topic How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application? in App Development

How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

sumit_ranjan_pa — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:38:22 GMT

I have an application which is using a lot of fields. Albeit, the application is small in size, I would prefer to remove the unused fields from Fact table. This should help me in a better performance.
I have heard of Document analyzer for Qlikview , which helps in similar condition. I have found nothing similar on QlikSense.

Can you please suggest some extension/application that will help me?

Any innovative solutions are welcome as well!

Thanks and regards,

Sumit

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

jmvilaplanap — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:08:06 GMT

Hi,

There is a superb qlik app for this pourpose (Tools | Qlikview Cookbook) is the QV analyzer made by Rob Wunderlich.

Regards

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

sumit_ranjan_pa — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:17:55 GMT

HI ,

I heard about this. Are you sure it will work with QlikSense applications?

As far as i know, it works only for Qlikview.

Quote:

Version 3.8, Dec 17, 2017 - QlikView

This tool is used to analyze the structure of a qvw.

Thanks and regards,

Sumit

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

jmvilaplanap — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:24:24 GMT

Well, in the same web page is the QS Analyzer (Tools | Qlikview Cookbook) for Qlik Sense

Regards

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

sumit_ranjan_pa — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:34:32 GMT

My Apologies! Thank you for the help!

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

Tool_Tip — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:51:05 GMT

We know about this. It is an excellent tool but it has limitation of 100 fields only by default. Full feature comes with subscription only.

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

SimonDB — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:29:52 GMT

You can do this with an automation... details on this youtube video. Worked perfectly for me
Qlik Field Usage Automation - YouTube

GitHub - eapowertools/qlik-field-usage-automation: Inactive - A Qlik Application Automation template and programmatically generated app for Qlik Sense apps in Qlik Cloud that exposes field usage and allows for impact analysis.

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

EliGohar — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:06:54 GMT

Hi!

You can actually do this with my free Qollect extension!
It scans your Qlik Sense app and exports a comprehensive metadata report, showing all fields, dimensions, and measures, as well as identifying unused ones.
You can check it out here:
🔗 Qollect on Regarden
🔗 GitHub - Qollect

Best Regards,

Eli.

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

Tool_Tip — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:24:41 GMT

Dear Eli,

Is this free ? or need subscription?

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

EliGohar — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:08:21 GMT

Qollect is completely free, no subscription or payment is needed.

Give it a try 🙂

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

SimonDB — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:08:48 GMT

Hi Eli, this looks good.

Is there a way to export chart expressions which aren't set as Master Measures?

Many thanks, Simon

Re: How to find unused fields in a QlikSense application?

EliGohar — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:25:19 GMT

Hi!

At the moment, Qollect only exports expressions from master measures, but support for chart-level expressions is something I’m considering for a future version.

Thanks,

Eli.