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Posts in 2021

  • v5.3.0: Key-value refinement

    2021-04-12 in Releases

    Key-value refinement Small release, this. After using the key-value (KV) store over a few months it became obvious that iterating over keys in namespaces was useful and important. But not possible given the APIs exposed by Butler. So we added a new …

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  • v5.1.0: Sharing is caring

    2021-03-03 in Releases

    Sharing is caring The main change in in this release is the addition of telemetry. Yup - starting with 5.1 Butler will call home. At least if you let it. So… the question is then… how does it work and should you allow it? How Software …

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  • v5.0.0: Reload alerting deluxe

    2021-02-24 in Releases

    Be the first to know Let’s say you are responsible for a Qlik Sense Enterprise environment, or that you are a developer of Sense apps. Let’s also (unlikely as it is, but still..😃) say that app reloads fail from time to time. For whatever …

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  • v4.3.0: Bug fixes, improved documentation

    2021-02-03 in Releases

    Great features are useless if no one uses them The previous couple of Butler releases included new features (in the form of REST API endpoints) for among other things copying/moving/deleting files in a controlled way. The problem was that there were …

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  • File operations examples and better setup instructions

    2021-02-03 in News

    Nothing really major, but it should make the process of getting started with Butler a bit easier: Added instructions for creating the Sense data connections needed to use Butler. Added examples showing how file copy/move/delete operations can be done …

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Posts in 2020

  • v4.2.0: Failed reloads? Notify me!

    2020-11-07 in Releases

    Advanced email notifications for failed and aborted reloads Email notifications are still very much alive and used in many companies. Historically it’s been difficult or impossible to get good email notifications from Qlik Sense Enterprise on …

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  • v4.1.2: Sense demo app can now start reloads

    2020-10-28 in Releases

    Sense demo app can now start reloads The included Sense demo app now correctly uses the Butler API endpoint used to start reload tasks. Please see the changelog for more information.

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  • v4.1.1: Fixing broken start Sense task API endpoint

    2020-10-28 in Releases

    Fixing broken start Sense task API endpoint Oops. The API endpoint for starting Sense tasks was incorrectly documented, as noted in #89. Fixed in version 4.1.1. Please see the changelog for more information.

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