Qlik Sense Lineage Connector

To enable Bigeye to connect to Qlik Sense and retrieve data lineage, you will need to create a user and prep your configuration parameters.

1. Create a Qlik Sense User

Create a new user, for example:
- Username: bigeye_lineage_user
Give the user the Audit Admin role
- Role: Audit Admin
- This role will enable read access to all apps on the server for the user.
Note the user directory. This is the domain or user directory associated with the user. You will leave this blank if you are using the Desktop version.

2. Understand Apps

Qlik apps are task-specific, purpose-built applications that contain data loaded from data sources that is interpreted through visualizations. One app can consist of one or more sheets containing visualizations.

3. Pull Configuration Details

Pull your configuration details based on the configuration parameters below. You will need these to set up your connection.

Configuration Parameters

The following fields can be configured:

Parameter	Example Value	Description
Qlik Sense hostname	localhost	The hostname of the engine URL.
Qlik Sense port	4848	The port of the engine URL.
User Name	bigeye_lineage_user	The user we are attempting to connect with. Leave blank/commented out if connecting to the Desktop version. The user should have the 'Audit Admin' role to enable read access to all Apps on the server.
Qlik Sense user directory	DAG	The domain/user directory of the user. Leave blank/commented out if connecting to the Desktop version.
Qlik Sense Enterprise	TRUE	The default value is true. If set to false, We scan the Qlik Sense Desktop file system.
Qlik Sense log location	C:\Bigeye\resources\Qliksense\ex	The location of the Qlik Sense script log files to be analyzed, if any.
Load Apps	only_published	Flag to indicate whether to extract published, unpublished or both types of reports. Permitted values are: only_published both
Include Apps	App1,App2	A comma delimited list of Qlik Sense apps to include in the snapshot. Note that no spaces should follow the comma separators. Specify '' only to extract all apps. Wildcards are supported. Use '?' for single character wildcard Use '' for multi character wildcard Use '' for escaping Note that all app names are CASE SENSITIVE.
Exclude Apps	*_backup	A comma delimited list of Qlik Sense apps to include in the snapshot. Note that no spaces should follow the comma separators. Wildcards are supported. Use '?' for single character wildcard Use '*' for multi character wildcard Use '' for escaping Note that all app names are CASE SENSITIVE.

Summary of Steps

Create a user (e.g., bigeye_lineage_user).
Give the user the Audit Admin role
Prep your configuration

Updated about 5 hours ago