qlik-security

To implement row-level security in Qlik Sense, define a Section Access table that maps user identities to reduction fields. This skill provides ready-to-adapt patterns for multi-tenant deployments, ensuring users only see their permitted data.

Yes, you can hide specific columns using the OMIT field within your Section Access configuration. This skill guides you in mapping user identities to OMIT-controlled columns, enabling precise field-level security alongside row-level data reduction.

Qlik Cloud supports robust Section Access configurations similar to client-managed on-premise deployments. This skill covers both environments, addressing single-tenant, multi-tenant, and hybrid patterns with proper STAR behavior and field-name matching.

Section Access often fails due to exact field-name mismatches or improper STAR handling in the data model. This skill validates your configuration alignment, ensuring compliant reduction fields and preventing silent failures during data visibility testing.

The best way to test Section Access is reloading your Qlik Sense app with the prepared table and validating that users see only permitted data. This skill provides testing approaches to confirm correct access control and avoid common pitfalls.