topic Re: What are &quot;&lt;orphans&gt;&quot; source documents? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560137#M1270370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Daniel,</P><P></P><P>Orphan tasks (rather than documents) are those tasks attached to a document that has been moved or deleted, for example, and while the information on the task, permissions, triggers, etc... it's all stored into the QVPR, the actual document is no longer in its folder.</P><P></P><P>This basically allows you to delete tasks where documents no longer exist. In previous versions, you were not able to do that unless you created a new QVW with the same name.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>Miguel</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:19:47 GMT Miguel_Angel_Baeyens 2013-08-06T08:19:47Z What are "<orphans>" source documents? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560136#M1270367 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I see documents listed in the [ Documents | Source Documents ] tab under a tree element "&lt;Orphans&gt;".</P><P></P><P>I cannot find the term "Orphans" in the server documentation.</P><P></P><P>What is this tab trying to tell me? How does a document become an &lt;Orphan&gt;? How do I remedy the situation?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560136#M1270367 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: What are "<orphans>" source documents? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560137#M1270370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Daniel,</P><P></P><P>Orphan tasks (rather than documents) are those tasks attached to a document that has been moved or deleted, for example, and while the information on the task, permissions, triggers, etc... it's all stored into the QVPR, the actual document is no longer in its folder.</P><P></P><P>This basically allows you to delete tasks where documents no longer exist. In previous versions, you were not able to do that unless you created a new QVW with the same name.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>Miguel</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:19:47 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560137#M1270370 Miguel_Angel_Baeyens 2013-08-06T08:19:47Z Re: What are "<orphans>" source documents? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560138#M1270374 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for quick reply.</P><P></P><P>Daniel Lipkie</P><P>(Sent from my iPhone)</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:04:22 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/What-are-quot-lt-orphans-gt-quot-source-documents/m-p/560138#M1270374 2013-08-06T13:04:22Z