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General

On the General tab, the basic settings and parameters of the current task can be managed. The categories for a document can be assigned, created, edited, and deleted. A category bundles documents in containers, to make categorization easier for the end-user. The categories are only visible to the end-user on the QlikView AccessPoint. Each document can only be part of one category.

Basics

Enabled

To enable the task, tick this check box. To disable the task, untick this check box.

Task Name

To edit the name of the task, enter the preferred name in this text box.

Information noteThe Task Name must be unique; if it is not, a suffix number will be added to make it unique. For example, 'MyTask' will become 'MyTask (2)'.

Select Category

To assign a category to a supporting task, select one of the available categories, presented in the drop-down list.

Default value: Default.

Or Type a New Category

To create a category, enter a descriptive name in this text box. The new category will be available in the Select Category drop-down list.

Information noteCategories can be reassigned, but cannot be deleted.

Task Description

To edit the description of the task, enter the preferred description in this text box.

Parameters

User Name

User name used for the connection string.

Password

Password used for the connection string. In this field the password is hidden to avoid displaying it in clear text.

Connection String

The connection string that will be used for connecting to the database. To edit the connection string, enter the preferred statement in this text box.

Information noteUse they keyword {user} and {pwd} in the connection string to insert the user name and password.

Database Command

The database command statement that will be executed. This can be any command that the database will recognize (Stored Procedures or SQL statements). To edit the database command, enter the preferred statement in this text box.

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