This repo contains a vscode extension for developing and validating scripts using the editor. You can validate the script syntax, load the script in Qlik Associative Engine and view the current data model using Catwalk.
Keep in mind that this repository is under heavy development and the appareance and behaviour will probably change in the coming weeks.
- Qlik Associative Engine
We also recommend you to install the vscode-qlik extension to get load script syntax highlighting in vscode!
This extension will by default use localhost:9076 for communication with a Qlik Associative Engine. However host and port can be configured in your user settings for vscode like this.
If you want to connect with secure websocket and/or use headers you can also define them in settings.
If the reloadLimit is set the engine will reload the app in debug mode making it possible to limit the amount of rows loaded per field. Default is null = unlimited.
{
"engine.host": "localhost",
"engine.port": 19076,
"engine.secure": true,
"engine.headers": {
"headerKey": "headerValue"
},
"engine.reloadLimit": 100
}The extension will use the running Qlik Associative Engine for validating the script syntax of the load script. If errors are detected they will be highlighted in the editor and also the errors will be displayed in the status bar and in the Problemsconsole.
The command can be executed by running Ctrl+Shift+p and is also triggered when saving a .qvs file.
To make it possible to view the data model created by your load script, the extension makes use of Catwalk.
The command can be executed by running Ctrl+Shift+c.
There is a command available for inserting the Ctrl+0+0 script into your editor: Qlik: Insert the Qlik Ctrl+0+0 script into your load script.
This command can be tied by a user to a key binding if often used.
The extension is not yet published to Visual Studio Marketplace, but if you want to try it out you can clone the repo and run it in debugger with F5.