Distributing reports to the Qlik Sense hub

You can distribute Qlik NPrinting reports to the Qlik Sense hub for Windows domain users who have been configured in both Qlik NPrinting and Qlik Sense.

Reports are private and can only be viewed by the intended user. You can have one Qlik Sense hub destination for a Qlik NPrinting deployment.

Requirements

To enable distribution of Qlik NPrinting reports to the Qlik Sense hub the following is required:

• Qlik NPrinting version 17.1 or newer.
• Recipients must be Windows domain users configured in both Qlik NPrinting and Qlik Sense.

• Certificates (client.pfx, server.pfx, and root.cer) from the Qlik Management Console (QMC).

  See: Installing Qlik Sense certificates

• The central node computer name of the Qlik Sense installation.

  This information is available in the QMC, in the Nodes tab.

Setting the Qlik Sense hub as a destination

Do the following:

1. Select Destinations in the main menu, and then select Hub.
2. Type a name for the hub.
3. Under Central node address, enter the central node computer name of the Qlik Sense hub.
4. Click Save.

Opening the Publish tasks page

Do the following:

1. In the main menu bar, click Tasks, and then select Publish task.
2. Create a new publish task, or click an existing publish task to edit it.
3. Type a name for the task.
4. Select a Qlik NPrinting app from the App drop-down list.

5. Set Days to keep and Reports to keep.

   See: Understanding Days to keep and Reports to keep.

6. Click Create.

Adding reports

Do the following:

1. Click the Reports tab.
2. Choose a report, and then configure the output format.
3. Click Add report.

Adding users

To distribute reports to a Qlik Sense hub user, you must add the user to the Publish task. The user must be a Windows domain user who has been configured in both Qlik NPrinting and Qlik Sense.

Do the following:

1. Click the Users/groups tab.
2. Click Add user or group, and then add a user.
3. Click Add recipient.

Adding the hub as a destination in the publish task

Do the following:

1. Click the Destinations tab.

2. Select a Recipient and then select the Hub check box.

   To distribute reports for all users, select the Upload for all Hub check box.

3. Click Save.

4. Click the Overview tab, and then click Run now to manually run the task.

You can open the Qlik Sense hub to verify that the report has been delivered.

Scheduling distribution

You can create triggers to schedule the execution of publish tasks.

Do the following:

1. Click the Triggers tab.
2. Configure a schedule.
3. Click the Enabled button.
4. Click the Create button.

Troubleshooting

If you experience issues configuring hub distribution, see:

• Creating users with filters and groups
• Creating publish tasks
• Connecting to Qlik Sense apps