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Overview

The Writeback Extension enables users to write or edit data directly within Qlik Sense applications and store those changes in configured destinations, supporting more interactive and operational use cases.

Using Writeback, users can add new data or update existing records directly from Qlik Sense dashboards and persist those changes to external destinations such as files or databases.

Features

  • Seamless Data Writeback
    Allows users to write or edit data directly within Qlik Sense applications and persist changes to external destinations.

  • Multiple Destination Options
    Supports writing data to file-based destinations such as .csv, .txt, and qvd files, as well as database connections.

  • Flexible Column Selection
    Enables users to select columns from the existing data model or define custom input columns for writeback.

  • Customizable Data Storage
    Allows defining specific columns to be stored in the destination and supports multiple destination configurations.

  • Configurable Action Triggers
    Supports triggering actions based on the success or failure of writeback operations, including app refresh and notifications.

Supported Destinations

Writeback supports writing data to the following destination types.

File-Based Destinations

  • CSV
  • TXT
  • QVD

Database Destinations

  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • Snowflake
  • Fabric Warehouse
  • Oracle

The Writeback Extension is added to a Qlik Sense sheet as a custom SenseOps visualization, enabling users to enter or modify data directly within the application.

All writeback operations are handled by the Writeback server, which manages validation, connectivity, and persistence of data to the configured destinations.