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QlikView

QlikView is a flexible business intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge. Configure the connection properties to create a QlikView resource.

Objects Extracted

The QlikView resource extracts the following objects:

Prerequisites

You must install the Enterprise Data Catalog Agent to extract metadata from QlikView running on Microsoft Windows.

Basic Information

The General tab includes the following basic information about the resource:
Information
Description
Name
The name of the resource.
Description
The description of the resource.
Resource type
The type of the resource.
Execute On
You can choose to execute on the default catalog server or offline.

Resource Connection Properties

The General tab includes the following properties:
Property
Description
AgentURL
URL to the Enterprise Data Catalog agent that runs on a Microsoft Windows Server.
Directory
Path to the directory from where Enterprise Data Catalog needs to import the QlikView files. The directory should be present in the same machine where the Microsoft Windows agent is running.
Miscellaneous Options
Specify one of the following miscellaneous options:
  • - ODBC connection database type
  • - Replace DIRECTORY statement
  • - Require QVW execution log
Use a comma to separate the string values. For example, DatabaseType=Oracle, RequireLog=no, DIRECTORY []=[E:\\Qlik_View].
Note: In Enterprise Data Catalog version 10.5 or higher, for the miscellaneous options use the following syntax:-database.type DatabaseType=Oracle -log.notavailable RequireLog=no -directory []=[E:\\Qlik_View].
The Metadata Load Settings tab includes the following properties:
Property
Description
Enable Source Metadata
Select to extract metadata from the data source.
Auto Assign Connections
Select this option to specify that the connection must be assigned automatically.
Memory
Specifies the memory required to run the scanner job. Select one of the following values based on the data set size imported:
  • - Low
  • - Medium
  • - High
Note: For more information about the memory values, see the Tuning Enterprise Data Catalog Performance article on How To-Library Articles tab in the Informatica Doc Portal
Custom Options
JVM parameters that you can set to configure scanner container. Use the following arguments to configure the parameters:
  • - Dscannerloglevel=<DEBUG/INFO/ERROR>. Changes the log level of scanner to values, such as DEBUG, ERROR, or INFO. Default value is INFO.
  • - Dscanner.container.core=<No. of core>. Increases the core for the scanner container. The value must be a number.
  • - Dscanner.yarn.app.environment=<key=value>. Key pair value that you need to set in the Yarn environment. Use a comma to separate the key pair value.
  • - Dscanner.pmem.enabled.container.memory.jvm.memory.ratio=<1.0/2.0>. Increases the scanner container memory when pmem is enabled. The default value is 1.
Track Data Source Changes
View metadata source change notifications in Enterprise Data Catalog.