topic Re: Qlikview Scrambling credentials question in QlikView

Qlikview Scrambling credentials question

Mats_E — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi

Can anyone confirm whether the option to Scramble credentials in Qlikview Desktop is regular "Scrambling, Obfsucation" or actual hash with salt?

Thx in advance.

Re: Qlikview Scrambling credentials question

Chip_Matejowsky — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:51:16 GMT

Hello @Mats_E,

From the QlikView Help entry Document Properties: Scrambling:

Press this button to perform a random scrambling of the contents of selected field(s). Numbers are scrambled to numbers and text to text (spaces are kept). Once scrambled, the data cannot be recreated in its original form by Qlik or anyone else. If the script is re-executed, however, the scrambling will be lost.

So based on this description, I'd say that Scrambling is more than just obfuscation.

Best Regards

Re: Qlikview Scrambling credentials question

Mats_E — Mon, 08 May 2023 08:20:15 GMT

Hi Chip

Thx for the info!

Regards Mats