Getting started

qlik-cli, known on the command line simply as qlik, is a command line interface for Qlik Sense SaaS. It provides access to all public APIs through the command line, making it easier to script and automate new and old workflows such as:

• Import, export, publish, and republish apps.
• Create, rename, remove, and update spaces and assign user access.
• Build, analyze, and edit apps.
• Administer tenants.

The tool comes with built-in documentation, which is accessed by appending the --help flag to any command.

Install

After any installation, don't forget to add the completion as well, it is usually quite helpful when writing commands.

Brew (Mac/Linux)

To install with brew you need to first tap our qlik-oss/taps if you haven't already:

brew tap qlik-oss/taps

After the tap has been tapped you can install the tool with:

brew install qlik-cli

Just like that.

Note: This will work perfectly fine for either Mac or Linux (where you can use linuxbrew) and even Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) as a matter of fact.

Chocolatey (Windows)

Want to install using Chocolatey? Then simply type:

choco install qlik-cli

If you need or want to upgrade qlik-cli using chocolatey:

choco upgrade qlik-cli

And you're up to date.

Choco upgrade fail

If you see an error like:

Error retrieving packages from source 'https://www.nuget.org/api/v2':
 The combination of parameters provided to this OData endpoint is no longer supported. Please refer to the following URL for more information about this deprecation: https://aka.ms/nuget/odata-deprecation

Then first run:

choco source list

Then remove the one matching nuget.org:

choco source rm --name=nuget.org

Another way to fix a failing upgrade is to uninstall and reinstall.

choco uninstall qlik-cli
choco install qlik-cli

Note: Check out the Completion for Powershell section if you're interested in how to set up Powershell completion.

Executable (Windows)

You can download the Windows executable.

General

Our releases can be found under releases where you can choose a release suitable for your OS.

Get started

Authentication to a Qlik Sense SaaS tenant is done by providing the URL to the tenant as well as an API key To quickly get started, you can use the qlik-cli command qlik context init to guide you through the process and store the details locally.

$ qlik context init
Acquiring access to Qlik Sense SaaS
To complete the setup you have to have the 'developer' role and have
API-keys enabled. If you're unsure, you can ask your tenant-admin.

Specify your tenant URL, usually in the form: https://<tenant>.<region>.qlikcloud.com
Where <tenant> is the name of the tenant and <region> is eu, us, ap, etc...
Enter tenant url:

If you have multiple users or tenants, you can list and switch between them through the qlik context lsand qlik context use <context-name>.

Most commands return the full API response as json. If you are only interested in the created or requested resource id, you can add the quiet flag --quiet to suppress all but the ID output.

Examples

You can try out the tool with one of the following common use cases. For more examples, refer to the tool documentation.

Import a local app

Import a locally stored app to cloud.

qlik app import -f the_app.qvf

More information about the app resource can be found in qlik app --help.

Search for an app by name

qlik item ls --resourceType app --name "app name"

More information about the app resource can be found in qlik item --help.

Create a managed space and assign users

First you create the space and copy the returned ID.

qlik space create --name "Demo Space" --type managed --quiet

Then you assign a user with consumer, contributor, and publisher access by supplying the ID returned by the first call.

qlik space assignment create --spaceId=<ID> --type user --roles consumer,contributor,publisher --assigneeId=<userid> -q

More information about the app resource can be found in qlik space --help.

List failed reloads

To list all your reloads you enter:

qlik reload ls

Since this list can become very extensive, you probably want to employ some type of sorting or selection tool. jq is one such tool and can be used to filter out all failed reloads from the list.

qlik reload ls | jq '.[] | select(.status == "FAILED")'

More information about the app resource can be found in qlik reload --help.

Analyze an app

With qlik app meta, you get an overview of the app with information about its fields, tables, and associations.

qlik app meta --app <appid/app_name>

You can drill down even further and evaluate dimensions or measures.

qlik app eval --app <appid/app_name> 'Avg(Revenue)' by 'Country'

More information about the app resource can be found in qlik app eval --help.

Third-party dependencies

The tool uses third-party dependencies listed here .