What’s new in Qlik Sense 2.1?
Here are some of the highlights of the new and updated features in the release of Qlik Sense 2.1:
Qlik Dev Hub replaces Qlik Sense Workbench |
Qlik Dev Hub replaces Qlik Sense Workbench. |
Various API updates | Capability APIs replace Mashup APIs. Navigation API and Table API introduced. Updates to Variable API. |
Building server tools | Various updates to Qlik Sense Repository Service API. |
Building clients | Qlik Engine API: improved usability of variables. |
Creating .NET applications |
The Qlik Sense .NET SDK is now publicly available on NuGet. Collaborative code samples provided in Qlik branch. |
Updates and new features are divided into the following sections:
Building visualization extensions and mashups
Qlik Dev Hub
Qlik Dev Hub replaces Qlik Sense Workbench
Qlik Dev Hub replaces Qlik Sense Workbench.
See: Qlik Dev Hub
New UI layout for code editors
The Extension editor, the Mashup editor, the Single configurator have had their UIs updated. The Protocol tester has been renamed to Engine API explorer.
See: Qlik Dev Hub tools
Building visualization extensions
New visualization tutorials
Two new tutorials have been added for building visualization extensions: Working with data (Hello-Data) and Using AngularJS in visualization extensions (Hello-AngularJS).
See: Working with data
See: Using AngularJS in extensions
See: Hello AngularJS
APIs
Capability APIs replace Mashup APIs
The term Capability API is introduced with Qlik Sense 2.1. Some of the Capability APIs were available before this version, published under the name Mashup API.
See: Capability APIs
Navigation API
Navigation API for Qlik Sense. The Navigation API allows navigation within a Qlik Sense app and is meant to be used in visualization extensions and will not work in Mashup scenarios.
See: Navigation API
Table API
The Table API allows developers to work with tabular data returned from the Qlik engine without needing to have expert knowledge of internal constructs, such as a hypercube.
See: Table API
Variable API updates
The following methods have been added to the Variable API: createSessionVariable method, get method, getByName method, setNumValue method, and setStringValue method.
The following method has been deprecated: setContent method.
See: Variable API
Building server tools
Qlik Sense Repository Service API
Content library: Upload file
The endpoint is no longer restricted to the central node in a Qlik Sense site.
Content library: Delete content
The endpoint is no longer restricted to the central node in a Qlik Sense site.
Building clients
Qlik Engine API
Create, edit and remove generic variables
Work on variables has been performed in order to make it more consistent with the other types of objects.
New methods:
See: App class
Deprecated methods:
See: Variable class
See: App class
Detailed list of new and deprecated methods:
See: Version history
Content libraries
Content libraries can be retrieved from the Qlik Sense repository or from the disk, depending on the Qlik Sense installation.
New name for the protocol tester
The protocol tester is renamed engine API explorer.
Creating .NET applications
Qlik Sense .NET SDK
NuGet
The Qlik Sense .NET SDK is now publicly available on NuGet.
Collaborative code samples
Qlik branch is a collaborative portal where users can share code samples. They are provided on as is basis, without any guarantees that they will work in all system configurations or future software releases. An example of such sample code is the QlikSenseScriptObfuscator.
Qlik Sense .NET SDK code samples
The purpose of the sample code provided by Qlik is to demonstrate capabilities and use cases of the API. They are provided on an as-is basis, without any guarantees that they will work in all system configurations and future software releases.
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Abstract structure
The purpose of this sample is to provide a feature that makes it possible for the user to state explicitly and dynamically how to interpret a JSON object in the form of a C# class.
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App traverser
The purpose of this sample is to see what visualizations an app contains by traversing it.
See: Abstract structure
See: App traverser
Signed DLL:s
The Qlik Sense .NET SDK DLL:s are signed from version 2.1
History - What's new since Qlik Sense 1.0?
This PDF contains a all the news and updates since the first release of Qlik Sense.
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