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Troubleshooting - Creating applications

This section describes problems that can occur when creating applications and visualizations in Qlik Sense.

Images are not included in an application that has been moved from one Qlik Sense environment to another

Possible cause  

You have created an application in Qlik Sense and moved the application to another Qlik Sense environment.

When you move applications between Qlik Sense environments, images may not have been moved automatically. The images have to be handled manually, in different ways depending on between which environments the application has been moved.

Proposed action  

Import the images from the Qlik Sense environment where the application was created to the target location using the Qlik Management Console.

For more information, see Manage Qlik Sense sites: Uploading objects to content libraries.

Images are not included in an application that has been imported from Qlik Sense Desktop to Qlik Sense

Possible cause  

You have created an application in Qlik Sense Desktop and imported the application to Qlik Sense.

When you move applications between Qlik Sense environments, images may not have been moved automatically. The images have to be handled manually, in different ways depending on between which environments the application has been moved.

Proposed action  

Import the images from the images folder of the Qlik Sense Desktop application using the Qlik Management Console.

For more information, see Manage Qlik Sense sites: Uploading objects to content libraries.

Tip noteImages are included automatically only when you move an application from one Qlik Sense Desktop installation to another.

The default location of the images in Qlik Sense Desktop is <user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Content\Default.

Information noteIf you have organized images in subfolders in the Content\Default folder in Qlik Sense Desktop, these have to be added manually to the application and its sheets, stories and text & image objects after importing the images.

Images are not included in an application that has been moved from one Qlik Sense Desktop installation to another

Possible cause  

You have moved an application between Qlik Sense Desktop installations.

When you move applications between Qlik Sense environments, images may not have been moved automatically. The images have to be handled manually, in different ways depending on between which environments the application has been moved.

Proposed action  

  • Copy the images from the PC where the application was created and paste into the images folder of the target location.

The default location of the images in Qlik Sense Desktop is <user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Content\Default.

The image I want to use does not seem to work

Images are part of applications as thumbnails of the applications, sheets and stories, in the text & image object and in story slides.

Possible cause  

You are using an image in a format that is not supported.

Proposed action  

  • Convert the image to one of the supported formats (png, jpg, jpeg or gif).

Using Insight Advisor impacts system performance

Insight Advisor uses master items as fields in recommended charts.

Possible cause  

The charts generated by the Insights are choosing fields that end up with costly charts.

Proposed action  

  • Change what fields are exposed to published application users.

For more information, see Hiding fields from analysis.

I cannot find Reload when I right-click on an application

I want to reload my application, but I do not see Reload when I right-click on my application.

Possible cause  

You are do not have one or more of the following permissions set in QMC:

  • Update access to the application.

  • Read access to the HubSection_Task resource filter.

  • HubAdmin role or Read and Create access to the ReloadTask resource filter.

Proposed action  

Contact a QMC administrator to be assigned the HubAdmin role or to get create and read access to the ReloadTask resource filter.

I cannot manage my application reload tasks in the hub

I want to view my application reload tasks in the hub, but I do not see Manage reload tasks when I right-click an application.

Possible cause  

The security rule HubSectionTask is disabled or you do not have read access to the HubSection_Task resource filter. Alternatively, you may not have read access to application reload tasks in the hub configured in QMC.

Proposed action  

Contact a QMC administrator to get read access to HubSection_Task and either read access to application reload tasks in the hub or to be assigned the HubAdmin role. The HubAdmin role, dy default, has read access to application reload tasks in the hub.

Thumbnails are not included when copying a sheet

Possible cause  

You have copied a sheet from another application. Thumbnails are stored as application resources and are not included when you copy a sheet. Copying sheets within an application works fine.

Proposed action  

You can copy an entire application and use that as starting point. This will include all resources, such as images.

Right-to-left reading order works for some visualizations, but not others

Possible cause  

You might notice some visualizations in Qlik Sense can display right-to-left languages such as Arabic or Hebrew without right-to-left reading order being activated in the application. However, to guarantee that the right-to-left reading order is applied correctly at all times and to all visualizations in the application, you need to activate this setting in the application.

Proposed action  

Activate right-to-left reading order in the application to ensure the setting is applied to all visualizations in the application.

  1. In an unpublished application, click More and then click Settings Settings.

  2. In the menu, switch to the Appearance tab.
  3. Turn Right-to-left on or off.

Information noteIf a visualization is shared using Qlik Sense Charts, changing the reading order in the application will also affect the reading order in the shared chart. For more information, see The reading order is incorrect in my shared chart.

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