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Timely to Qlik Integration

AI-first ETL from Timely into Qlik. Governed entities, incremental sync, typed landing tables.

How Datrise loads Timely into Qlik

Datrise syncs Timely's time entries, projects, clients, users, tags, and billable hours into Qlik as tables loaded into Qlik's associative engine (often via QVD). Flexible or custom fields land in flattened columns for the data model, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as date/time fields.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses incremental QVD loads merged on stable id, so re-runs update only what changed. QVD files per entity and load date. Qlik's associative model joins on identically named fields, so Datrise standardizes key names so associations link correctly.

Ideal for associative, in-memory exploration in Qlik Sense.

Endpoints

Timely: Automatic time tracking for teams and projects.

Qlik: Associative analytics with Qlik Sense apps and governed data models.

How Timely entities map to Qlik

Timely entityQlik objectNotes
time entriestimely_time_entriesid PK · custom fields → flattened columns for the data model
projectstimely_projectsid PK · linked to timely_time_entries
clientstimely_clientsid PK · linked to timely_time_entries
userstimely_usersid PK · linked to timely_time_entries

FAQ

How does Datrise handle Timely's custom fields in Qlik?

Flexible values are stored as flattened columns for the data model, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Qlik types.

How does the Timely to Qlik sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses incremental QVD loads merged on stable id.

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