QlikView Integration Overview
June 2011
Agenda
• Data Source Integration
• Web & Application Integration
• Security Integration
• Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Agenda
• Data Source Integration
• Web & Application Integration
• Security Integration
• Integration with3rd party systems and processes
Data Source Integration
Easily integrating with many diverse data sources is a key tenet of
QlikView
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• Any ODBC/OLE source
• Salesforce.com
• SAP Netweaver
• xls/xlsx
• csv text
• XML
• Web Services
Data Source Integration
Accessing ‘non-standard’ data sources
• Salesforce.com Connector
– ‘Native’ connectivity to SFDC data,
similar in appearance to the ODBC/OLE
connector
– Can access all common fields in SFDC,
as well as custom fields
Data Source integration
Accessing ‘non-standard’ data sources
• SAP Connector
– Simple query builder to SAP data
– Uses metadata and field descriptions
from SAP to allow QlikView developers
‘make sense’ of SAP field and data
names
– Supports extraction from SAP R/3,
mySAP and existing SAP BW and BEX
information
Data Source integration
Accessing ‘non-standard’ data sources
• Accessing OLAP sources or Informatica sources using QlikView
Data Exchange (QVX)
– QVX as a file format. Data is ‘pushed’ to QVX files (using API’s) and
consumed by QlikView
– QVX as a connector. Data is ‘pulled’ from QVX files.
Agenda
• Data Source Integration
• Web & Application Integration
• Security Integration
• Integration with3rd party systems and processes
Web Integration
Integrating with Microsoft SharePoint
• QlikView supports and promotes ‘Web Part’ technology
– Every object (e.g. chart, listbox) in a QlikView application can be used
as a web part. Each web part can be used as a live object within
SharePoint
– All data, client-server communication and the in-memory processing
still occurs in the QlikView Server
– QlikView embedded within SharePoint
allows for a single intranet portal to show
KPI’s and dashboard information
Web Integration
Integrating with websites
• QlikView AJAX client is open and
extensible: API’s exist to embed
QlikView into websites
• QlikView WorkBench is a product that
allows developers using MS Visual
Studio to embed QlikView objects into
websites
• An entire QlikView application can be
embedded into a website using standard
iFrame technology
Application Integration
• QlikView uses an ActiveX OCX (OLE Control Extension) component
for integration with 3rd party desktop and web applications
• Provided on an OEM basis for ‘white labeled’ versions of QlikView
• Allows for QlikView to be hosted and controlled by the 3rd party
application via API’s
Agenda
• Data Source Integration
• Web & Application Integration
• Security Integration
• Integration with3rd party systems and processes
Security Integration
• QlikView integrates with a series of standard security systems for
authentication and authorization purposes
– MS Active Directory
– Single Sign-On systems (SSO) (e.g. Novell, IBM Websphere)
– Non-AD LDAP’s
• QlikView can use a combination of Integrated Windows
Authentication, HTTP headers, ticketing, Directory Service
Connectors (DSC’s)
Security Integration
Single Sign-On Integration
• QlikView can work with existing SSO
providers for user authentication
• Method used is HTTP Header injection
• Example deployments include
– IBM Tivoli Access Manager
– MS ISA/TMG
– CA SiteMinder
Security Integration
• The topic of QlikView Security is covered extensively in the following
content:
– QlikView Security Overview White Paper
– QlikView Security Video Series
– QlikView Development and Deployment Technical Brief
Agenda
• Data Source Integration
• Web & Application Integration
• Security Integration
• Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
This topic covers the following areas:
• Management Integration
• Automation and Scheduling
• Managing Documents/Version Control
• Deployment Control
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Management Integration
• QlikView provides a web-based Management Console out of the
box
• Extensive management API’s exist to allow automation of tasks on a
larger scale, or to allow integration with existing centralized
application management software
• Example: integrating an HR system for
employee on-boarding with the QlikView
admin tasks to allocate QlikView licenses
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Automation and Scheduling
• QlikView provides a native scheduling solution for automating data
reloads
• However: often before data is reloaded, a number of activities need
to take place: e.g. cleansing or data retrieval checks
• QlikView reloads can be triggered (using Event Driven Execution –
EDX) by any external dedicated schedulers such as
– BMC Software Control-M
– IBM Tivoli
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Managing Documents/Version Control
• QlikView works with any standard Source Control system (such as
MS TFS, Visual Source Safe etc.) for version control
• Single .qvw files can be ‘exploded’ into multiple files: each XML file
containing the definition of each object in the .qvw file (such as a
chart of list box)
– This ‘Project File’ collection can be used with
a source control system for more granular
control
– Data is not exported to the source control
system, minimizing storage needs
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Managing Documents/Version Control
• QlikTech partners with NOAD for a fully integrated versioning and
deployment control system
• Product is called EQM4
Version Control
• Full ‘knowledge’ of
QlikView applications
• Source data
locations
• Scripts
• UI objects
• Extension objects
Integration with 3rd party systems and processes
Deployment Control
• NOAD EQM4 Deployment Control manages the rollout of QlikView
applications from a central source
– Dev
– Test
– UAT
– Production
• Approval workflow built-in to the solution
• Test manager can see reports on difference analysis of checked-in
applications, allowing them to focus on just the changed parts
Integration Materials
• NEW: Integration Overview White Paper
• NEW: Integration Overview Video Series
Thank You