Object ID in QlikSense

Hello All…!

As the name suggest, do you know whether the App Id or sheet Id is present or visible directly in QlikSense. Have you ever try to find out the URL meaning of the QlikSense Hub.

Whenever we open the sheet in an application in QlikSense hub, the URL looks like below –

https://<servername>/sense/app/<long_string>/sheet/<another_long_String>

Let me tell you the meaning of the URL –

The same object Ids, can also be fetch through the QMC, where in the Column Selector list, we have to check the box for ID –

Uses of Object Ids:

-       In the NPrinting Reporting, we need the App Id for creating a connection

-       No two applications will have same IDs, so to differentiate we should always use IDs

-       Ids can be used in creating Extensions, widgets etc.

-       In Mashups, for mapping purpose, we can update the code directly using Object Ids

-       In Security Rules, if we want to create any rule specific to any object, we can use the ID of same.

That’s it for today’s article. Stay tuned for more articles.