topic Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732295#M1241780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Prabhakar,</P><P></P><P>I think it is not possible to read QVD files from any other tools other than Qlikview, but there is another format QVX which Qlikview provides for third Party tools to generate this QVX files for Qlikview, and qlikview can read this format, I am not sure whether QVX files are read by Cognos or SAP.&nbsp; Usually QVX files are generated from Informatica, Expressor etc.</P><P></P><P>Instead of QVD files why can't you change the files to CSV?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Jagan.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:31:53 GMT jagan 2014-06-24T05:31:53Z Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732289#M1241772 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Experts,</P><P></P><P>Is there anyway to read QVD Files using Cognos or SAP Solution Manager or SAP Bussiness Objects?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Prabhakar</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732289#M1241772 2026-01-26T16:26:21Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732290#M1241774 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>QVD is Qlik's propietory format. Cognos or any other solution would not officially be able to read it.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:10:00 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732290#M1241774 tresB 2014-06-24T05:10:00Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732291#M1241776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you&nbsp; for quick response.</P><P></P><P>So do Qlik provides any Integration certificaties to extract or read the data from QVD files officially?</P><P></P><P>Do QlikView supports any 3rd Party Reporting Tools?We want to use Cognos and SAP Bussiness Objects reporting tools on top of Qlikview&nbsp; data&nbsp; warehouse. </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Prabhakar</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:22:02 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732291#M1241776 2014-06-24T05:22:02Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732292#M1241777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>QlikView has its own Data Integrator tool called Expressor.</P><P>Qvd can be read by Expressor and can be saved to any data-warehouse or databases.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>ASHFAQ</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:25:59 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732292#M1241777 ashfaq_haseeb 2014-06-24T05:25:59Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732293#M1241778 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>AFAIK, no. But it's a bit strange requirement. If you have qv why would you need another BI tool <EM style="text-decoration: underline;">specially on top of it ?</EM></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:29:08 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732293#M1241778 tresB 2014-06-24T05:29:08Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732294#M1241779 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No.. Not possible..There is no connector or api's available...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:29:34 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732294#M1241779 selvakumarsr 2014-06-24T05:29:34Z Re: Can Cognos or SAP Solution Manager read QVD Files? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732295#M1241780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Prabhakar,</P><P></P><P>I think it is not possible to read QVD files from any other tools other than Qlikview, but there is another format QVX which Qlikview provides for third Party tools to generate this QVX files for Qlikview, and qlikview can read this format, I am not sure whether QVX files are read by Cognos or SAP.&nbsp; Usually QVX files are generated from Informatica, Expressor etc.</P><P></P><P>Instead of QVD files why can't you change the files to CSV?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Jagan.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:31:53 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Can-Cognos-or-SAP-Solution-Manager-read-QVD-Files/m-p/732295#M1241780 jagan 2014-06-24T05:31:53Z