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Generating On-Demand reports in QlikView AccessPoint

On-Demand reports are created in the Qlik NPrinting window in the QlikView AccessPoint interface. The Qlik NPrinting window also displays completed reports for download and reports in queue.

When you create an On-Demand report, the report is added to the report creation queue on the Qlik NPrinting Server. Once a report is complete, it is stored in the Qlik NPrinting repository, but can be downloaded in QlikView. Reports can be accessed from the Qlik NPrinting window in QlikView AccessPoint until deleted. Reports and reports in queue are automatically deleted from the Qlik NPrinting Server after 30 days. Failed reports are deleted after 6 days.

Information noteOn-Demand reports in Qlik Sense are created using the reporting control. See: Installing Qlik Sense On-Demand reporting control.

You can access all reports enabled for On-Demand on the Qlik NPrinting Server, prepared on the QlikView document you are using in QlikView AccessPoint.

Information noteYou should use a different Qlik NPrinting app on the Qlik NPrinting Server for each QlikView document. If you use one app for multiple documents, you will be able to see reports from other QlikView documents, but they will fail.
Information note

Access to On-Demand reporting is set via security roles and is applied at the app level. This limits access to On-Demand reports on an app-by-app basis.

Information noteOn-Demand requests only work with reports based on a single connection. MultiDoc reports are not supported.

Requirements

  • Qlik NPrinting On-Demand Add-on must be installed on the QlikView Server. See: Installing On-Demand Add-on on a Microsoft IIS hosted QlikView AccessPoint.
  • Qlik NPrinting administrator must assign On-Demand users a security role with On-Demand Create authorization.
  • Users creating On-Demand reports in QlikView must have their Windows Active Directory user account associated with their Qlik NPrinting web console user account.

    Creating users.

  • Users creating On-Demand reports in QlikView must have a domain and user associated to their Qlik NPrinting web console user account that matches the domain and user of their QlikView Server Windows Active Directory user account.
  • Users working on a QlikView Server or Cluster with a QV Server Extranet License must be correctly configured with an Identity, and must be logged into both Qlik NPrinting and QlikView AccessPoint. Otherwise, bookmarks will not be available.
  • Applying section access and current selections present in the QlikView document is supported.
  • On-Demand sessions appear in the QVS Statistics tab of the QlikView Server, but do not count against session CAL totals.

  • On-Demand will not work with locally saved .qvw files. Files must be available on a QlikView Publisher (QVP) connection.

Accepting the Qlik NPrinting web console certificate

The default installation certificate for Qlik NPrinting web console may be registered as invalid by your browser. If your browser registers the Qlik NPrinting web console certificate as invalid, you must accept the certificate before you can use On-Demand in QlikView AccessPoint or Qlik Sense.

Information note

If you switch to a different browser or clear your browser’s cache, you will have to re-accept the Qlik NPrinting certificate. On-Demand works in Chrome, Firefox, and Explorer. It does not run in Microsoft Edge, because the certificates will not download.

Do the following:

  1. Open the Qlik NPrinting web console.
  2. Depending on your browser, do one of the following:
    • Choose to continue to the Qlik NPrinting web console.
    • Add a security exception and continue to the Qlik NPrinting web console.
  3. Log into your Qlik NPrinting web console.

You can now use Qlik NPrintingOn-Demand using this browser.

Creating a Qlik NPrinting report in QlikView

Do the following:

  1. In the QlikView AccessPoint interface, click the On-Demand button in the toolbar.

    The Qlik NPrinting window opens.

  2. Click Create a report.
  3. Click a report to select the Qlik NPrinting report template that you want to use.
  4. Select an export format for the report.

    Any QlikView Server selections you have made will be applied to your report output. For example, if you set a filter to only show sales in a certain region, only that region's data will appear.

  5. Click Generate report.

The report status will be listed as In queue. When the report is complete, you can download a copy to your computer. You can cancel a report while it is In queue.

Your report may have object or report filters in Qlik NPrinting Server. These filters are also applied to your On-Demand report, in addition to the filters in the QlikView document.

Downloading an On-Demand report

Do the following:

  1. In the Qlik NPrinting window, click the report you want to download.
  2. Click Download.

Deleting and canceling reports in queue

Finished reports can be deleted. Deleting a report removes it from the available reports to download in On-Demand. Reports in queue can be canceled.

Deleting an On-Demand report

Do the following:

  1. In the Qlik NPrinting window, click the report you want to delete.
  2. Click Delete.

Canceling a single report in queue

Do the following:

  1. In the Qlik NPrinting window, click the report you want to cancel.
  2. Click the X button.
  3. Click Abort task.

Canceling all reports in queue

Do the following:

  1. In the Qlik NPrinting window, click Abort all.
  2. Click Abort all tasks.

Administrators with access to the Qlik NPrinting web console can manage On-Demand report requests from all users. See: Managing On-Demand requests.

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