Swagger UI: Try out the Butler API using the API docs
Assuming Butler is properly configured and running, it’s easy to try out Butler’s API. This page shows some examples of interactions with the Butler API.
Examples
Butler in action!
First things first:
If you intend to use the various Qlik script snippets included in the GithHub repository, you first need to initialize things.
Initializing Butler in an app’s load script is easy, just call the ButlerInit function.
Note: It’s usually a good idea to create a shared data connection for scripts that are available to all Sense apps.
In the example below this shared data connection is simply called “Butler scripts”:
$(Must_Include=[lib://Butler scripts/butler_init.qvs]);
CALL ButlerInit;
Flexible scheduling of Sense reload tasks
Examples showing how to use the Butler scheduler using direct API calls.
Reload task chaining with parameters
Examples showing how to use Butler’s key-value store to pass parameters between apps in a reload chain, using calls to Butler’s API.
Monitoring Butler's memory usage using Grafana
Butler can be configured to store its own memory usage in InfluxDB.
Here we look at how this works and how Grafana real-time charts can be created.
Controlled and secure file system operations
For security reasons Qlik Sense does not offer direct access to the file system from load scripts. Using lib:// constructs files can be read and written, but not copied, moved or deleted.
Butler has APIs that enabled file copy/move/delete in a secure, controlled way.
Sense apps that explain and highlight various Butler features
Butler comes with several demo apps.
Feel free to review them to get a better understanding of how Butler can be used.
When things don't work as expected
Tips and tricks for troubleshooting Butler.
Last modified 2021-04-22: First commit (c105eb7)