topic Convert .qvf to JSON in App Development

Convert .qvf to JSON

Mansi1403 — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:41:27 GMT

Hi,

Is there any way of converting .qvf file to json using python

Re: Convert .qvf to JSON

henrikalmen — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:34:23 GMT

I don't believe a qvf file can be converted to json with any method at all, what is it that you would like to do?

Perhaps you are thinking about qvd files - if so, this thread might be useful to you: https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView-App-Dev/How-to-extract-QVD-data-using-python/td-p/1398020

Re: Convert .qvf to JSON

NadiaB — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:52:38 GMT

Hi @Mansi1403

By any chance could it be possible to share what are you trying to accomplish ? Is there any specific information you are looking for about the contents of the qvf?

Kind Regards.

Re: Convert .qvf to JSON

simonaubert — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 07:55:40 GMT

Hello @Mansi1403

I'm pretty sure it does not make sense to convert .qvd (qlik application format) to json, with any tool... What do you really want to do?

Best regards,

Simon

Re: Convert .qvf to JSON

simonaubert — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:24:29 GMT

Hello @ethanklein

Sorry but your post is REALLY misleading. .qvf is not for qlikview but for qlik sense and that's two very different products.

Re: Convert .qvf to JSON

henrikalmen — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:33:30 GMT

QVF is orginally used for Qlik Sense applications, but since a few versions back Qlik View also adopted the same file extension for its apps (although qvf apps created in one of them is not ready to open in the other). The legacy QlikView application extension, still possible to use, is/was QVW.

QlikView doesn't have an engine API, does it? Qlik Sense has an Engine API. (QlikView also has API:s though.) It is possible to e.g. export data to json through API:s, but convert qvf to json? There's so much that is unclear in that question.

It's difficult to know if @Mansi1403 refers to qlikview application files or qlik sense application files - or even QVD files, if he actually wrote the wrong file extension by mistake.