topic Re: Extension Values Dissapear in QlikView

Extension Values Dissapear

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT

Hello,

Has anybody seen the situation where values do not seem to be sticking in the extension?

I have updated an extension as I needed to add three new fields... this has not gone too smoothly but the three fields are now available and the extension still works.

Now when I add value to the field "OppWon" and click on the "fx" button the value does not go through to the Expression box. Also when I close the QV document and reopen it the OppWon field is blank, i.e. losing the value.

I would not mind but the OppOpen field which I added at the same time seems to be working without fault.

(as a note I entered sensible data into the field a few times before adding the random string for the screen shot).

Any solutions?

Thanks,

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Clever_Anjos — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:14:05 GMT

Anytime you change an extension definition file you should remove your objects and recreate them

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:08:00 GMT

Hello,

I have already done that with no success... and also one of the new fields work and the other one does not... I assume it would be more of all or nothing?

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Clever_Anjos — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:03:04 GMT

Start from scratch.

Open your app
Remove any extension objects
Save and close
Reopen
Add your objects

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:14:46 GMT

Hi,

Yes these are the steps I have already taken and did not work.

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Clever_Anjos — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:22:57 GMT

Would you mind attaching the last version of your extension?

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 03:31:49 GMT

Did you ever get this working? I had the same problem last year working on an extension. Whenever the definition.xml was updated I would have trouble with losing values. Then when putting them back in some would be fine and others would go blank.

Never found a good solution - just kept playing with entering the values in different orders, switching between web view mode and regular mode and eventually was able to get the new values to stick.

- Stan

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:56:09 GMT

Hi,

To be honest I have not found a good solution either. Yet after updating the XML file I have been using the general process of:

Open your app
Remove any extension objects
Reduce Data --> Purge All Data
Save and close
Reopen
Add your objects

but it is does not work every time (so I do it twice).... cannot really work out where it is sticking and why. Sorry...

Re: Extension Values Dissapear

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:15:33 GMT

It's good to know I'm not alone! Next time I will try out these steps - it would be nice to have something more consistent than my current method of randomly trying things until the new values stick.