topic Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name in App Development

Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:34:12 GMT

Hi,

In our dashboard we used the binary load statement, followed by an app id. A couple of days ago we've upgraded our qlik sense environment and this isn't working anymore. We need to use the appname, followed by extension qvf..

However, I can't find those "named" qvf files on our server. We only have the files with an AppId as identifier.

For sake of completeness, I've added the things I've tried so far:

I'm running an app from my work environment
There's an app in a stream, called Klantmonitor, so no special characters involved.
I can't find a file on server named Klantmonitor.qvf, I do see a file with the app id in folder d:\qlikshare\apps.

I tried:

Binary Klantmonitor.qvf;
Results in: No qualified path for file: ***
Binary [lib://Qlik Sense Apps (binary load source)/Klantmonitor.qvf];
Results in: Filesize for D:\\Qlikshare\Apps\Klantmonitor.qvf failed: The system cannot find the file specified.
Binary D:\\Qlikshare\Apps\Klantmonitor.qvf;
Results in: This statement only works with lib:// paths in this script mode.
Binary [076d5faf-3e50-47da-9cc1-7c7a1a55db39];
Results in: No qualified path for file: ***

Any other ideas?

Grt,

Suzanne

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

MatheusC — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:08:40 GMT

@Suzanne_van_der_Tang

see the article below:

https://customerportal.qlik.com/article/Binary-load-fails-with-General-Script-Error-when-using-app-binary-instead-of-qvf

- Regards, Matheus

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:20:15 GMT

Hi Matheus,

Thanks for your reply. I've already found that post, but the issue is, I can't get that solution working... I can't find the location on the fileserver where the named apps with extension qvd are stored, can only find the direction with the app-ids.

Any clue on how to solve this?

Grt,
Suzanne

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

mattewwade06 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:49:58 GMT

I’ve run into this before binary loads can be a bit tricky when it comes to app naming. One thing that helped me was making sure the app name doesn’t include any special characters or spaces, and that the path is exactly right. This thread might also help: Binary Load not working due to naming issue. Hope that points you in the right direction!

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:53:30 GMT

Hi @mattewwade06 ,

Thanks for your response. I do have spaces in the name so that could be part of the problem. But the other part I'm looking for is that I don't know the path. It isn't the same as where the qvd's are stored with id, is it?

Grt,
Suzanne

PS. It looks like the link you've included doesn't work. Can you send the full link?

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

MatheusC — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:03:16 GMT

The description details the options:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2025/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Scripting/ScriptRegularStatements/Binary.htm#:~:text=.qvf.-,Limitations,-%3A%20%C2%A0

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:23:51 GMT

Yep, already saw (and tried that). Let me add the things I've tried.

I'm running an app from my work environment
There's an app in a stream, called Klantmonitor, so no special characters involved.
I can't find a file on server named Klantmonitor.qvf, I do see a file with the app id in folder d:\qlikshare\apps.

I tried:

Binary Klantmonitor.qvf;
Results in: No qualified path for file: ***
Binary [lib://Qlik Sense Apps (binary load source)/Klantmonitor.qvf];
Results in: Filesize for D:\\Qlikshare\Apps\Klantmonitor.qvf failed: The system cannot find the file specified.
Binary D:\\Qlikshare\Apps\Klantmonitor.qvf;
Results in: This statement only works with lib:// paths in this script mode.

Any other ideas?

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

seanbruton — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:45:04 GMT

Hi @Suzanne_van_der_Tang

From the App Url eg: /sense/app/66f9d8bb-5065-41df-9f59-5f240fc21633 get the code at the end eg 66f9d8bb-5065-41df-9f59-5f240fc21633 use this to place at start of the script

Binary [66f9d8bb-5065-41df-9f59-5f240fc21633];

This should work.

Regards

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:33:24 GMT

Hi,

Since the release of may 2025, this doesn't work anymore. The name of the app must be used.

Grt,
Suzanne

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

MatheusC — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:13:50 GMT

The application appears to be on another server. Have you tried exporting the application via QMC do you have access?

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:38:21 GMT

I've asked our IT department if this is the case. Could be! Keep you posted.

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Or — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:10:49 GMT

Correct. This is in the documentation as well, and has been for at least a couple of years, though I guess perhaps it previously worked contrary to documentation.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2025/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Scripting/ScriptRegularStatements/Binary.htm

Limitations:

You cannot use binary to load data from an app on the same Qlik Sense Enterprise deployment by referring to the app ID. You can only load from a .qvf file.

Re: Binary load doesn't work with app name

Suzanne_van_der_Tang — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:35:15 GMT

Hmm... I interpreted the documentation in the wrong way. Apparently the import of a qvf as a binary can only be done now when placed manually somewhere on the server. That is something which is not gonna work for us.

Off course we do have the option of automating this with the commandline option, but in this specific case we have found another way.

Thanks for contributing and thinking about this problem with me!