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Managing generic links

If you are a tenant or analytics admin, you can create and edit generic links from the hub or the Management Console.

For generic links in the hub, see Adding links. The following procedures describe how to create, edit, and delete generic links in the Management Console. You can either create a single link or upload a CSV file with one or more links.

Information note

Qlik Cloud only supports UTF-8 encoding for generic link CSV files.

In the Management Console, generic links are administered on the Generic links page.

Generic links overview

Generic links offer an easy way to make external resources available in the cloud. For example, if you have a multi-cloud deployment consisting of QlikView or Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows in combination with Qlik Cloud, you can use links to offer access to on-premises apps available in the cloud.

A tenant admin or analytics admin can add generic links from the hub, see Adding links, and from the Management Console. Additionally, users can add links from the hub to spaces where they have the Owner or Can manage role. A link can only be added to one space at a time.

You can upload a CSV file to add several links at the same time.

The properties described below are present.

Properties for generic links
Property Description
Name Name of the app.

This field is required when uploading a CSV file.
URL URL to the app.

This field is required when uploading a CSV file.
Space Name of the space where the app is added.
Description Description of the app.

Creating a single generic link

Do the following:

  1. In the Management Console, open the Generic links section.

  2. In the top right corner, click Create new.

  3. To add an image to the link, drag and drop an image file or click Browse and navigate to the file.

  4. Under Name, enter the name for the link.

  5. Under Link URL, add the URL.

  6. Under Space, select the destination space for the link.

  7. Under Description, optionally enter a description of the link.

  8. Under Tags, optionally add tags for the link.

  9. Click Create.

Editing a generic link

Do the following:

  1. In the Management Console, open the Generic links section.

  2. To the far right on the row you want to edit, click ... and select Edit.

  3. Make your edits.

Information noteTo edit multiple links, select the check boxes for the links to delete and click Edit.

Uploading a CSV file with one or several generic links

Do the following:

  1. In the Management Console, open the Generic links section.

  2. In the top right corner, click Upload CSV file and add your CSV file.

    Name and URL are required fields and must be present in the CSV file.

Deleting a generic link

Do the following:

  1. In the Management Console, open the Generic links section.

  2. To the far right on the row you want to edit, click ... and select Delete.

Information noteTo delete multiple links, select the check boxes for the links to delete and click Delete.

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