A VS Code extension for editing and managing Qlik Cloud app load scripts directly from your editor.
Features
Script Editing
Browse and open Qlik Cloud apps via the Qlik Cloud activity bar panel
View and edit individual script sections (tabs) as separate files with full syntax highlighting
Reorder, rename, add, and delete sections from the tree view
Save changes back to Qlik Cloud with an optional version message
Script History
Browse the full version history of an app's load script
Expand any version to see which sections changed compared to your current working copy
Click a changed section to open a diff editor showing exactly what differs
Revert to any previous version with a single click
App Reload
Trigger a Qlik Cloud app reload from VS Code using the engine API
Live log output streams to a dedicated Qlik Cloud Reload output channel
Cancel an in-progress reload via the notification
Syntax Highlighting
Full syntax highlighting for Qlik Script (.qvs) files
Covers keywords, functions, comments, strings, dollar-sign expansions, and more
Requirements
A Qlik Cloud tenant
qlik-cli installed and at least one context configured in ~/.qlik/contexts.yml
Getting Started
Install the extension
Open the Qlik Cloud panel in the activity bar
Click Select Qlik Context (person icon) and choose your tenant
Click Open Qlik App (search icon) to browse and open an app
Script sections appear in the Script Sections tree — click any section to open it in the editor
Commands
Icon
Command
Description
$(account)
Select Qlik Context
Choose which tenant to connect to
$(search)
Open Qlik App
Browse and open an app from your tenant
$(cloud-upload)
Save Script
Save all sections back to Qlik Cloud
$(add)
Add Section
Add a new script section
$(run)
Reload App
Execute the load script with live log output
$(refresh)
Refresh History
Reload the Script History panel
Authentication
The extension reads authentication from ~/.qlik/contexts.yml (created by qlik-cli). Both API key and OAuth2 client credentials auth types are supported.
