Before the rollout

You have built an amazing dashboard in QlikView, and you are ready to publish it. However, before your masterpiece sees the light, some deeds must be done, and these are explained in the following sections.

Locking objects

Before finishing an application, it might be a good idea to lock the objects in order to prevent the users from moving or resizing them. You can accomplish this chart by chart by going to the Layout tab and unselecting the Allow Move / Size box:

If you want to lock all the objects inside a sheet, it is easier to open the Sheet Properties window and go to the Security tab. Here, you can restrict not only the Move/Size privilege, but also some others such as Remove Sheet or Remove Sheet Objects:

Tip

If you need to replicate this security schema in all the sheets in the document, just select the Apply to All Sheets box before clicking on Apply.

Though locking all the objects at once is clearly more comfortable for the designer, leaving this feature active in...