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System requirements for Qlik Sense Enterprise

This section lists the requirements that must be fulfilled by the target system in order to successfully install and run Qlik Sense.

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows requirements
Item Requirements
Platforms
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022

For development and testing purposes only:

  • Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit version only)
  • Microsoft Windows 11
Information noteThese operating systems are supported by Qlik Sense. Third-party software may require service packs to be installed.
Processors (CPUs)

Multi-core x64 compatible processors

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) support

We recommend that you use at least 4 cores per node in a Qlik Analytics Platform deployment.

Memory

8 GB minimum (depending on data volumes, more may be required)

Qlik Sense is an in-memory analysis technology. The memory requirements for the Qlik Sense products are directly related to the amount of data being analyzed.

Disk space 5.0 GB total required to install
Disk share SMB or NFS
Storage
  • A network file share is required for the storage to be accessible by all servers in the site. In case of a single-server deployment, local disk storage may be sufficient.
  • Sufficient storage is required for the volume of apps and content used in the deployment.
Information noteConsider periodically running network file share performance tests on Qlik Sense using WinShare and FreeNAS with SMB 3.0. For more information about network file share solutions, contact your IT team for support.
Security
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft Windows Integrated Authentication
  • Third-party security
WebSockets Web browsers and infrastructure components (such as proxies and routers) must support WebSockets.
.NET framework

4.8

PowerShell

4.0 or higher

Information noteWhen installing or upgrading Qlik Sense Enterprise Client-Managed, several unsigned PowerShell scripts are executed. If your company has a policy only allowing the execution of signed scripts, you will have to bypass this policy during installation or upgrade. See Set-ExecutionPolicy for more information on the PowerShell execution policy.

Repository database

PostgreSQL:

  • 14.x (not included in the installer)

  • 13.x (not included in the installer)
  • 12.x (included in the installer)

  • 11.x (not included in the installer)

  • 9.6x (for upgrade scenarios from previous versions only, not supported after May 2023)

Information noteIf you originally installed Qlik Sense before May 2021, upgrading Qlik Sense from such a version will not upgrade the bundled PostgreSQL database. You must manually upgrade the bundled PostgreSQL database running on the 9.6 version to a newer version.
You can use the Qlik PostgreSQL Installer to upgrade your bundled PostgreSQL database from 9.6 to the 12.5 version. For more information, see: Installing or upgrading PostgreSQL using the Qlik PostgreSQL Installer.

PostgreSQL is included in the Qlik Sense setup by default. However, you can also download and install it manually. The PostgreSQL installer will automatically install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64), which is required with PostgreSQL 12.x.

Information noteThe version of PostgreSQL 12.x installed with Qlik Sense does not include pgAdmin tools. You can download and install them manually if required.

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system. It is released under the PostgreSQL license, which is a free and open source software license.

Internet protocol
  • IPv4
  • IPv6
  • Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6)
Network The configured hostname must resolve to an IP address on the host machine.
Qlik Management Console (QMC), supported browsers

The following browsers are supported for accessing the QMC.

Supported Microsoft Windows browsers:

  • Microsoft Edge
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox (requires hardware acceleration, not supported in virtual environments)

CefSharp embedded browser v55 or later (CefSharp allows you to embed the Chromium open source browser inside .Net apps)

Supported Apple Mac OS browsers:

  • Apple Safari (the last 3 major versions)
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox (requires hardware acceleration, not supported in virtual environments)
QMC, minimum screen resolution

Desktops, laptops, and Apple Mac: 1024x768

No mobile or small screen support.

QlikView compatibility

It is not possible to install Qlik Sense on a machine with QlikView Server already installed.

Insight Advisor Chat

Natural Language Processing (NLP) support for Insight Advisor requires a CPU that supports Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instructions. To find out if your CPU supports AVX, download Coreinfo v3.5 from Microsoft to view your CPU and memory topology.

Coreinfo v3.5 - Dump information on system CPU and memory topology Copyright (C) 2008-2020 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com ... Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13, GenuineIntel Microcode signature: 000000CA HTT * Hyperthreading enabled HYPERVISOR * Hypervisor is present ... AES * Supports AES extensions AVX * Supports AVX instruction extensions FMA * Supports FMA extensions using YMM state ... Logical Processor to Group Map: ************ Group 0
Information noteWe do not recommend that you install Qlik Sense on domain controller machines, as group policies may prevent Qlik Sense from getting access to required services.
Information noteLicense activations request access to the Qlik Licensing Service. Open port 443 and allow outbound calls to license.qlikcloud.com.

Use of a proxy is supported. For more information about setting up a proxy service in Windows, see Configuring a proxy for Qlik Licensing Service communication in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS

Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS requirements
Maximum app size (in memory)

5 GB

Information note

To monitor your in-memory app size and memory usage over time, use the App Analyzer for Qlik SaaS.

  • This app is provided as-is and is not supported by Qlik Support.

  • Always use the latest version of the app.

  • Qlik does not collect any information when using the App Analyzer for Qlik SaaS.

You can add expanded apps or dedicated capacity for your apps. For more information, see Expanded apps and dedicated capacity.

Total cloud storage *Unlimited
Maximum concurrent reloads *Unlimited
Maximum reloads per day *Unlimited
WebSockets Web browsers and infrastructure components (such as proxies and routers) must support WebSockets.
Information note* Subject to restrictions described in the Qlik Sense License Metrics. You can find this document at Qlik Product Terms.
Information noteWhen distributing to Qlik Sense SaaS, your Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows deployment must be either the current version or one of the previous two releases (starting from the June 2018 release).

Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed

Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed client managed requirements
Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed client managed device compatibility
  • 64-bit CPU architecture (ARM)
  • RAM: 2 GB or more (Dependent on data size)
  • Screen size: 720x1280 HDPI (267) or better
Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed client managed compatibility with Qlik Sense Qlik Sense February 2020 and later releases
Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed client managed Apple support
  • iOS 14 or later
  • iPadOS 14 or later
Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed client managed Android support

Android 10 or later

Qlik Sense Desktop

To successfully install and run Qlik Sense Desktop, the requirements listed in this section must be fulfilled.

Qlik Sense Desktop requirements
Operating system

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit version only)

Microsoft Windows 11

Processors (CPUs)

Intel Core 2 Duo or higher recommended.

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) support.

Memory

4 GB minimum (depending on data volumes, more may be required).

Information noteQlik Sense uses an in-memory analysis technology. The memory requirements are directly related to the amount of data being analyzed.
Disk space 5.0 GB total required to install
.NET framework

4.8 or higher

Security Local admin privileges needed to install.
Minimum screen resolution
  • Desktops, laptops and tablets: 1024x768
  • Small screens: 320x568
Browser support
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
Tip note

By default, Qlik Sense Desktop runs in a window of its own. But you can also open it in a web browser.

For more information, see Starting Qlik Sense Desktop.

Warning noteMozilla Firefox requires hardware acceleration, not supported in virtual environments.

Qlik DataTransfer

Qlik DataTransfer requirements
Platforms
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022

For development and testing purposes only:

  • Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit version only)
Information noteThese operating systems are supported by Qlik Sense. Third-party software may require service packs to be installed.
Processors (CPUs)

Multi-core x64 compatible processors. We recommend a minimum of 4 cores.

Memory

8 GB minimum

The memory requirements for the Qlik Sense products are directly related to the amount of data being analyzed.

Disk space 2 GB minimum
Storage

Sufficient storage is required for the volume of apps and content used in the deployment.

PowerShell 5.1 or higher
TLS 1.2

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