Managing commentaries

Qommentary provides a centralised location where users can explore and find commentaries that have been created by any extension across all Qlik Sense applications.

Commentaries are richly-formatted narratives which can be associated to selections, linked to one or multiple charts in the sheet and submitted for approval (if required).

Commentaries can be filtered by one or multiple applications and searched by a specific keyword or author name. Additionally, commentaries can be archived when no longer required to be visible.

Filtering

1. Click on the Filter by text field and start typing an application name

2. Select an application from the list

If the selected application/s contains any published commentaries, they will be displayed on the table.

Searching

Commentary can be searched by specific keywords or by the author name. You can also filter results by a a specific application or a group of applications.

Searching by commentary or author name

1. Start typing a commentary keyword or the name of a commentary author

The table will update as you type and display any records which match your search.

Deleting a commentary

Deleting a commentary will allow you to permanently remove it from the database. This action cannot be undone. Any active workflows associated to the deleted commentary will be cancelled.

1. Navigate to Commentaries » Published section 2. Filter by an application/s of your choice

3. Tick the commentary/commentaries you would like to delete

4. Click on the Delete icon

5. Once confirmation modal appears, click on Delete button

The selected commentary/commentaries will be permanently deleted from the system.

Archiving a commentary

Archiving a commentary will hide it from the extension and move the commentary to the archived section.

1. Go to the Commentaries Published section 2. Filter by an application/s of your choice

3. Tick the commentary/commentaries you would like to archive

4. Click on the Archive icon

The selected commentary/commentaries will be archived.

This operation cannot be undone.

Any approval workflows in progress which are associated to the archived commentary will be cancelled.

Exporting

Commentary data can be exported to Excel for offline use. The generated document will include all commentary in an application with any associated selections.

To export commentary, please follow these steps:

1. Click on the Export button

An Excel document will be generated on-the-fly and downloaded to your specified location

Viewing archived commentaries

When commentaries are archived, they are cleared from the source extension and stored in the Archived section.

To view archived commentaries, please follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the Commentaries » Archived section

2. Filter by an application/s of your choice

If the selected application/s contains any archived commentaries, they will be displayed on the table.

Archiving applications

If you wish to archive all commentaries contained within a specific application, you can perform a bulk archive operation.

To archive commentaries on an application, please follow these steps:

1. Go to Commentaries » Archived section 2. Click on the Archive App button

3. Start typing the name of an application or select from the list

4. Select the application and click on the Archive button

The selected application will be archived and all commentaries will now be hidden from the extension.

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