Admin options
Here you can find out what options you have when you access the Console with an Admin role
As an Admin you can also view all Kapsules and Logs as described in the User options section.
Users
When logged in with an Admin role, you are able to see all users that are setup in Kaptain. With Admin role you are able to:
Create users
Update users
Delete users
Create user
User Name: Name of user
Password: Password
Role: USER or ADMIN
Group: Group(s) which the user should be member of
Qlik User ID: Defined as User Directory\initials
Can Create Kapsule: Tick if the user should be allowed to create Kapsules
To make sure you insert the correct User Directory and initials (they are case sensitive) you can use the formula =osuser() somewhere in a Qlik Sense app so you can see the exact User Directory and UserId.
On Qlik Sense SaaS there is no User Directory so simply put in the IdP Subject preceded by a "\". e.g. \auth0|5e214039b4718b775cf20ec4d613346c38b52ef77b5aedb74d837bbb507fb823
You can find each users' IdP Subject in the QMC in the Users section.
Update user
Here you have the same options as in the Create user menu
Delete user
Here you can delete Kaptain users
Groups
When logged in with an Admin role, you are able to see all Groups that are setup in Kaptain. With Admin role you are able to:
Create Groups
Update Groups
Delete Groups
Create Groups
Permission: Define if members of the group have read and/or delete permissions
Group Name: Name of group
Kapsules: One or more Kapsules that should be included in the group
Users: User(s) to be part of the group
Note that you are not given read/write permission to end users. This is handled via the Komment extension interface. This only relates to users (Qlik developers or Admins) setup in the Kaptain Admin module.
Update Group
Here you have the same options as in the Create Group menu
Delete Group
Here you can delete groups
API Keys
Administer API keys
In the left hand menu administrators can access the API Key section. In here the administrator can see the API keys that have been added:
From this view the administrator can perform the following actions:
Create a new API key
Copy an API key value
Delete an API key
Create new API key
To create a new API key click on the button "Create ApiKey" to activate the following window:
Name: Write the desired name of the API key
API Key: To autogenerate an API Key press the button "generate". It is also possible to paste in the value of an already generated API key. Simple paste it into the API Key box shown in the image above.
Copy an API Key value
To copy an API Key value simply press the copy icon shown next to the API key:
Delete API Key
To delete an API Key you press the trash can icon shown in the Action column:
Apply API Key to Komment extension
The API Key is used to connect Komment and Kaptain in order to make all data transfers to and from the selected database as secure as possible.
Create an API key in Kaptain as described above
Copy the value of the generated API Key
Go to the folder where you have your Komment.zip file.
Open the zip file and navigate to static\config
Copy the file Settings.txt
Navigate out of the zip file and paste the Settings.txt file in the initial folder
Open the Settings.txt file
Insert the copied API Key value in ApiKey section
Save and close the file
Copy the Settings.txt file
Open the Komment.zip file and navigate to static\config
Paste the Settings.txt file and say OK to replace the existing file
Navigate out of the zip file
Follow the above steps to import the updated zip file to the QMC
If you have multiple servers with Komment and Kaptain installed you need to create an API Key on each Kaptain instance. To minimize maintenance you can copy the value from one instance to the others when creating additional API Keys.
Update Kaptain Data Connection
When generating new Kaptain Data Connections from within Komment, they API Key will automatically be embedded in the data connection string. However, if you have existing Kaptain Data Connections that was setup prior to version 2.5.2 you can use the below approach to update those data connections with your newly generated API Key.
Go to the Data Load Editor within an app in Qlik Sense
Search for the relevant data connection
Press the edit button of the data connection
Create a new Query Header as shown below:
Name: Authorization
Value: Bearer <INSERT API Key value>
Press save
Navigate to QMC and remove autogenerated initials that are added to the name of the data connection. This is to ensure that all previous references to the existing name will continue to work.
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