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Dashboard bundle

Dashboard bundle is a set of controls that you can use to enhance navigation and selection in your Qlik Sense app. The controls are optional. You do not have to install or enable them to use Qlik Sense.

Enabling Dashboard bundle

You can install the Dashboard bundle when you install Qlik Sense. If you need to adjust your installation, see: Modifying an object bundles installation.

Dashboard bundle controls

Dashboard controls are in the asset panel under Custom objects.

The following controls are included:

Deprecated controls

These controls have been deprecated by the addition of a native control. Existing instances of these controls will still function, but new ones cannot be added. We recommend that you replace deprecated controls with the native control.

Share button control

Deprecated by Publish bookmark. For more information see: Publishing bookmarks

If you need to configure existing instances of this control, please refer to the last version of the help before deprecation. Share button- May 2021

Show/hide container

Deprecated by Container. For more information see: Container

If you need to configure existing instances of this control, please refer to the last version of the help before deprecation. Show/hide container - June 2019

Tabbed container

Deprecated by Container. For more information see: Container

If you need to configure existing instances of this control, please refer to the last version of the help before deprecation. Tabbed container - June 2019

Navigation button

Deprecated by Button. For more information see: Button

If you need to configure existing instances of this control, please refer to the last version of the help before deprecation. Navigation button - February 2020

Limitations

When you use objects from Dashboard bundle there are some limitations compared to built-in controls. The following limitations are valid for all controls from Dashboard bundle:

  • The user interface of the visualization is not localized to the language that Qlik Sense is using.
  • Right-to-left reading order is not supported.
  • Accessibility features are not supported.
  • It is not possible to edit objects from an object bundle supplied by Qlik with Dev Hub.

The following table shows which additional features are supported, or not supported, for all bundled objects:

  • Printing

    Printing a visualization made in an object.

  • Qlik NPrinting

    There is an On-Demand reporting control. However, visualizations made in some objects cannot be used in Qlik NPrinting reports.

  • Download

    Downloading as image, PDF, or Excel.

  • Storytelling

    Using a snapshot of a visualization created with an object in a story.

  • Alternate states

    Making different selections on the same dimension, and comparing the selections in a single visualization or in two or more visualizations side by side.

  • Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed offline

Dashboard bundle capability support
Control Printing Qlik NPrinting Download Storytelling Alternate states Qlik Sense Mobile Client Managed offline
Animator Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Yes Yes
Date picker Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Yes Yes
On-demand reporting Not applicable Yes Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Variable input Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Yes
Video player Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Yes Yes Not applicable

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