Connect Qlik Sense to GitLab

Learn how to connect to your Gitlab account through API

After the installation navigate to the Settings page by opening the Gitoqlok pop-up window or following the Chrome Extensions options:

On the Options page, proceed to the Server & Repositories tab:

To add a new server, name your profile and choose the Git Server of your choice:

Gitoqlok connects to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud, Bitbucket Server, Azure DevOps, Gitea, and AWS CodeCommit through their APIs. Hence you need to paste your token.

Token - is a special hash code that identifies your user and grants access rights to create repositories and make commits.

Go to the settings page in your GitLab account.

Next you need go to the "Access tokens"

Type the name for the token, set an expiration date, and scope - API.

Create a personal token, copy it, and proceed to Gitoqlok Options:

Write up the API URL for the server type of your choice, paste your token, and check the connection:

Click on "Create connection" at the bottom of the page:

You will be redirected to the Applications Manager page. Learn more about Applications Manager here. You can skip this step and find Apps Manager later in Qlik Sense hub when opening Gitoqlok.

Eventually you will be redirected to the server profiles list. You may have several profiles for different server types and switch between them. If you want to modify your profile settings, click on "Configure".

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