Control-M for Qlik Cloud

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

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

• Execute Qlik Cloud jobs, which perform a full or partial data reloads.
• Manage Qlik Cloud credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any Qlik Cloud endpoint.
• Integrate Qlik Cloud jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of Qlik Cloud jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your Qlik Cloud jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Qlik Cloud including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• 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	9.0.20.201
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 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.

Before You Begin

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

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
2. Download the Qlik Cloud plug-in from the Control-M for Qlik Cloud download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the Qlik Cloud plug-in via one of the following methods:
   • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
     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 (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
        • 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) Use the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
4. Create a Qlik Cloud connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Qlik Cloud Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Qlik Cloud
5. Define a Qlik Cloud job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with Qlik Cloud Job parameters
   • Automation API: Job:Qlik Cloud