topic Re: Create Data File in qvd by Automation in Qlik Automate

Create Data File in qvd by Automation

Sebastian_Dec — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:55:26 GMT

Hi,

Can someone guide me what I am doing wrong?

I have a block: Create Data File
Name: APP_TEST.qvd
File Mime Type: qvd
File: { $.AppList } // this is my variable (list) that I want to save to qvd (each row separately)

Automation works, but when I retrieve the data, I get:

LOAD 쟩瑗蝫㑏幯???赳楶ᮽ넀䰑켃ꦝῇ埯歴???俣漴艹ퟷ珝皍뵩 FROM [lib://DataFiles/APP_TEST.qvd] (txt, unicode, embedded labels, delimiter is ';', msq);

I don't even have an Asian keyboard.....

I know I should study this page: https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-files/#%23%2Fentries%2Fv1%2Fdata-files-post

But I don't really understand how to save it correctly.

I know the error is here:

Re: Create Data File in qvd by Automation

Chanty4u — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:18:31 GMT

May be convert to csv add csv block

and then csv to qvd

Re: Create Data File in qvd by Automation

Sebastian_Dec — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:47:35 GMT

Hi @Chanty4u, thanks for your answer

Yes, that's the solution (I know how to do that), but I don't want to do it through a custom code block...

Let's say I'm a complete novice, I don't know anything about programming, I only finished elementary school, and I want to do it in blocks, as how it should work.

I have a variable (it may not be a list, it may be a simple string) and I want to save it in qvd using a block that is used for this purpose -> Create Data File

It seems to me that what I am asking is very simple, which is why I am concerned that there is no simple answer to it.