Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Apr 7, 2022

A no-compromise Qlik Sense backup solution, part 1

Over the years there has been numerous discussion in the Qlik community about how to best back up a client-managed Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows system (QSEoW). The backup and data security policies of different organisations of course differs, but if we focus on the Qlik Sense side of things…

Qlik

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Qlik

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Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Apr 7, 2022

Can’t find that Qlik Sense log file from last week?

Butler 7.2 to the rescue! Yep, a new version of your friendly Qlik Sense helper has been released. Buter 7.2 adds a few really nice features: Standalone, pre-built binaries for Windows, macOS and Linux. No more installing Node.js first — just download Butler and run. …

Qlik Sense

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Qlik Sense

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Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Jul 6, 2021

CI/CD with Qlik Sense, GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners

In spite of Qlik Sense having great APIs, little has over the years been done around continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) of Sense apps. It’s not that CI/CD is a bad idea — rather the opposite. These days it’s probably the closest thing to a standard way-of-working there is. I wrote about…

Qlik

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Qlik

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Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Jul 4, 2021

Qlik Sense sheet icons made easy

If you develop Qlik Sense applications you’ve been there: Manually creating screen shots and then manually uploading them to a content library, and finally manually assigning them as sheet icons. Fun? Not really. But it makes the lives of our end users easier, so we do it. I’ve had this…

Senseops

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Senseops

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Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Feb 24, 2021

Butler 5.0 is out — Extra mega super deluxe reload alerts for Qlik Sense

…and yes — Butler is still open source. The step from 4.x to 5.0 indicates this is a major release. Very much so in fact. The main focus of the new version is on reload alerts. Rich email alerts were introduced in Butler 4.2, …

Qlik

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Qlik

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Jan 20, 2021

Butler Auth 1.0 now available — strong authentication for Qlik Sense!

After thinking about the concept for a few years and actively working on it for six months, it’s time for the first public release. The Butler family of open source DevOps tools for Qlik Sense Enterprise has a new member: Butler Auth Always open source Butler Auth is of course open source. The…

Qlik Sense

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Qlik Sense

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Nov 16, 2020

Butler 4.2 for Qlik Sense is out! — Ptarmigan Labs

Butler 4.2 brings alerting superpowers to Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. This version of Butler might actually bring you the most flexible and powerful alert emails ever for Qlik Sense. Layout and contents of the emails are configurable, script logs included in the email and more. Find all details at butler.ptarmiganlabs.com. Originally published at https://ptarmiganlabs.com on November 16, 2020.

Qlik

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Qlik

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Butler 4.2 for Qlik Sense is out! — Ptarmigan Labs

Butler 4.2 brings alerting superpowers to Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

This version of Butler might actually bring you the most flexible and powerful alert emails ever for Qlik Sense.

Layout and contents of the emails are configurable, script logs included in the email and more.

Find all details at butler.ptarmiganlabs.com.

Originally published at https://ptarmiganlabs.com on November 16, 2020.

Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Oct 21, 2020

Butler 4.0 for Qlik Sense is out!

Butler adds various features to Qlik Sense Enterprise (the Windows server version), making it easier to develop, maintain and operate Qlik Sense environments and apps. Butler is open source software. Full docs, getting started guide available at butler.ptarmiganlabs.com. A powerful task scheduler. Think Cron for Qlik Sense tasks. Need to…

Senseops

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Senseops

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Butler 4.0 for Qlik Sense is out!

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Butler adds various features to Qlik Sense Enterprise (the Windows server version), making it easier to develop, maintain and operate Qlik Sense environments and apps.

Butler is open source software.

Full docs, getting started guide available at butler.ptarmiganlabs.com.

A powerful task scheduler. Think Cron for Qlik Sense tasks.
Need to…

Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Oct 18, 2020

Post messages to Microsoft Teams from Qlik Sense

The Corona pandemic made lots of people start working from home and the importance of instant messaging apps has increased quite dramatically since. As a result more people are logged into Slack, Microsoft Teams and similar tools. …

Qlik Sense

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Qlik Sense

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Published in Ptarmigan Labs

·Sep 16, 2020

Superpowers to Qlik Sense Enterprise, part 2: Free https certificates from Let’s Encrypt

Security is important — period. Usability of web based systems is off course important, but so is security. In the previous (first) article in this series we looked at how the Traefik reverse proxy can be used set up end user friendly URLs for Qlik Sense Enterprise (QSE) environments, while…

Https

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