Update Application Scripts

The Update Application Scripts step retrieves all applications from the plan and updates their load scripts in the Qlik Cloud tenant. This includes automated adjustments to data connections and optional custom script modifications.

Prerequisite steps

• Import Applications

Step details

• Retrieval method:
  Applications are located using their unique app description, generated during the Import Applications step.

• Backup:
  Before any updates are made, a full backup of each application's existing script is created and saved in: Qlik Analytics Migration Tool\Migration Projects\<PROJECT>\App Backups

• Script transformation:
  Updates are applied to each script based on:

  • Data Connections defined in the plan:
    Legacy Qlik Sense Client-Managed connection strings are replaced with their Qlik Cloud equivalents.
  • Search & Replace Sheet of the plan:
    Custom expressions are applied to substitute specific text patterns within the script.

• Validation:
  No reload is performed in this step—only structural updates to the script content. Reloading is handled separately via the Reload Applications step.

Notes

• Use this step when migrating apps with scripts dependent on legacy connection formats or environments.
• Ensure that all necessary data connections exist in the target Qlik Cloud environment before updating scripts.

Related steps

• Import Applications
• Reload Applications