How do I connect Qlik Cloud to Loket.nl (REST) in 5 minutes?
Execute the following steps to connect Qlik Cloud to Loket.nl (REST). You only need knowledge of Qlik Cloud, your own business and the Loket.nl (REST) administration.
Loket.nl is online payroll software. Payrolling and HR are offered according to Dutch legislation. Loket.nl is used both by accounting firms as well as entrepreneurs.
No technical knowledge is needed nor knowledge on the Loket.nl (REST) APIs to connect Loket.nl (REST) 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 Loket.nl (REST).
The steps to connect Qlik Cloud to Loket.nl (REST) are:
- Register an Invantive Cloud account.
- Create a Loket.nl (REST) database.
- Make the Loket.nl (REST) database available through the Tableau OData connector.
- Connect Qlik Cloud to Loket.nl (REST) through the connector.
- Load data from Loket.nl (REST) into Qlik Cloud.
Invantive Cloud offers a Loket.nl (REST) connector to download data from Loket.nl (REST) into Qlik Cloud, but there are over 105 other connectors available also for SQL, Power BI, Power Query, Qlik, Tableau and Azure Data Factory.
With the Loket.nl (REST) connector for Qlik Cloud you will by default fetch the data from all connected Loket.nl (REST) companies in your dashboard. You can limit the number of Loket.nl (REST) 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 Loket.nl (REST) company. Of course, you can also filter the data by a specific Loket.nl (REST) company using a filter step in Qlik Cloud. The Loket.nl (REST) connector for Qlik Cloud has advanced optimizations for great real-time performance with both a single Loket.nl (REST) company as well as with hundreds of Loket.nl (REST) companies.
When you are having questions, please check the forums for Loket.nl (REST).
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:
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Go to Invantive Cloud start page.
Select the Log on-button.
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Select the Next-button.
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Select the Next-button.
Enter your password and repeat the provided password.
You will receive a six-digit verification code by email within 2 minutes.
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Select the Sign Up-button.
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Make sure you have an authentication app installed on your phone. Select the Next-button.
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Add the displayed QR code to the authentication app, enter the current verification code, and choose "Finish".
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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 Loket.nl (REST) and numerous other platforms. You will use the same Invantive login code and workflow for all other platforms.
Create Loket.nl (REST) database
In this step, we set up a database with data from Loket.nl (REST). The database is "virtual" because it is not a traditional database, but is fed real-time from Loket.nl (REST). Invantive Cloud provides Qlik Cloud with a real-time link to Loket.nl (REST). The database will be used for all your Loket.nl (REST) reporting with Qlik Cloud. So you only need to perform these steps once.
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Click the Add Database button.
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Please fill out the form with login information for Loket.nl (REST).
Select the OK-button.
Congratulations! You can now process data from Loket.nl (REST) within the Invantive Cloud website. You can do this for example with the interactive SQL editor.
Grant connection from Qlik Cloud access to Loket.nl (REST)
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 Loket.nl (REST) outside of Invantive Cloud:
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.
You can completely disable IP address checking by entering an asterisk ("*").
You are now ready to import the Loket.nl (REST) data into Qlik Cloud.
Configure Qlik Cloud connector for Loket.nl (REST)
You will now pull in Qlik Cloud data from Loket.nl (REST) 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:
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Start Qlik Cloud and choose "More..." from the "To a Server" menu on the left menu "Connect".
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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.
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The list of available Loket.nl (REST) tables appears. Select the desired tables and construct your Tableau dashboard.