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Installing Qlik Sense Desktop

This section describes how to install Qlik Sense Desktop on your computer.

System requirements

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

Operating system Microsoft Windows 7,  Microsoft Windows 8.x
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo or higher recommended
Memory 4 GB minimum (depending on data volumes, more may be required 1Qlik Sense is an in-memory analysis technology; memory requirements for Qlik Sense products are directly related to the quantity of data being analyzed.)
Disk space 500 MB total required to install
.NET Framework 4.0

Browser support

Qlik Sense Desktop is designed to work on the following platform and web browser combinations:

  Microsoft Internet Explorer v. 10 or higher Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox2Requires hardware acceleration, not supported in virtual environments.
Microsoft Windows 7 m m m
Microsoft Windows 8.x (excluding tablets) m m  
Information noteMinimum screen resolution for desktops, laptops and tablets is 1024x768

What is included in Qlik Sense Desktop

Desktop items and start menu items

After having completed your installation of Qlik Sense Desktop, a shortcut will be available from the desktop as well as from the Start menu (Start > All Programs):

  • Shortcut to Qlik Sense Desktop

    The hub is the starting point when you run Qlik Sense. That is where you find all the Qlik Sense apps that you have created.

Qlik Sense Desktop setup file

After having completed your installation of Qlik Sense Desktop, the Qlik Sense Desktop setup file is installed to Users\{user}\AppData\Local\Programs\Qlik.

Examples, apps and logs

There are some example files included in the installation of Qlik Sense Desktop. These are installed to Users\{user}\Documents\Qlik\Examples. For example, a number of extension code examples are installed to the Extensions sub-folder.

The installation of Qlik Sense Desktop also comes with example apps. These are installed to Users\{user}\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Apps.

In your installation of Qlik Sense Desktop, logs are found in Users\{user}\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Log.

Obtaining the setup file

The Qlik_Sense_Desktop_setup.exe file can be obtained from the download site. Save it to a folder on your computer.

Download Qlik® Sense Desktop

Installing Qlik Sense Desktop

Do the following:

  1. Double-click on Qlik_Sense_Desktop_setup.exe to start the installation.

    The welcome dialog is displayed.

  2. Click INSTALL.

    The License agreement dialog is displayed.

  3. Read the license agreement and then tick the I accept the license agreement check box (if this is the case) and click Next.

    Information noteYou also have the option to print the license agreement to a local printer.

    The Ready to install dialog is displayed.

    Information noteIf you click Cancel during installation, all features installed are rolled back and the Installation failed dialog is displayed. For more detailed information, see the installation log located in your temp folder accessed with the environment variable %temp%.

  4. Click Install to start the installation.

    When the installation has completed, the Installation summary is displayed.

  5. Click Finish to close the Installation summary
    6. Information noteIf the installation did not complete successfully, the Installation failed dialog is displayed. For more detailed information, see the installation log located in your temp folder accessed with the environment variable %temp%.

    You have now successfully installed Qlik Sense Desktop on your computer.

Upgrading Qlik Sense Desktop

Do the following:

  1. Double-click on Qlik_Sense_Desktop_setup.exe to start the installation.

    The welcome dialog is displayed.

  2. Click UPGRADE.

    The License agreement dialog is displayed.

  3. Read the license agreement and then tick the I accept the license agreement check box (if this is the case) and click Next.

    Information noteYou also have the option to print the license agreement to a local printer.

    The Ready to install dialog is displayed.

    Information noteIf you click Cancel during installation, all features installed are rolled back and the Installation failed dialog is displayed. For more detailed information, see the installation log located in your temp folder accessed with the environment variable %temp%.

  4. Click Upgrade to start the installation.

    When the installation has completed, the Installation summary is displayed.

  5. Click Finish to close the Installation summary
    6. Information noteIf the installation did not complete successfully, the Installation failed dialog is displayed. For more detailed information, see the installation log located in your temp folder accessed with the environment variable %temp%.

    You have now successfully upgraded to a newer version of Qlik Sense Desktop.

Qlik Sense Desktop ports

Qlik Sense Desktop uses port 4848 by default.

Qlik Sense Desktop storage

This section describes where the Qlik Sense apps are stored when running Qlik Sense Desktop.

Default storage

By default, Qlik Sense stores apps in the local file system under C:\Users\{user}\Documents\Qlik\Sense.

Portable format

A Qlik Sense app can be stored in the local file system in the proprietary .qvf format, which is a portable format.

A single app is stored as <AppName>.qvf, where <AppName> is the title of the app.

Repairing Qlik Sense Desktop

The Repair option restores all missing files, shortcuts and registry values.

Do the following:

  1. To start repairing the installation, open the Control Panel and select Uninstall a program. Then select Qlik Sense Desktop from the list of programs and click Change.

    The Qlik Sense Desktop Setup maintenance dialog is displayed.

    Information noteYou can also perform this action by double-clicking the Qlik_Sense_Desktop_setup.exe file.

  2. Click REPAIR.

    The Ready to repair dialog is displayed.

  3. Click Repair.

    The repair starts and the progress is displayed.

  4. When the repair process is finished, the Repair summary dialog is displayed to confirm that Qlik Sense Desktop has been repaired successfully.

  5. Click Finish.

You have now successfully repaired your Qlik Sense Desktop installation.

Uninstalling Qlik Sense Desktop

Do the following:

  1. To start uninstalling Qlik Sense Desktop, open the Control Panel and select Uninstall a program. Then select Qlik Sense Desktop from the list of programs and click Uninstall.

    A confirmation dialog is displayed asking if you are sure that you want to uninstall Qlik Sense Desktop from your computer.

    Information noteYou can also uninstall Qlik Sense Desktop by double-clicking the Qlik_Sense_Desktop_setup.exe file and then selecting Uninstall from the maintenance dialog. In that case, you must use the correct version of the setup file when modifying your Qlik Sense Desktop installation, that is the same version used when installing Qlik Sense Desktop.

  2. Click Uninstall.

    The uninstall process starts and the progress is displayed.

  3. When the uninstall process is finished, the Uninstall summary dialog is displayed to confirm that Qlik Sense Desktop has been uninstalled successfully.

  4. Click Finish.

You have now uninstalled Qlik Sense Desktop.

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