Qlik Sense Sheet Thumbnails

What is Butler Sheet Icons? ​

Butler Sheet Icons is a cross-platform, command-line tool that creates sheet thumbnail images based on the actual layout of sheets in Qlik Sense applications. It works with both Qlik Sense Cloud and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows (QSEoW). It is free and open source software, released under the MIT license.

Key Benefits ​

• Save Time: No more manual screenshot and processing of sheet thumbnails
• Consistency: Automated process ensures consistent thumbnail quality
• Scalability: Handle multiple apps with a single command
• Flexibility: Fine-grained control over which sheets to include or exclude
• Integration: Perfect for CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows

Quick Example ​

For Qlik Sense Cloud, updating sheet icons can be as simple as:

butler-sheet-icons qscloud create-sheet-icons \
  --tenanturl your-tenant \
  --apikey your-key \
  --logonuserid your-user-id \
  --logonpwd your-password \
  --appid app-id

Before and After ​

Butler Sheet Icons transforms your app overview from plain sheet listings to visual thumbnails.

Before ​

Every sheet looks the same, so the only way to tell them apart is to read the names.

The plan ​

Before it changes anything, Butler Sheet Icons can tell you exactly what it would do — which sheets get a thumbnail, which are skipped, and which of your options is responsible for each decision. That is --dry-run, and it is the recommended way to start:

Note the first sheet: the plan lists it as hidden by a show condition. The Qlik Sense hub never displays that sheet, but Butler Sheet Icons reads the app itself, so it accounts for every sheet the app actually has.

After ​

Run it without --dry-run and each sheet carries a miniature of its own layout.

Supported Platforms ​

Execution environments:

• ✅ Windows (binaries signed with commercial certificate)
• ✅ macOS (notarized by Apple)
• ✅ Linux
• ✅ Docker containers

Qlik Sense product support:

• ✅ Qlik Sense Cloud
• ✅ Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows

Getting Started ​

Ready to automate your sheet thumbnails? Check out the Quick Start Guide or jump straight into the Installation Instructions.