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Welcome to the help for Qlik Sense developers

The Qlik Sense platform exposes a rich set of APIs and SDKs that allow you to extend and customize Qlik Sense.

Building extensions with Qlik Sense Workbench

The Qlik Sense Workbench is a development toolbox for building solutions with Qlik Sense. It includes JavaScript API libraries used for building Qlik Sense visualizations or for building mashup websites with Qlik Sense content.

Information noteIf you want to make use of Qlik Sense Workbench, you need to have Qlik Sense Desktop installed.

Building server tools

Lets you manage all data and configuration information for your site.

Lets you manage site authentication, session handling, and load balancing.

Provides functionality for importing users and groups from external sources.

Building clients

Provides access to the Qlik Sense engine that enables you to build a client outside a web browser (for example in .NET or Java) and for extending the functionality of a web browser.

Creating custom connectors

Enables you to create connectors to custom data sources that import data in the Qlik data eXchange (QVX) format.

Follow these steps to create your own customized connector.

Creating .NET applications

Enables you to connect to a Qlik Sense engine and use the .NET framework API to build a Qlik Sense app from scratch or to embed Qlik Sense objects in client applications.

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