What's new in Qlik Sense May 2025

Native JSON Support for Qlik Sense

Qlik Sense now supports direct native loading and parsing of JSON data files without the REST connector, enabling easier, more flexible, and complex JSON data handling for use cases including IoT data ingestion, modern web applications, and more.

Key capabilities include:

• Direct JSON file loading: Supports loading .json files directly into Qlik Sense without additional connectors, and interrogation of JSON within a single field, for example out of a database.

• Wildcard and multi-file loading: Use wildcard loading to combine multiple JSON files, even if file structures differ.

• Dynamic model creation: Qlik Sense will dynamically model and accommodate all data found across source files.

• Field selection options: Load specific fields or all fields from JSON arrays with field selection parameters.

• Large file support: Enables loading of large, complex JSON files.

• Enhanced data load wizard: Improved user interface for JSON loading with wizard-driven steps to simplify setup.

• Catalog profiling support: JSON files are now supported in Qlik Cloud datafiles, and in the Qlik Cloud catalog for data profiling and management.

Working with JSON files

Custom logos in apps and revised media library

Users can now add custom logos to the app navigation bar in their analytic apps. Additionally, the media library in apps has been updated with a new look and feel.

Styling an app

Map chart selection styling

In our relentless pursuit to expand styling capabilities, Qlik has added the ability to change the outline color of selections in the map chart. You can now pick your own custom color instead of the default color, enhancing the styling of your geographic apps and maps.

Map charts

Map chart WMS improvements

The background layer WMS in the map chart is getting better support for Basic Authentication, a common way to protected WMS services. The WMS setup is now easier to use with dedicated fields for user credentials.

Adding a WMS background layer

New toolbar customization settings

As requested by customers, you can now add shortcut buttons to Sheets and Bookmarks in the toolbars of your analytic apps. These buttons open the assets panel to either Sheets or Bookmarks. You can add these buttons from UI settings in your app settings.

Styling an app

Sheets and bookmarks accessible directly in app toolbar

Sheets and Bookmarks have been re-added as items in the default configuration of the app toolbar. This setting can be configured by opening the app settings, and selecting UI settings.

Styling an app

Tab container

The new tab container is an improvement the old container object with a new name and styling settings for labels, tabs and icons. Key features include:

• Label font styling: Family, size, color, alignment.

• Label icon size, color and alignment.

• Tab background, selected, and hover color settings. Color by fixed colors or by expression.

• Styling for labels, tabs and icons, both for the whole container and per tab.

• Support for label width by pixel or percent.

• Support for longer labels.

• Settings for vertical or horizontal tabs.

• Improved menu experience.

Tab container

Text object improvements

The Text object in the Dashboard bundle has been refined:

• You can convert several rows of lines to bullets.

• Measures are highlighted when you edit properties.

• Hover and Details are not off by default.

• The maximum number of measures in the Text object has increased from 10 measures to 100 measures.

Text

Customize visualization menus

Today we're releasing settings to configure the right click menu. As an app developer I can now decide which actions should be available in the context menu by modifying the UI settings in the app settings.

Hiding items in visualization menus

Video - Hiding items in visualization menus

Butterfly chart

The bar chart has a new presentation option in addition to Grouped and Stacked: Butterfly. The butterfly chart, sometimes also called tornado chart, is an awesome way to compare two measures across a dimension.

Bar chart

Video - Butterfly chart

Manually add points and lines to line charts

The line chart is getting options to add points and lines to add perspective, like highlighting specific values or showing trends by connecting points with lines. Adding context to a graph is a great way to increase usability and data understanding.

Line chart

Manually add points and lines to line charts

Straight table improvements

The following improvements are now available for the straight table in the Visualization bundle:

• The new straight table gets support for mini charts. Add a second dimension and display the measure with sparklines, bars, or dots. Perfect for showing the trends and providing more context to make the measure more comprehensible.

• The new straight table is getting settings for how null values should be represented and also a setting for hiding the header if you want.

• Zebra stripes: Add options to color alternating rows via Styling panel.

• Chart exploration in the new straight table is now supported in layout container and the new tab container. The new straight table also gets word wrap of headers and content.

• The new straight table in the bundle is getting indicators. Add icons and colors based on thresholds, quick and easy on any measure.

• More support for cyclic dimensions in the new straight table. Column now includes a dropdown for quick access of cyclic group fields.

Straight table (Visualization bundle)

Pivot table improvements

The following improvements are now available for the pivot table in the Visualization bundle:

• The new pivot table gets range selection.

• The new pivot table in the bundle gets another presentation mode: choose indent row dimensions for a more compact view. Indent rows are intended for text hence images and links are not supported.

• The new pivot table in the bundle has got new functions for expanding and collapsing levels. The end user can now expand and collapse the whole table directly in view mode. It's also possible to right click on a single dimension and expand one specific dimension, a feature much wanted by our user community. Additionally, the chart now supports right-to-left reading order when activated in the app settings.

• More support for cyclic dimensions in the new pivot table. Column now includes a dropdown for quick access of cyclic group fields.

Pivot table (Visualization bundle)

Layout container improvements

The layout container is now supported in custom tooltips.

Holding shift while resizing the layout container will keep charts in same place and size.

Scatter plot improvements

Scatter plot gets options for bubble outline color and support for reference lines with slope.

Scatter plot

Improvements to the navigation menu

The very popular custom menu is getting updates based on customer feedback:

• Hover menu is off by default

• Sheet title expression now used if present

• Drawer panel option to place to the right

• Separate items mode, now with more space, border, shadow and divider options

• Padding and margin adjustments

• Icon and group symbols use label color

Navigation menu

Multi KPI sunset

The old Multi KPI will be retired. Consider replacing the object with other charts. If you haven't already, please explore all the new app, sheet, and chart styling settings. Do also make use of the Layout container and the Navigation menu when replacing the functionality.

Multi KPI chart

Removal of deprecated objects

It's time to remove deprecated charts from the bundles. The following charts have not been available in the asset panel for a long time. If you are still using them, please upgrade to new and better functionality. See the help section for pointers to replacement. The charts will be removed from the Qlik Analytics distribution in May 2026.

• Bar & area

• Bullet chart (old one)

• Heatmap chart

• Button for navigation

• Share button

• Show/hide container

• Tabbed container

Visualization bundle

Dashboard bundle