tools. External enterprise scheduling tools
can trigger Publisher tasks using web service calls. Tasks can also be scheduled and executed on demand by
QlikView administrators.
The figure below shows a two-server, clustered QlikView Publisher where each server is configured for
processing different tasks and load balancing. The figure also includes a three-server, clustered QlikView
Server that uses QlikView AccessPoint for load balancing. Documents created by QlikView Developer are
stored in the source documents folder. QlikView Publisher tasks are used to retrieve data and store the result
in the user documents folder.
Source Documents
The source documents contain a) scripts within .qvw files to extract data from various data sources (for
example, data warehouses, Microsoft Excel files, SAP, and Salesforce.com), b) the actual binary data extracts
themselves within .qvd files, or c) a binary load from another .qvw file, inheriting its data model in one
line of code.
The QlikView source documents, created using QlikView Developer, reside in the following folder:
l Windows Server 2008 and later: \ProgramData\QlikTech\SourceDocuments. This is the
default QlikView location for Windows Server 2008 and later.
l Windows Server 2003: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\QlikTech\SourceDocuments. This is the default QlikView location for Windows Server
2003. However, for a QlikView Publisher cluster, this folder has to be relocated to a shared folder
designated in the QMC Publisher configuration.
User Documents
The user documents folder is the repository used by QlikView Server. The folder is located at:
l Windows Server 2008 and later: \ProgramData\QlikTech\Documents. This is the default
QlikView location for Windows Server 2008 and later.
l Windows Server 2003: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\QlikTech\Documents. This is the default QlikView location for Windows Server 2003.
Tasks
Tasks are created by administrators for data distribution and data reloads. Tasks are stored in the QlikView
Publisher repository as a collection of XML files or in an SQL Server database. When a task is executed,
QlikView Publisher invokes QlikView Batch (QVB), which is comparable to QlikView Desktop without
the user interface. QVB reloads the documents, which are stored in the source documents folder(s) and
creates an associative QlikView database, which is stored within each document. The QVB performs the
reload by retrieving the data described by the load script from the data sources. QlikView Publisher
distributes the documents to the user documents folder for QlikView Server using the encrypted QVP
protocol, to a mail server, and/or a file folder. QlikView Publisher can use the Directory Service Connector
(DSC) to determine where and to whom the documents are to be distributed.
Horizontal Scalability
Horizontal scaling of hardware provides the ability to increase the resources of the QlikView deployment.
By adding additional hardware servers, the workload of QlikView Publisher can be increased. The clustered
Publisher servers can then be configured to load balance the QlikView tasks.
For example, on a certain hardware server, QlikView Publisher can process 100 concurrent tasks. When the
resource needs increase, the QlikView Publisher service can grow as needed. By adding an additional
QlikView Publisher service on a new hardware server, the deployment can handle up to 200 concurrent tasks
by configuring the additional server in a Publisher cluster deployment. In this scenario, the first 100 tasks are
allocated to Server A and the second 100 tasks to Server B. Alternatively, if the servers are clustered, the
tasks can be load balanced over the two servers.
Resilience
When the number of tasks in the deployment increases, the window for completing the tasks in time
becomes increasingly important. Clustering the QlikView distribution services provides for resilience in the
deployment. In the case above, where a single server can support 100 concurrent tasks, an additional server
can be deployed (for a total of three servers) in order to build resilience into the deployment. If a server is
lost (for example, due to a hardware failure or network connection issues), the resilient cluster still supports
up to 200 tasks. Having all three servers as active nodes helps reduce response times by not running all
servers at 100% of their capacity. It also limits the number of tasks and task chains affected if a node is lost.
Simultaneous Tasks
By default, four QlikView tasks can execute simultaneously on a node. The recommended maximum is eight
simultaneous tasks per node. If more than ten tasks have to be executed simultaneously on a node,
modifications are necessary in the Windows registry to change the desktop heap size to allow for more
simultaneous tasks.
Note! A large-scale server is required for executing ten or more simultaneous tasks. Alternatively, add
additional servers for Publisher tasks.
Proceed as follows to change the number of tasks allowed to execute simultaneously:
1. Backup the Windows Server registry.
2. Locate the following Windows Server registry setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session\Manager\SubSystems\Windows
%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows
SharedSection=1024,3072,512 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows
ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3
ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ProfileControl=Off
MaxRequestThreads=16
The default value for SharedSection is 1024,3072,512 for 32-bit (x86) and 1024,3072,768 for 64-bit
(x64), respectively. For additional information, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2007/07/05/desktop-heap-part-2.aspx.
3. Change the “GDI” and “User handle max count” in the registry to
SharedSection=1024,20480,2048:
HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session\Manager\SubSystems\Windows
%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows
SharedSection=1024,20480,2048 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows
ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3
ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ProfileControl=Off
MaxRequestThreads=16
4. Change the Max number of simultaneous QlikView engines for distribution setting in QMC to the
number of engines needed.
18.4 Security
QlikView Publisher provides access to QlikView applications and data. It is therefore important to integrate
QlikView Publisher with the enterprise security solutions in addition to the standard security features of
QlikView Server.
QlikView Publisher is viewed as a backend process within the QlikView solution. From a security
perspective, it is important to understand that the frontend does not have any open ports to the backend. The
frontend does not send any queries to data sources on the backend, nor do any of the user documents (.qvw
files) contain any connection strings to data sources located on the backend. End users can only access
QlikView documents that exist on the frontend. Within the backend, the Windows file system is always in
charge of authorization; QlikView is not responsible for access privileges.
The figure below shows a simplified view of a standard QlikView deployment containing the location of the
QlikView products and the data and applications.
Directory Services
To provide security for QlikView documents, QlikView Publisher can connect to an external directory
service (for example, Active Directory, LDAP, a database, or other sign-on solutions). The external directory
service is an authentication source with which QlikView has a trust relationship.
QlikView provides a built-in Directory Service Provider (DSP) for Active Directory that allows QlikView
administrators to assign Active Directory user privileges to QlikView documents or portions thereof.
QlikView Publisher leverages this built-in provider to provide direct integration with, and support for,
Active Directory.
QlikView also provides a means of creating a Configurable LDAP for other directory services. A
Configurable LDAP enables QlikView administrators to grant privileges to users authenticated by any
authentication system other than Active Directory.
Requirements
The following requirements must be fulfilled before starting the QDS cluster configuration:
l A QlikView Publisher license that supports more than one QDS. The Publisher LEF must contain the
entry NUMBER_OF_XS;N;;, where N is 2 or higher.
l QlikView AccessPoint (based on QlikView Web Server or Microsoft IIS), QlikView Management
Service (QMS), QlikView Server (QVS), and DSC are already installed in the QlikView system in the
network.
l A domain user to run the QlikView services on every machine is available.
l A shared storage device; QlikTech recommends a shared device mounted as a Windows-based file
share.
All QDS cluster nodes need read and write access to the following, centrally stored data:
l QlikView Publisher status, configuration, and log files
l QlikView source documents
Step-by-step Instructions
Prepare the Shared Storage Device
Create folders for the files accessed by every Publisher cluster node:
l \\<server1>\ProgramData\QlikTech\DistributionService (application folder)
l \\<server1>\ProgramData\QlikTech\SourceDocuments (source documents folder)
DSC (required for Publisher) 4730/TCP
QMS (required for Publisher) 4780/TCP
QlikView Web Server/Microsoft IIS configuration 4750/TCP
Service Port
QVS configuration 4749/TCP
QVP communication 4747/TCP
QMS (EDX calls) (required for Publisher) 4799/TCP
3. Deactivate the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration for administrators. By default,
Windows Server 2003 and later ship with this configuration enabled, which is basically a locked
down version that adds a bit of extra security to the servers for web browsing. When the
configuration is enabled, it may cause problems in viewing the QMC and service content. The
Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration can be left turned on, but if any issues arise, turn
off the feature for the Administrators group.
4. Add the domain user that is used to run the QlikView services to the Local Administrators Group.
5. Start the QlikView 64-bit (x64) server setup and select Custom installation, select profiles. Then
select the Reload/Distribution Engine feature and install it on each node where Publisher is to
reside.
6. Enter the QlikView service account credentials.
7. Finish the setup and restart the system immediately.
18.6 Troubleshooting
If the log message “The network BIOS command limit has been reached” occurs in the debug cluster log, the
limit for long-term sessions in the registry has to be increased. Failure to do so may result in tasks not being
run.
Increase the following parameters in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\parameters\MaxCmds
and
HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\MaxMpxCt
Note! This issue only occurs on Windows Server 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. For more
information, see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/01/04/desktop-heap-overview.aspx and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810886.
For QlikView 10 and 11, the settings are available in the config.xml file on the server where the
QlikView Publisher service is installed:
l Windows Server 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\QlikTech\DistributionService
l Windows Server 2008 and later: C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\DistributionService on
Windows xxxx Server
19 OEM
19.1 General
The OEM feature prevents abuse of QlikView Servers sold under an Original Equipment Manufacturer
(OEM) license and protects the revenue streams of both the OEM products and the full QlikView product. In
addition, the feature helps avoid channel conflicts between QlikView OEM partners, QlikView reseller
partners, and QlikView direct account managers.
The OEM feature includes the following restrictions:
l A QlikView Server delivered to a customer by an OEM partner cannot run other QlikView
applications than the ones delivered by the OEM partner.
l A QlikView application delivered to a customer by an OEM partner cannot run on another QlikView
Server than the one delivered by the OEM partner.
20 DSP Interface
The reason for developing a proprietary Directory Service Provider (DSP) is to have QlikView distribute
documents to users in a directory service not supported by default, and to provide group resolution to the
web server.
20.1 DirectoryServiceProvider
DirectoryServiceProvider is the interface of the class that plugs into the framework. The members of the
interface are listed below.
Member Description
LogMessage LogMessageEvent { Directly after construction, this field is instantiated with a
set; get; } delegate that provides crude logging facilities.
IList<string>GetKnownRootPaths The returned list should contain one or more viable paths for
(); the methods listed here.
Member Description
void Dispose (); Called whenever a provider object is released.
IDSObject A simple interface for any type of node within the directory
service.
21 SNMP
QlikView provides SNMP agents for all services. However, the setting is off by default, since the
implementation is in its initial stages and subject to change. At the time of writing, reading operations from
the agents are enabled. The following messages are supported:
l GetRequest
l GetResponse
l GetNextRequest
All services answer the standard SNMP queries (see below).
Identifier Query Description
1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 sysDescr Description of service/product.
Example:
sysDescr.0:Qlikview Publisher
Commandcenterservice version 8.50.600
SNMPPort Sets the port to use for the particular Publisher service. See the default settings for
each service below.
SNMPsysContact Contact information for the person responsible for the managed node. The default
value is Unspecified System contact.
SNMPsysName An administratively assigned name for the managed node. By convention, this is the
fully qualified domain name of the node. If the name is unknown, the value is a zero-
length string. If left empty, it defaults to the current machine name. The default value
is Unspecified name.
SNMPsysLocation Physical location of the node (for example, “telephone closet, third floor”). The
default value is Unspecified location.
The default port settings for the services are listed below.
Service Default Port Setting
Management Service 4781
Directory Service Connector 4731
Distribution Service 4721 (default SNMP port)
QlikView Server 161
QlikView Web Server 4751
All ports can be configured. If the services are installed on different machines, they can all run on the same
port. The ports change as the implementation moves away from the experimental SNMP range and into the
range allotted by QlikTech.
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1 QDSTaskExecuteStatusEntry
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.1 QDSTaskID (task ID number)
Identifier Query
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.2 QDSTaskName (task name)
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.3 QDSTaskExecuteStatus (task status):
l Waiting
l Running
l Aborting
l Failed
l Warning
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.4 QDSTaskNextExecutionAt (when the task will be executed next)
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.5 QDSTaskLastExecutedAt (when the task was executed last)
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.6 QDSTaskCurrentWork (what the task is currently doing)
1.3.6.1.4.1.30764.1.2.2.1.1.7
For additional information on SNMP, see:
l RFC for SNMP: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1157.txt
l Wikipedia®: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol
22.1 General
A common problem today is how to deploy applications in a network environment where the users have
limited rights, and how to deploy applications for a specific group of users. This section briefly describes
how to deploy Microsoft Windows Installer (.msi) packages with group policies in an Active Directory
environment.
Note! Deployment of software with group policies is only supported by workstations running Windows XP
Professional, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and later.
The QlikView .msi packages require version 2.0 or higher of the Windows Installer service to be installed
on the destination workstations.
Advertising
To advertise means that the administrator gives the installation package permission to execute on an account
with locked down permissions.
When the package is advertised, there are so called “entry points” loaded onto the destination system. Entry
points are typically shortcuts, file associations, listing in the Add/Remove Programs dialog, and so on.
2. Open Active Directory Users and Computers and highlight the Organizational Unit (OU) where
the package is to be deployed.
Selecting Properties
Providing a name
5. Highlight the new group policy object and click Edit.
23 Certificate Trust
QlikView 11 Server uses certificates for authentication and authorization. A certificate provides trust
between servers (that is, machines).
This chapter describes how to deploy certificates on multiple servers.
23.1 Architecture
Certificates are used in a QlikView installation to authenticate and authorize communication between
services that reside on multiple servers. Configuring certificates in a multiple server deployment within
QlikView removes the dependency on a QlikView Administration Group for the establishment of trust
between the QlikView services. It also allows the use of certificates to build a trust domain between
QlikView services that are located in different domains without having to share an Active Directory (AD) or
other user directories.
Note! The configuration steps described in this chapter only provide a trust domain between the Qlikview
services. The use of SSL and certificates for securing end-user communication has to be configured
separately.
The architecture is based on the QlikView Management Service (QMS) acting as the certificate manager or
Certificate Authority (CA). The QMS can create and distribute certificates to all services in the QlikView
installation.
QMS is therefore an important part of the security solution and has to be managed from a secure location to
keep the certificate solution secure.
The root certificate for the installation is stored on the QMS server. All servers with QlikView services that
are to participate in the installation receive certificates signed using the root certificate when added to the
QMS. The QMS (that is, the CA) issues digital certificates that contain keys and the identity of the owner.
The private key is not made publicly available – it is kept secret by the QlikView services. The certificate
enables the QMS to validate the authenticity of the service. This means that the QMS is responsible for
saying “yes, this service deployed on this server is a service in my installation”.
After the servers have received certificates, the communication between the QlikView services is encrypted
using HTTPS (SSL encryption). The certificates only secure the communication between the services on the
servers. The certificates do not secure the communication with the end user (that is, the certificates are not
used for QlikView plugin, client, or web server communication with the QVS).
23.2 Requirements
General
The following requirements must be fulfilled for the certificate trust to function properly:
l Certificate trust cannot be partially implemented. It is either used by all services in the QlikView
installation or not at all.
l Certificate trust is only supported by Windows Server 2008 and later.
l If running QlikView 9/10 Server, upgrade to QlikView 11 Server.
l If it is an initial install of QlikView 11 Server, install and configure the QlikView services without
any modification. Prior to configuring the use of certificates, start and stop the services on the servers
(that is, machines) where the QlikView services are deployed.
l Section Access management must not be configured in environments where certificate trust is
configured.
In addition, the technical requirements described in the following sections also have to be fulfilled.
Communication Ports
A number of ports are used for service communication using certificate trust. For all services, except for
communication with the QVS, the web services protocol SOAP over SSL is used on the specified port. In
case of the QVS, QVPX is used as the protocol over SSL.
When using certificate trust for service communication, the servers require that the ports listed in the
following table can be opened and used for communication. If any QlikView communication passes through
a network firewall, the ports in the firewall must be opened and configured for the QlikView services.
Service Port
QlikView Distribution Service (QDS) (Publisher) 4720/TCP
Service Port
Directory Service Connector (DSC) 4730/TCP
QlikView Management Service (QMS) 4780/TCP
QlikView Webserver (QVWS)/IIS configuration 4750/TCP
QVS configuration 4749/TCP
QVP communication 4747/TCP
QMS (EDX calls) 4799/TCP
Firewall configuration changes might be necessary, depending on the location of the QlikView servers
within the resulting network and the routing of the QVS communication.
Access
To install the distributed certificates for the respective services, physical access to the console or remote
access to the console (for example, using remote desktop functionality) is needed.
23.3 Installation
Only install the QlikView services (components) needed on each server. Do not perform a full install on all
servers – use “custom install” and select only the services that will be active and executing on each server in
the QlikView configuration. To simplify the procedure, it is recommended to have the same Windows
Administrator on all servers in the QlikView configuration.
Configuring Certificates
Proceed as follows to configure the certificates for the remaining servers:
1. Stop the DSC, QDS, QVWS, and IIS services on the servers where they are located.
2. Open the <service>.exe.config file for each service in Notepad.
Service Default Path
DSC C:\Program Files\QlikView\Directory
ServiceConnector\QVDirectoryServiceConnector.exe.config
4. Save the file.
5. Right-click the file and select Run as administrator.
6. Start the QVS service.
1. Open the QlikView Management Console (QMC).
2. Add each service as a new service and then delete the existing service.
3. When adding a service, a popup window appears.
4. Access the server where the new service resides, either physically or by using a remote desktop
connection. Then open a web browser and enter the URL and port provided by the QMC popup
window.
5. On the resulting web page, enter the password provided the QMC popup window.
6. If successful, you receive the message below.
At this point, you can check to see if the certificates are properly set up on the servers that execute the
additional QlikView services by running the MMC from the Start menu. See Using Microsoft Management
Console.
4. Save the files.
5. Start the service. No additional popup window is displayed and you do not have to enter a password
for any additional QlikView services.
Note! All TCP ports (4720, 4730, 4747, 4749, 4750, 4780, and 4799) must be configured as “open”.
The figures above show properly installed certificates in a QlikView 11 Server configuration. Within the
MMC, all QlikView services on servers have certificates deployed as shown in the figures.
The uninstaller does not remove the certificates. This means the certificates have to be deleted manually, if
needed.
Type Custom User
Parameters CUSTOM\
Authentication tab
Selecting Authentication
3. Disable Windows Authentication and enable Anonymous Authentication.
Parameter Purpose
guid ID of the QlikView Distribution Service (QDS) where the task is defined.
taskNameOrId Task name or ID of the task in string format.
password Password (if required by the task).
variableName Variable name (if required by the task).
variableValues List of values for the variable.
The returned result contains information on whether the task was successfully started or not.
The example below shows how to trigger a task and wait until it has finished or until a certain amount of
time has passed.
The example comes from the QMS API documentation, which is installed as part of the QlikView
Management Console (QMC). It contains detailed information on the available methods and how to get
started with the QMS API.