Subscriptions
- 23 Aug 2024
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Subscriptions
- Updated on 23 Aug 2024
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General
Subscriptions can be used to distribute report documents to a User on a regular basis.
NOTE
You can achieve the same functionality using Tasks. Subscriptions, however, are simpler to set up and can optionally be managed by Users themselves through the Hub or the Qlik Sense Extension.
Managing Subscriptions
Subscriptions can be managed in the following ways:
- Logon to the Management Service and click Subscriptions in the menu. You can then manage subscriptions for any User.
- Logon to the Hub ; if the User has the required Authorization, the menu item Subscriptions can be clicked to manage subscriptions.
- Manage Subscriptions through the Qlik Sense Extension.
Subscribing to a Report
This type of subscription can be used to subscribe to a Report. The following properties are available:
Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the subscription. |
| User | The User to which the created report document will be distributed. |
| Report | The Report from which the report document shall be created. |
| File Type | The file type in which the report document shall be created. The available file types depend on the Report from which the report document shall be created. |
| Parameter Values | A list of parameter values you can supply to the report Parameters. Parameter values can only be supplied if the report has at least one parameter. |
| Add To Library | When enabled, the created report document will be added to the Library of the User. |
| Send By E-Mail | When enabled, the created report document will be sent to the e-mail address of the User. This property is only available if the user has an e-mail address. |
| File Type Settings | Some file types support File Type Settings (e.g. a password with which to protect the report document if it is created as Adobe PDF Document) which can be specified. |
| Execution Plan | The Execution Plan that determines how often the subscription will create a report document. |
Subscribing to a Datasource Object
This type of subscription can be used to subscribe to a single Datasource
object.
Example: In this case the report document will be created from a single Datasource
object, such as a bar chart, a pivot table, or any other supported visualization.
The following properties are available:
Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the subscription. |
| User | The User to which the created report document will be distributed. |
| Datasource Object | The Datasource object (e.g. a bar chart or other visualization) from which the report document shall be created. |
| Document Title | An Expression that needs to return a string that contains the title to assign to the created report document. The document title is displayed in the Hub Library. |
| File Type | The file type in which the report document shall be created. The available file types depend on the Datasource object from which the report document shall be created. |
| Export As Table | If you select this option, the actual data behind the visualization will be contained in the report document rather than the graphical representation; in that case, not all file types are available. |
| Page Size | The page size with which the report document shall be created; this property is only applicable for file types that support page layouting (e.g. Microsoft Word Documents). |
| Page Orientation | The page orientation with which the report document shall be created; this property is only applicable for file types that support page layouting (e.g. Microsoft Word Documents). |
| File Type Settings | Some file types support File Type Settings (e.g. a password with which to protect the report document if it is created as Adobe PDF Document) which can be specified. |
| Filters | An optional list of one or more filters that will be applied before the report document is created. Every filter has a Field property that contains the Datasource field to be filtered and one or more Values to which the filter shall be set. If a filter value starts with an equals sign (=) you can use an expression native to the type of Datasource from which the object is extracted (e.g. if you extract an object from a Qlik Sense Datasource , you can use the filter value =year(today()) to filter to the current year). |
| Execution Plan | The Execution Plan that determines how often the subscription will create a report document. |
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