Data connections

Data connections enable you to select and load data from a data source. All data connections are managed centrally from the QMC. Data connections are created in the Qlik Sense data load editor. The user who creates a data connection automatically becomes the owner of that connection and is by default the only user who can access the data connection. The data connection can be shared with others through security rules defined in the QMC.

When you import an app, existing data connections are imported to the QMC.

If the name of a data connection in the imported app is the same as the name of an existing data connection, the data connection will not be imported. This means that the imported app will use the existing data connection with an identical name, not the data connection in the imported app.

To give access to the data connection to other users than the owner, edit the connection or go the Security rules page.

The Data connections overview lists all the available data connections. You can manage your data connections by performing a number of actions, as described in the following:

Name	The name of the data connection.
Owner	The owner of the data connection.
Tags	The QMC tags that are connected to the data connection.
SR	Sorting columns: Click to sort the list alphabetically, ascending or descending according to the nature of the column.
.	Filtering columns: Click to open a dialog and filter the list based on that column and your filter criteria as you type. Click E to remove the filter. Click outside of the filter dialog (or press the keyboard key "Esc") to close the dialog. The filter icon is inverted when a filter is applied to a column . You can apply filters to multiple columns to narrow your search.
Edit	Editing data connections: Click to edit the selected data connections.
Delete	Deleting data connections: Click to delete the selected data connections.
Show more items	Show more items: The overview shows a set number of items by default. To show more items, scroll to the end of the list and click Show more items. Sorting and filtering of items is always done on the full database list of items, not only the items that are on display.

Double-click an item in the overview to open the resource's edit page. For multiple selections, hold down Ctrl while single-clicking the items or hold down the left mouse button while dragging the mouse cursor over items. Then click Edit in the action bar to open the edit page.

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Data connections properties

Data connections associated items

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