Before ingesting Qlik metadata into Dawiso, prepare your account for authentication by retrieving your Qlik host information and generating an API token.

Connection prerequisites

  • For Qlik Cloud: Tenant Admin rights are required to access the Qlik Management Console and configure API connections, user roles, and spaces for integration.
  • For Qlik Sense Enterprise (on-prem): RootAdmin privileges in Qlik Management Console (QMC) and access to configure QRS API settings.

Prepare your host URL

  • Qlik Cloud: Use your tenant address, which you can find in your browser when logged into Qlik Cloud. Example: your-tenant.us.qlikcloud.com
  • Qlik Sense on-premises: Use the server address of your Qlik installation. Example: your-qlik-server.company.com

Create a new role in Qlik Cloud

To generate new Qlik API keys, you must assign a custom role to a non-tenant user. Tenant Admins can manage API keys but cannot create new ones.

  1. In Qlik Cloud, open Administration from the left menu.
  2. Go to Manage Users.
  3. Switch to the Permissions tab.
  4. Click Create new to add a custom role.
  5. In the role configuration:
    1. Name: Enter a descriptive name, e.g., Dawiso Integration.
    2. Description: Add a short explanation (this appears as a tooltip in Qlik).
    3. In the Search bar, type API and from the results, expand the Developer section.
    4. Enable the Manage API keys permission by switching to Allowed.
  6. Confirm the settings.

Assign the role to a user

  1. In Manage Users, switch to the All users tab.
  2. Select the user (or users) you want to assign the role to, then click Manage roles.
  3. Scroll to the newly created role, select its checkbox, and Save the configuration.

Generate a new API key

Make sure you are signed in as the non-tenant user with the custom role created in the previous step.

  1. In Qlik, open Administration from the left menu.
  2. Navigate to the API Keys section.
  3. Click Generate new key.
  4. Enter a name for the key, then generate it.
  5. Copy the key value and store it in a secure location, it will be shown only once.
Warning

The API key token is displayed only once. Copy and save it immediately, otherwise you will need to generate a new API key if it is lost.