qvf size and how do I reduce it on an export?

[#1]

I have an App in QlikSense 3.0.2 which loads approx 40m records using

LOAD <fields> from [<connection>/xxx.qvd] (qvd);

After the App has saved, in the QMC Apps list, if I add 'File size(MB)' column from the column selector, it shows the App as 350Mb. However, when I do 'More actions / Export', the download size says 2.8Gb.

All I really wanted from the export is to back up the App load script and sheet designs, so in an attempt to reduce that 2.8Gb size, I re-ran a number of versions of the load script, saving the App & trying an Export after each one. The download size stayed as 2.8Gb after each one though.

I tried

          Test:

          LOAD <fields> from [<connection>/xxx.qvd] (qvd) where 1<>1;

then

          Test:

          First 1 LOAD <fields> from [<connection>/xxx.qvd] (qvd);

then

          Test:

          First 1 LOAD <fields> from [<connection>/xxx.qvd] (qvd);

          Drop table Test;

Q1. What do the 350Mb & 2.8Gb sizes actually represent. Is the 350Mb the App including data in compressed format, but the data gets uncompressed on Export?

Q2. How can the App export size be reduced?

[kaushiknsolanki]

Hi,

As per the help when you export the QVF all the relevant contents like photo, images etc also gets exported.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/3.0/Subsystems/ManagementConsole/Content/export-apps.htm

So just check what is happening in your case.

Regards,

Kaushik Solanki

[#3]

Thanks - I was aware of that, but my App doesn't have any images etc. It's just got Pivots, Tables, Filters, Graphs