Restriction of Document CAL

A Document CAL allows one user to open one QlikView application. The license is perpetual and will allow the user to open a single QlikView application into perpetuity. One user can consume more than one Document CAL if they need to access additional QlikView applications. The combination of a user would be stored in QlikView Server like Named users but associated with a QlikView application instead of all of the applications available on the server or in the cluster. A Document CAL may be transferred to another user pursuant to the software licensing agreement, in which case there is a 7-day quarantine before the Document CAL can be transferred to another user. To use a Document CAL, the client user must be identified via an authenticated user name (Windows Active Directory or through a ticket exchange between the web server and QlikView Server).

The purpose of the Document CAL is to provide a mechanism by which licensees can license the use of a single QlikView application. To prevent the combination of many data models in a single application, there are restrictions in the QlikView applications that can be used with the Document CAL. The Document CAL can only be used with applications that have a single contiguous data model and do not contain any chasm traps between tables. QlikView applications with multiple logical islands are normally not allowed. Multiple logical islands are only allowed, if the additional tables are unconnected and contain only few records or a single column. In addition, the QlikView application may not contain any loosely coupled tables where there are circular references between the tables in the data structure.
 

Identification:

To use a Named User CAL or a Document CAL, the client user must be identified via an authenticated user name (Windows Active Directory or through a ticket exchange between the web server and QlikView Server). An IP address is not a valid form of identification for a Named User CAL. The two methods of identification cannot be mixed on the same instance of QlikView Server. Note that the user name identification requires Windows authentication on AJAX clients, since machine name identification cannot be used for these clients.

Any CAL used by an identified user may not be transferred to another user, unless the transfer is due to a change in the employment status or work duties of the prior user, in which case there is a 7-day quarantine before the CAL be transferred to another user.

 

Document CAL Restrictions:

The purpose of the Document CAL is to provide a mechanism by which licensees can license the use of a single document. To prevent the combination of many data models in a single document, there are restrictions in the documents that can be used with the Document CAL. However, the Named User CAL, the Session CAL, and the Usage CAL can be used to open any functional QlikView document. The Document CAL can only be used with documents that have a single contiguous data model and do not contain any chasm traps between tables.

Most common data models used in QlikView documents can be used for Document CALs. For instance, proper star schemas and snowflake schemas typically have the field with the highest cardinality in the fact table and the keys in dimensional tables have a lower cardinality. For snowflake schemas, the cardinality decreases further when moving away from the fact table. Documents containing such models typically fulfill the above demands and are well-suited for Document CALs.

Documents with multiple logical islands are normally not allowed. Multiple logical islands are only allowed, if the additional tables are unconnected and contain only few records or a single column.
In addition, the document may not contain any loosely coupled tables.

Finally, the cardinality (that is, the number of distinct values) of the key fields must decrease when moving away from the fact table.

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