Control-M for Qlik Cloud

Qlik Cloud supports Qlik Cloud Data Services, a cloud-based extract, transform, load (ETL) service, and enables you to visualize your data with Qlik Sense.

Control-M for Qlik Cloud enables you to do the following:

Execute Qlik Cloud jobs, which perform full or partial data reloads.
Manage Qlik Cloud credentials in a secure connection profile.
Connect to any Qlik Cloud endpoint.
Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Qlik Cloud, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
Integrate Qlik Cloud jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
Monitor the status, results, and output of Qlik Cloud jobs.
Attach an SLA job to the Qlik Cloud jobs.
Run 50 Qlik Cloud jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Qlik Cloud Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Qlik Cloud plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.20.200
Control-M/Agent	9.0.20.200
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.20.200
Control-M Automation API	9.0.20.250

Control-M for Qlik Cloud is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for Qlik Cloud

This procedure describes how to deploy the Qlik Cloud plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a Qlik Cloud job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
Download the Qlik Cloud plug-in from the Control-M for Qlik Cloud download page in the EPD site.
Install the Qlik Cloud plug-in via one of the following methods:
- (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service, as follows:
  1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations:
    - Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
    - Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
  2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
    - Linux: ctm provision image QLS_plugin.Linux
    - Windows: ctm provision image QLS_plugin.Windows
- (9.0.20.200 or lower) Run the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
Create a Qlik Cloud connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Qlik Cloud Connection Profile Parameters
- Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Qlik Cloud
Define a Qlik Cloud job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Create a Job with Qlik Cloud Job parameters
- Automation API: Job:Qlik Cloud

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is QLC092022.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.02	Added a new icon
1.0.01	Changed App Name attribute to App ID
1.0.00	Initial version