A list of “What’s New” here:
https://help.easyqlik.com/qsda/topics/idh-topic1220.htm
The purpose of beta testing is to validate the updates in a wide set of environments and get your feedback on new features.
Why might you want to participate in a beta test?
- You want to shape the direction of new features,
- You are a QSDA fan and want to help out
- You have a need for these features now!
You may install this 2.4 beta right over any QSDA V2.x installation. You should also be able to fall back from the 2.4 to a 2.3.x version.
You can leave comments or bug reports here on the forum. If you have private data to share please open a support ticket at http://support.easyqlik.com/
Release 2,4 contains cumulative bug fixes and performance improvements, Here’s a rundown on the new features in 2.4.
The Expression Decoder gives you a way to explore and navigate long and complex expressions. It’s available from the Expressions page, Hover an expression and click the “eye” icon. The Decoder presents a colorized version of the expression using the original whitespace. A tree navigation lets you break down the anatomy of the expression and high level comments such as “nnn branches” provide insights.
A new Expression length histogram in the Summary > Design KPIs section. Expression length can be an indicator of app quality and maintainability. Long expressions can be difficult to debug and maintain and may contribute to performance problems. Long expressions should be examined,
Connections
In Connection definition, use of a connection can optionally be limited to specific AD group(s), Because this feature relies on Windows identity, you must enable “QSDA Auth” in the QSDA Configuration to make this feature available.
Also in Connection definition are two new properties that control which Qlik Security Rules will be used to build the App list. The first property “Applist Rule” may have the value “app” or “stream”. A value of “app” means that only App security rules will be used to control what goes on the list. A value of “stream” means that QSDA will first get a list of authorized streams and then list only authorized apps within that stream list.
“app” will be the appropriate value in most cases and will give the best performance, If you find the applist is returning more apps than you want, change to “stream”. “stream” will mimic how the Qlik Sense Hub builds it’s list.
The second of the new Connection properties is “Security Rule Environment” which may be “hub” or “QMC”. This corresponds with the “Context” property in a Qlik Security Rule. In most cases you will want to use “hub” to mimic the behavior of the Qlik Sense Hub. If you want your applist to mimic the QMC app list, set the value to “QMC”.
User Interface Changes
You can toggle between dark and light themes.
Starting a new Analysis is now a two click process. First, click the “Open” button. This will fetch the bookmark list. Then the “New Analysis” button will become available and you can start an analysis as before, This change became necessary because clicking an app caused an app to be loaded to fetch thee bookmarks – even if you had no intention of starting an analysis. A side effect of this new workflow is that QSDA is able to capture data about the app open process if the Qlik server provides it (Aug 2022 I believe).
The open progress data was inspired by this great free tool from Qlik “Qlik Explorer for Developers”.
The Admin > Collection List page now provides for bulk operations on Collection Delete and Unload,
Thanks in advance for your testing and feedback!
-Rob
I developed the histogram and the decoder because I was regularly encountering expressions tens of thousands chars long. I regularly see them over 100k and the record was over 500k.