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Disabling standard mode

You can disable standard mode, or in other words, set legacy mode, in order to reuse QlikView load scripts that refer to absolute or relative file paths as well as library connections.

Warning noteDisabling standard mode can create a security risk by exposing the file system.

Qlik Sense

For Qlik Sense, standard mode can be disabled in QMC using the Standard mode property.

See: Qlik Management Console: Engine properties

Qlik Sense Desktop

In Qlik Sense Desktop, you can set standard/legacy mode in Settings.ini.

Do the following:

  1. Open C:\Users\{user}\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Settings.ini in a text editor.
  2. Change StandardReload=1 to StandardReload=0.
  3. Save the file and start Qlik Sense Desktop, which will run in legacy mode.

The available settings for StandardReload are:

  • 1 (standard mode)
  • 0 (legacy mode)

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