How do I connect Qlik Cloud to Kadaster in 5 minutes?

Execute the following steps to connect Qlik Cloud to Kadaster. You only need knowledge of Qlik Cloud, your own business and the Kadaster administration.

The Dutch Kadaster is a public register of spatial data of the Netherlands. It bundles land, housing and infrastructure data in structured and graphical formats.

No technical knowledge is needed nor knowledge on the Kadaster APIs to connect Kadaster to Qlik Cloud. This step-by-step plan will tell you exactly which steps you need to go through on Invantive Cloud to create your own Azure data warehouse with data from Kadaster.

The steps to connect Qlik Cloud to Kadaster are:

1. Register an Invantive Cloud account.
2. Create a Kadaster database.
3. Make the Kadaster database available through the Tableau OData connector.
4. Connect Qlik Cloud to Kadaster through the connector.
5. Load data from Kadaster into Qlik Cloud.

Invantive Cloud offers a Kadaster connector to download data from Kadaster into Qlik Cloud, but there are over 75 other connectors available also for SQL, Power BI, Power Query, Qlik, Tableau i Azure Data Factory.

With the Kadaster connector for Qlik Cloud you will by default fetch the data from all connected Kadaster companies in your dashboard. You can limit the number of Kadaster companies that are retrieved in Qlik Cloud through the Database settings. For example, you can also limit the connector for Qlik Cloud to the data from exactly one Kadaster company. Of course, you can also filter the data by a specific Kadaster company using a filter step in Qlik Cloud. The Kadaster connector for Qlik Cloud has advanced optimizations for great real-time performance with both a single Kadaster company as well as with hundreds of Kadaster companies.

When you are having questions, please check the forums for Kadaster. Every organisation is entitled to 1 hour of free training to help you get started. This free hour also applies to free plans.

Register Account on Invantive Cloud

Skip this step when you already have an account on Invantive Cloud. Otherwise execute the following steps one time to register an account on Invantive Cloud:

1. Go to Invantive Cloud start page.

2. Select the Log on-button.

3. Select the Sign Up-button.

4. Enter your business email address.

5. Select the Next-button.

6. Enter your personal data.

7. Select the Next-button.

8. Enter your password and repeat the provided password.

9. Select the Next-button.

10. You will receive a six-digit verification code by email within 2 minutes.

11. Enter the six-digit verification code.

12. Select the Sign Up-button.

13. Log on now.

14. Make sure you have an authentication app installed on your phone. Select the Next-button.

15. Add the displayed QR code to the authentication app, enter the current verification code, and choose "Finish".

16. Skip registration of the organization.

17. Complete your personal data and choose 'Save'.

18. Go to the dashboard.

19. The Invantive Cloud dashboard will be shown.

You now have a login code on Invantive Cloud with which you can set up the connection with Kadaster and numerous other platforms. You will use the same Invantive login code and workflow for all other platforms.

Create Kadaster database

In this step, we set up a database with data from Kadaster. The database is "virtual" because it is not a traditional database, but is fed real-time from Kadaster. Invantive Cloud provides Qlik Cloud with a real-time link to Kadaster. The database will be used for all your Kadaster reporting with Qlik Cloud. So you only need to perform these steps once.

1. Click the Add Database button.

2. Select Kadaster from the list.

3. Please fill out the form with login information for Kadaster.

4. Select the OK-button.

Congratulations! You can now process data from Kadaster within the Invantive Cloud website. You can do this for example with the interactive SQL editor.

Grant connection from Qlik Cloud access to Kadaster

To retrieve the data from Qlik Cloud we create a link via Invantive Bridge Online. This creates a "bridge" between the cloud of Invantive and the standard OData connector that is available in every version of Qlik Cloud. You do not need to install anything locally: no connector, no ado.NET provider and no Qlik Cloud add-on neither.

Execute the following steps to safely use the data from Kadaster outside of Invantive Cloud:

1. Next to the database you will find an orange text requesting you to allow access from your current location (IP address). Select the nearby orange button.

2. You can completely disable IP address checking by entering an asterisk ("*").

You are now ready to import the Kadaster data into Qlik Cloud.

Configure Qlik Cloud connector for Kadaster

You will now pull in Qlik Cloud data from Kadaster through the established link.

Please note again that Invantive Cloud under the hood handles all complexity such as setting up credentials such as a refresh token, acquiring an access token, optimizing and parallelizing access, accessing an API within the rate limits, scopes and security restrictions. There is absolutely no need for knowledge on complex technical topics such as OAuth access tokens or API.

Execute the following steps:

1. Start Qlik Cloud and choose "More..." from the "To a Server" menu on the left menu "Connect".

2. Search and select the OData connector.'

3. Enter in the window the Bridge Online URL of the Qlik Cloud database. This URL containing the data can be found in the Database-form of Invantive Cloud. Choose authentication type "Username and Password". Enter the Invantive Cloud user name and password.

4. The list of available Kadaster tables appears. Select the desired tables and construct your Tableau dashboard.