Commentaries Extension for Qlik Sense

This is an extension for Qlik Sense that enables adding a commentary box to a sheet for users to add commentaries and collaborate in a sort of chat.

IMPORTANT:

This extension needs a server side module that exposes an REST API in order to persist commentaries (https://github.com/mjromper/commentaries-qliksense-server). Please install this module along this this extension.

Extension configuration

  • Dimensions

The set of dimensions to attached the commentaries to (actually the commentaries are linked to the selection values for those dimensions)

  • Settings
    • Server: server API URL where the server side is running (usually set this value to https://SERVER:8200/api/comments)
    • Sheet: the sheet Id the commentary box displays in.

Specification

  • Commentaries are linked to the sheet the 'commentaries box' displays in
  • Commentaries are also linked to a set of selections for the defined dimensions.
  • Commentary box can also be displayed in a story and exported to PDF and PPT
  • Any user can update (edit) or delete any commentary of any user.

Installation of this extension

Download the ZIP file here https://github.com/mjromper/commentaries-qliksense/archive/master.zip

and add the extension via the Qlik Management Console (QMC).

DON'T FORGET TO INSTALL the server side needed for this extension (https://github.com/mjromper/commentaries-qliksense-server).