topic Re: user distribution list in QlikView

user distribution list

sabari1910 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

I need user distribution details for each and every user documents.

I tried to get the details from DistributionDetail.xml but the file is not up to date.

so please suggest me how to get latest user distribution list.

Re: user distribution list

sabari1910 — Wed, 11 May 2022 07:52:44 GMT

Qlik experts-Any suggestions pls..

Re: user distribution list

Maria_Halley — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:31:48 GMT

@sabari1910

I checked here and my DistributionDetail.xml is updated and have the information. Note that each user/group has its own entry. Meaning that if you look at the TaskID it is repeated if you have more than 1 user.

I tested this in version 12.60

Re: user distribution list

sabari1910 — Wed, 11 May 2022 10:52:04 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

I have many user documents in my QMC ,so its really hard to check each and every document in QMC and collecting the user distribution details.

If my DistributionDetail.xml file is up to date simply I will collect the distribution user details ,but in my case the file is not up to date.

I would be happy:), if you tell me how to get the updated .xml file.

Re: user distribution list

Maria_Halley — Wed, 11 May 2022 11:54:22 GMT

@sabari1910

If the file in the QVPR is not updated, you will not get the latest values in the QMC after a restart either. Have you had any issues like that?

Have you restarted the server after adding new groups?

Re: user distribution list

Chip_Matejowsky — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:20:48 GMT

Hi @sabari1910,

Do you use the QlikView Governance Dashboard? On the Publisher tab, you can select specific tasks. You could potentially add a List Box and configure it to display all of the distribution recipients. I'm not a developer, so I'm not sure what the mechanics would be for this.

Best Regards

Re: user distribution list

sabari1910 — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:44:43 GMT

Hi @Chip_Matejowsky

I'm not using Governance app.

Yes of course , If we select the particular task we can see the user distribution list and get the details from that.

But I have more applications so it's really hard to click each and every app and collect the details :).

Re: user distribution list

sabari1910 — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:48:34 GMT

Yes ,I can see latest values in QMC ,but the .xml last updated date is showing very old.

Re: user distribution list

Chip_Matejowsky — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:06:07 GMT

@sabari1910,

As you stated you have multiple apps and its hard to click each one, please let us know what it is you envision the solution to be. A report that lists all apps and all the users they were distributed to?
Best Regards

Re: user distribution list

sabari1910 — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:17:06 GMT

My requirement is just to know about the distributed user details of each app.

ex below;

App name	Distributed user ids
XXXXX.QVW	user1;user2;
YYYYY.QVW	user3;
ZZZZ.QVW	user2;

Re: user distribution list

Chip_Matejowsky — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:54:02 GMT

Okay, so then you could add a table object to the Governance Dashboard (adding to the already great information it presents), or build an entirely separate app, that pulls this information from the DistributionDetails.xml files for each task.

Maria already made some suggestions on how to ensure the .xml files are up to date.

Best Regards

Re: user distribution list

Albert_Candelario — Wed, 11 May 2022 19:37:33 GMT

Hello @sabari1910 ,

Could it be that the default QVPR path has been changed on the QMC? and that is why you see old data on the xml file.

I would also advise to look at this document - Analyzing Your QVPR | Qlikview Cookbook

It might inspire you to create a qvw for the data you need.

Cheers,

Albert

Re: user distribution list

Maria_Halley — Mon, 16 May 2022 07:04:01 GMT

@sabari1910

I agree with @Albert_Candelario, it sounds like the QVPR is not in the default location. You can check if there are new backups created in the backup folder.

Default there is a backup created every night at midnight.

Re: user distribution list

Albert_Candelario — Tue, 17 May 2022 20:23:46 GMT

Hello @sabari1910 ,

I hope you are fine.

Did you had the chance to review the latest suggestions?

Cheers,

Albert

Re: user distribution list

Bill_Britt — Wed, 18 May 2022 18:14:18 GMT

HI,

You can build an app and get that information from the QVRP database.