Extensions

I have dedicated this page to the QlikView Extension Tutorial I will publish chapter by chapter in the next weeks.

Table of Contents

• 0 – Motivation
• 1 – The Concept of QlikView Extensions
• 2 – Hello World – Creating your first QlikView Object Extension
• 3 – Creating Property Dialogs (QlikView Property Pages – qvpp)
• 4 – Basic Debugging of your Extension
• 5 – Connecting with Data
• … to be continued …

Sample Code Download

You’ll find the sample code on GitHub:

https://github.com/stefanwalther/QlikView-Extension-Tutorial

Official Documentation

• QlikView Version 11 SDK
• QlikView JavaScript API Reference
• QlikView Extension Definition File (definition.xml)
• QlikView Properties Page (qvpp files)
• QlikView Properties (how to set initial values and behavior for an extension)

Other Resources Related to QlikView Extensions

• Overview on QlikView Extensions by Barry Harmsen
• Extension Tutorial by Stephen Redmond
• Part 1: Hello World
• Part 2: A Basic Table
• Part 3: Adding Click Events
• Part 4: Headers
• Extension Articles by Jojit Soriano
• QlikView Extensions: A New Feature in QlikView 10
• Contents of a QlikView Extension .qar File
• Installing, Modifying, and Removing QlikView Extensions in Desktop Client
• Some Hints & Tricks by Dmitry Gudkov

Useful Links

Learning JavaScript

• List of very good resources for learning (and improving) JavaScript at stackoverflow.com
• Interactive Tutorial for JavaScript at CodeAcademy
• jQuery Cheat Sheets for QlikView Extension Development

Useful Links for Html, CSS

• CSS3 Cheat Sheets for QlikView Extension Development

Web “Focused” Editors

• Notepad++
• QlikView Language Definition File for Notepad++
• PSPad
• UltraEdit
• QlikView Language Definition File for UltraEdit
• Aptana Studio (very popular IDE for web development, open source)
• MS Visual Studio (also available as free Express Edition)
• QlikView Pickadate Extension by Fabian Heidenstecker (free)

Object Extensions

(this list will be completed by time)

Charts

• D3 Bullet Charts / BulletGraph Object Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• D3 Animated Scatter Chart Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• 3D Surface Chart Extension by Lee Matthews
• Google BigQuery QlikView Extension by QlikTech (free)
• PieChart Visualization for Google BigQuery by QlikTech
• Stream Chart by Dan English
• Windrose Chart by Lee Matthews
• HD Heatmap by Roland Vecera/Heldendaten (commercial)
• HD Sketch Chart Extension by Roland Vecera/Heldendaten (commercial)
• Org Chart by Brian Munz (free)
• Calendar Heatmap Extension (D3CalendarView) by Stefan Walther (free)
• SlopeGraph for QlikView (D3SlopeGraph QlikView Extension), by Stefan Walther (free)

Data Formatting, Data Integration (DataGrids, Html, etc.)

• (Minimalistic) HtmlTextBox Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• OnOffSwitch QlikView Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• Better Current Selections Box by Stefan Walther (free)
• WebPageViewer2 Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• Embed Video in QlikView by Alexander Karlsson (free)
• Word Cloud Object Extension by Brian Munz (free)
• QvDial Extension by Thomas Friebel (free)
• LiveTwitterStream by John Trigg (free)

GeoVisualization

• svgMap by Brian Munz (free)
• Universal SVG HeatMaps by Florian Kausler (free, open source)
• Australian States Heat Map by Lee Matthews (free)
• Google Maps Cluster by Alexander Karlsson (free)
• Google Maps Marker by Alexander Karlsson (free)
• Google Maps – Heatmap by Alexander Karlsson (free)
• OpenStreetMap Extension by Ralf Becher (free)
• GeoPop World Map Extension by Brian Munz (free)
• IdevioMaps (commercial)
• GeoView (commercial)
• GlobeQlik Extensions (commercial)
• GeoQlik Mapping Extensions (commercial)
• KliqMap (commercial)
• QlikMaps (commercial)
• ESRI Mapping 4 QlikView Extension by Austin Chamney (free)
• How to add the Google Maps extension objects in QlikView? (video)

Project/Process Related Extensions

• Gantt Chart Extension by Lee Matthews (free)
• Gantt Chart by Adam Cooke (free)
• Utilization Planner (license unknown)
• Data2Webservice Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• bWise Writeback Extension (commercial)
• Call EDX Tasks from Ajax Client Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• HD EDX Task Manager by Roland Vecera/Heldendaten (commercial)

Document Extensions

• LoadFirebug Document Extension by Erik Wetterberg (free)
• Center Align Document Extension by Brian Munz (free)
• QlikView AutoRefresh Document Extension by Stefan Walther (free)
• Filter Pane Document Extension by Nick Webster (free)
• iTabRow Document Extension by Alexander Karlsson (free)
• Screen Grab Document Extension for Printing Extensions by Brian Munz (free)
• Device Detection Document Extension by Brian Munz (free)
• NoGreen Document Extension by Barry Harmsen (free)
• Document Extension to Terminate an AJAX Session by Dan English (free)
• Document Extension Solution to hide buttons on the AJAX toolbar…and anything else by Brian Munz (free)
• NoToolbar Extension by Clever Anjos (free)
• Document Extension Solution to hide buttons on the AJAX toolbar by Brian Munz (free)
• Demo of UI Manipulation with a Document Extension by Brian Munz (free)
• QlikShake by Fabian Heidenstecker
• silentSelect Document Extension by Thomas Friebel (free)