Pre-deployment Checklist

Application Checklist brings best practices right to the BI interface to help ensure the compliance to the highest standards of performance before releasing analytics to production.

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Available for Qlik Sense/Cloud and Power BI Web.

TIP

Make sure to have Soterre Helper turned on.

Find Application Checklist

Qlik Sense/Cloud

Find Application Checklist feature in Qlik App Overview > Soterre Helper:

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Pre-deployment Checklist for Qlik

PowerBI Web

From the Power BI Web report edit mode, find the Application Checklist button from Soterre DevOps Analytics:

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Pre-deployment Checklist for Power BI Web

Explore Application Checklist

Qlik Sense/Cloud

The landing page displays the list of Pre-deployment checklists, that are visible to every Gitoqlok user.

At the top of the Pre-deployment checklists, you can find the Default Checklist by Soterre DevOps Analytics, where our team has gathered some of the best practices and recommendations for Qlik developers to review before deploying an application.

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Application Checklist

Default Checklist by Soterre DevOps Analytics

Each checklist is formatted to represent the hierarchical view: Section > Item > Description. You can mark each checklist item as completed. Once each item within the checklist is marked as done the section highlights green.

To open the links in the description press Ctrl + click on the link.

PowerBI Web

The landing page displays the list of Pre-deployment checklists, that are visible to every Power BI user.

You can find the Default Checklist by Soterre DevOps Analytics, where our team has gathered some of the best practices and recommendations for PowerBI developers to review before deploying a report.

Each checklist is formatted to represent the hierarchical view: Section > Item > Description. You can mark each checklist item as completed. Once each item within the checklist is marked as done the section highlights green.

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Pre-deployment Checklist for PBI Web

To open the links in the description press Ctrl + click on the link.

Create a private custom checklist

Qlik Sense/Cloud

• Find the New Checklist button on the Application Checklist landing page.
• Enter your checklist components. Make sure to write up concise item names and neat descriptions.
• Add more sections and items within sections. Change section order up to your convenience.
• Add QSDA Pro performance check-up. If you add this option your checklist users will be able to integrate QSDA Pro into Soterre DevOps Analytics to execute application performance check-up.
• Click Save to save your custom checklist locally. This action makes your custom checklist visible to you only.

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Create Apps Checklist for Qlik

PowerBI Web

• Find the New Checklist button on the Application Checklist landing page.
• Enter your checklist components. Make sure to write up concise item names and neat descriptions.
• Add more sections and items within sections. Change section order up to your convenience.
• Click Save to save your custom checklist locally. This action makes your custom checklist visible to you only.

Soterre DevOps Analytics: Create Pre-deployment Checklist for PBI Web

Publish your app through Apps Checklist

Qlik Sense/ Cloud

Once you have ensured the consistency of your application with the checklist components you can publish your application right in the side panel:

1. Choose a space
2. Give your app a name
3. Enter the description
4. Check out Tags Manager notifications for publishing sheets

Application Checklist: Publish App

Delete a checklist

Qlik Sense/Cloud

Open the checklist > Edit icon > click Delete.

PowerBI Web

Open the checklist > Edit icon > click Delete.