Applies to:

QlikView 11
QlikView 11.20
QlikView 12.00
QlikView 12.10

For QlikView November 2017 (12.20) and up, see QlikView - Usage of cookies QlikView 12 November 2017.

Introduction

This document will describe the use of cookies in a default installation of the QlikView platform. It is not a detailed technical description but an overall presentation of the general use of cookies and their use in the application.
There are two components of QlikView that utelises cookie, the Access Point and the QlikView Ajax client.
The use of cookies in the QlikView application is limited to cookies supplied by the application i.e. first party cookie no third party cookies are used in a standard installation.
The QlikView application is dependent on other technologies such as Windows platform. In those circumstances that technologies used by QlikView utilize cookies these are also used by QlikView but not documented in this document. Examples of this could be different authentication solutions.

The terminology used in the description is:
·         Session cookie is a cookie that is not stored by the browser and only available until the browser is closed.
·         Persistent cookie is a cookie that is stored in the browser and valid for a period of time determined by the application
·         Third party cookies are cookies set to be used by other applications than QlikView
·         First party cookie is a cookie only valid for the domain or sub-domain that the application server is part of.

Access Point

The access point has two uses for cookies, maintaining a session with a user and personalization of preferences.
The maintaining of user session of the access point is achieved using a session cookie.
The configuration settings are stored as persistent cookies i.e. they have a life span where they will be available to the application through the browser. The current lifespan of the cookies are 1 year.

QlikView Ajax Client

The use of cookies in the Ajax client is limited to session cookies. There are two cookies, one to maintain the session of the logged in user and one to differentiate between anonymous users.
The cookie used to maintain a session for the logged on user is unique to the user and a session cookie.
The cookie used to differentiate anonymous users is unique to the machine and valid for 1 year.