topic Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ? in QlikView

How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to set up our dev infrastructure for QlikView projects, and we want to to use git as our (d)vcs.

For that, I want to use the -prj feature of QlikView.

I have created a sample application (test1.qvw), then a test1-prj folder alongside the app. Saved the app, and prj forlder is populated with flats files. So far so good.

Now I want to re-create my app out of the flat files:

rename test1.qvw to test1-back.qvw
create a new app in QlikView (Ctrl+N)
don't do anything but save it under test1.qvw, alongside the test1-prj folder
close the new empty app
re-open it, and.......

.... nothing ! The app is not restore out of the prj folder.

I must be missing some obvious point, but I can't get what... Any tips ?

Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

tresB — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:49:11 GMT

It seems good. Just make sure that while closing the newly created qvw, it is not saved again (it has to be saved once while giving the name)

Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

jonathandienst — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:54:41 GMT

In your 3rd step, you are saving the empty document and that is clearing the -prj folder. So, amended process:

rename test1.qvw to test1-back.qvw
create a new app in QlikView (Ctrl+N)
rename the new app as test1.qvw (from Windows, not Save-As), alongside the test1-prj folder
open the new app

HTH

Jonathan

Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

tresB — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:03:49 GMT

Hi,

Save-As works at my end.

Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:52:50 GMT

Ok, I got it working, thanks. I now understand my error: when creating the new app, I must not save it under the same name, as it will wipe the existing prj folder.

So I can either create the new app as 'temp.qvw' then rename it under Windows Explorer. Or, even quicker, directly create the new empty app with the right name from Windows Explorer.

So my working process is:

rename test1.qvw to test1-back.qvw
create a new test1.qvw file from Windows explorer (Ctrl+N)
open the new app

Thanks for your answer.

Re: How to re-create an application from the -prj folder ?

ashfaq_haseeb — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:05:26 GMT

Hi,

Check this too.

http://community.qlik.com/thread/128124

http://community.qlik.com/message/563170#563170

Regards

ASHFAQ