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A collection of 15 posts

Manage Qlik Sense user sessions in style

Manage Qlik Sense user sessions in style

Managing user sessions in client-managed Qlik Sense can be tricky or even outright difficult in large Sense environments. Ctrl-Q includes powerful tools that makes this work easier!

Visualise Qlik Sense reload tasks using Ctrl-Q

Visualise Qlik Sense reload tasks using Ctrl-Q

Ctrl-Q lets you visualise Qlik Sense task dependencies as trees or - as of Ctrl-Q 3.15 - network graphs! This gives an unprecedented overview of complex task chains in any Qlik Sense Enterprise environment.

SenseOps 2023-Q4 summary

SenseOps 2023-Q4 summary

Summary of what's new in the various Butler tools. Better real-time monitoring of Qlik Sense via Butler SOS, Azure support for the original Butler and bulk task import in Ctrl-Q.

Ctrl-Q 3.14: Bulk task export/import for Qlik Sense

Ctrl-Q 3.14: Bulk task export/import for Qlik Sense

Ctrl-Q version 3.14 improve stability for task-related commands. Bulk operations on reload and external program tasks are now both more flexible and stable.

Ctrl-Q NR: Low-code tools for Qlik Sense

Ctrl-Q NR: Low-code tools for Qlik Sense

Ctrl-Q NR is a set of Node-RED nodes that make it easy to use both Qlik Sense Cloud and client-managed Qlik Sense from within the low-code Node-RED platform.

Ctrl-Q 3.9 brings colors to Qlik Sense master items

Ctrl-Q 3.9 brings colors to Qlik Sense master items

In previous versions Ctrl-Q could import master dimensions and measures from definitions in an Excel file into client-managed Qlik Sense Enterprise. Ctrl-Q 3.9 adds full color support to those imports.

Running Butler tools as Windows services

Running Butler tools as Windows services

Several of the Butler family of open source tools for Qlik Sense Enterprise are intended to run 24/7. This article looks at how to achieve enterprise grade deployment of Butler & friends using standard Windows services.

The lazy Qlik developer #3: Bulk export/import of both apps and reload tasks

The lazy Qlik developer #3: Bulk export/import of both apps and reload tasks

Ctrl-Q now supports bulk export of both Qlik Sense apps and reload tasks, as well as storing associated metadata in a file on disk. Then import those apps/tasks into Sense again. Reload-tasks-as-code is now possible!

Bulk import of Qlik Sense apps & tasks, take 2

Bulk import of Qlik Sense apps & tasks, take 2

Importing apps into Qlik Sense is a manual, tedious task. Creating reload tasks even more so. Ctrl-Q version 3.7 automates this fully, taking input from a single Excel file and then imports apps and creates tasks in a single go. Task chains supported too!

The lazy Qlik developer part 1: Ctrl-Q recipes

The lazy Qlik developer part 1: Ctrl-Q recipes

Ctrl-Q recipes for automating otherwise manual, repetitive, time consuming and error prone tasks when developing Qlik Sense applications.

Bulk update of Qlik Sense task custom properties

Bulk update of Qlik Sense task custom properties

Setting custom properties for dozens or hundreds of Qlik Sense reload tasks can easily take hours. Ctrl-Q has a command that automate this and also remove the risk for manual errors.

🌴 Qlik Sense task trees using Ctrl-Q

🌴 Qlik Sense task trees using Ctrl-Q

Qlik Sense lacks a good built-in viewer for task dependencies. Ctrl-Q address this by offering a cross-platform tool for visualising Sense task trees, including latest execution result.

Bulk export/import of reload tasks in client-managed Qlik Sense

Bulk export/import of reload tasks in client-managed Qlik Sense

The open source tool Ctrl-Q can be used to do bulk export/import of reload tasks in client-managed Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

Ctrl-Q makes life a bit easier for Qlik Sense admins and developers

An update of recent updates

It's been a while since the last newsletter, not because of lack of progress on the various Butler tools - rather the opposite. We have also moved ptarmiganlabs.com to a new, better hosting solution. Looong overdue but it finally happened. Among other things this means that you

👋 Please meet Ctrl-Q!

👋 Please meet Ctrl-Q!

…a new open source tool for Qlik Sense admins and developers ❓ Have you ever had to manually create dozens or even hundreds of master items in a Sense app? 😓 Only to later having to delete half of them? 🤯 ❓ Or needed a detailed list of all bookmarks in an app? ❓ Or