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Qlik's New MCP Tools Let AI Build, Script, and Reload Your Apps
Qlik's new Application Script Lifecycle MCP tools let an AI assistant create apps, write and update load scripts, run and monitor reloads, and inspect the resulting data model - all without touching the Qlik Sense hub. In our latest video and article, we break down each tool and demo the full loop live: an LLM building, reloading, and fixing a Qlik Cloud app on its own. Watch the video and see how close agentic AI is getting to managing Qlik Cloud directly.
Mark Costa
Sep 271 min read
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Qlik Cloud's Visual Task Chain Viewer: A Faster Way to Debug Your Reload Chains
Qlik Cloud's new Visual Task Chain Viewer turns your reload dependencies into an interactive graph, right inside the Tasks section of the Analytics activity center. See which tasks run before and after each other, spot dependency types like on succeeded, on failed, and on finished, and jump into editing, running, or activating a task without leaving the view. In this Data Voyagers video, Mark Costa walks through where to find it and how to use it to debug reload chains faster
Mark Costa
Sep 201 min read
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New Video: Manage Qlik Automations with Claude and Qlik MCP Server
Qlik just added automation-management tools to the Qlik MCP Server, plus open-source Agentic Skills that teach coding agents to use them right. In the new Data Voyagers episode, I put Claude Code to work building, then editing, a Qlik Automation that reloads every Table Recipe in a Shared Space. Full walkthrough, real Qlik Cloud tenant, tested at every step. If you manage automations by hand today, it's worth seeing what agentic tooling actually looks like up close.
Mark Costa
Sep 61 min read
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Free course: Consuming REST APIs with Qlik Cloud
If you've been putting off REST APIs because you weren't sure where to start, this series is for you. Seven episodes. Two real APIs - Stripe and the Qlik Cloud REST API. You'll go from HTTP basics and Postman all the way through authentication and pagination, including both connector-native Next URL and scripted cursor loops in Load Script. If you have a Qlik Cloud tenant, you have everything you need to follow along.
Mark Costa
Jun 221 min read
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Qlik Variables Not Passing to Load Script? The New Way to Reload with UI Input
Did your Qlik reloads suddenly stop picking up dashboard variable values? Qlik has made critical changes to variable pass-through behavior, rendering old methods unreliable. If your ETL process depends on user input from the UI, you need a new approach immediately. This post breaks down the official changes to system variables and demonstrates the modern, robust solution: using Qlik Application Automation to bridge the gap between the dashboard and the load script.
Mark Costa
Dec 12, 20251 min read
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Integrate Asana with Qlik Cloud Using REST APIs: A Step-by-Step Guide
Unlock the power of your project management data by integrating Asana with Qlik Cloud. This step-by-step guide walks you through the entire process of using REST APIs to bridge the gap between your operational tools and analytics. Learn how to test endpoints with Postman, configure REST data connections in Qlik, and efficiently extract data into optimized Parquet files.
Mark Costa
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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Qlik Cloud: Tabular Reporting in Managed Spaces
Qlik Cloud Tabular Reporting now supports Managed Spaces! This update allows you to configure and distribute reports directly from governed applications, bridging a critical gap for enterprise reporting lifecycles. Learn how to develop templates in personal spaces and publish them seamlessly for production-ready bursting.
Mark Costa
Apr 11, 20241 min read
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