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QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Daniele_Purrone — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:25:33 GMT

QlikView May 2022 now, by default, saves files in .qvf format. Is it possible to revert to .qvw as the default?

Follow these steps:

Edit the Desktop client's settings.ini file following these instructions
The value to add to the [Settings 7] section is "QvDefaultFileFormat=qvw" (without quotes).

In order to revert the change, the setting can be changed to "QvDefaultFileFormat=qvf"

Environment

May 2022 (12.70) IR or higher

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

VivenReddy — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:35:08 GMT

Is it possible to apply these settings to all users or do we have to do it for each user individually?

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Sonja_Bauernfeind — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:52:11 GMT

Hello @VivenReddy

The QlikView Desktop client is an individual install and will need to be modified for each individual install. The QlikView server cannot push the changes to clients.

A third-party program could be used to modify the files using a domain policy, but Qlik cannot provide a guide on how to achieve this.

All the best,
Sonja

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

VivenReddy — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:32:47 GMT

Thanks for the response Sonja.

Yes that make sense for individual installations. I should have been more specific. I was think about the Desktop client installed on a server and there could be multiple developers accessing the application on the server.

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Sonja_Bauernfeind — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 07:41:05 GMT

Hello @VivenReddy

Thank you for clarifying!

Since the settings.ini is stored in the individual user folder (C:\Users\<User>\), these changes will only impact the specific user.

All the best,
Sonja

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Nilesh_C — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:10:23 GMT

hi @Daniele_Purrone i made the required changes in settings.ini file but it did not work

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

PaulVerkooijen_DataFix — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:21:37 GMT

@Nilesh_C

Change the users QlikView Desktop settings.ini

Open file: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView\Settings.ini
The value to add somewhere below [Settings 7] is "QvDefaultFileFormat=qvw"

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

PaulVerkooijen_DataFix — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:23:49 GMT

@Nilesh_C

Do not copy the Quotes !

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Daniele_Purrone — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:22:01 GMT

Thanks @PaulVerkooijen_DataFix!
I will modify the article to make it clearer, with the image you kindly provided.

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

PaulVerkooijen_DataFix — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:25:36 GMT

@Daniele_Purrone

Maybe also change

Edit the Desktop client's settings.ini file following these instructions

Edit the Desktop client's settings.ini file, Start -> Run %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView\Settings.ini

The %userprofile% variabele allways points to the current user profile folder.

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Nilesh_C — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:47:35 GMT

Hi @PaulVerkooijen_DataFix i made the same changes in 'settings.ini' file but its still not working.

When i am saving any document, by default its showing .QVF instead of .QVW

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Nilesh_C — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:51:12 GMT

Also after upgrading to Qlikview to 2023 SR2 all the users are able to open the Qlikview desktop directly by clicking on the Icon...except one user
that user is getting pop up message as below

Do you have any idea why is this happening?

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

PaulVerkooijen_DataFix — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:55:34 GMT

@Nilesh not quite relevant for this thread.
However I just experienced the same issue. Had to do repair installation and issue was fixed for me.

Re: QlikView May 2022 (12.70): .qvf is the new default file format for saving files - how to change that?

Nilesh_C — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:56:39 GMT

Thanks @PaulVerkooijen_DataFix