Qlik Sense REST connector error: “WITH CONNECTION“ is not allowed

After an upgrade to Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows May 2023?patch 3 or later,?REST connections fail with the following error:?

"WITH CONNECTION" is not allowed. To allow "WITH CONNECTION", select Allow "WITH CONNECTION" in the connector settings.

The?Allow WITH CONNECTION?option is not exposed in the REST Connector GUI and cannot be changed.

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows?August 2023?and later are?not?affected.

Resolution

To resolve the issue,?upgrade to after August 2023.

To manually mitigate the issue in the May release branch,?replace the??qsdfw_qsefw_qlikview.qliksourceconfig?file. Qlik is investigating a solution which does not require manual intervention.

Download1::

【免费】QlikSenseMay2023WITHCONNECTIONISSUEFIX资源-CSDN文库https://download.csdn.net/download/moshowgame/88697686

Download2::

Release Qlik Sense "WITH CONNECTION" is not allowed · moshowgame/ra2yuri (github.com)https://github.com/moshowgame/ra2yuri/releases/tag/qlik_sense_issue_with_connection

Backup the affected file before continuing with the workaround. When taking the backup, do not keep the backed up file in the same folder. (see end notes)

1. On each Qlik Sense Server node, navigate to:?C:\Program Files\Common Files\Qlik\Custom Data\QvRestConnector\
2. Locate?qsdfw_qsefw_qlikview.qliksourceconfig
3. Replace?qsdfw_qsefw_qlikview.qliksourceconfig?with the file attached to this article.?
4. This resolves the issue.?
   
   Subscribe to this article or monitor the release notes for information on an automated fix.
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   This change must be done on all nodes and schedulers.

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End notes:

The folder?C:\Program Files\Common Files\Qlik\Custom Data\QvRestConnector?can only contain one?qliksourceconfig?file with correct name:?qsdfw_qsefw_qlikview.qliksourceconfig

If there are two?qliksourceconfig?files (even with different names, such as a backup), the first one in alphabetical order will be chosen.

Cause?

QB-20735

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Environment

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows??May 2023 Patch 3 and later?

Does not affect August 2023 and later releases.

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Internal Investigation ID(s)?

QB-20735