topic Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days in QlikView

TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

Is there any way to configure the Publisher to keep the TaskExecutionHistory logs more than 30 days? I can keep my own qvd library of older files, but I would prefer not to.

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

maxgro — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:47:04 GMT

try here

Publisher Logs History

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:14:07 GMT

Hi,

I have tried the solution linked by Massimo, but it does not take effect. I have restared the distribution service.

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Peter_Cammaert — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:19:40 GMT

Are you sure the actual config file has been correctly updated?

More than once, I faced the problem that my editor couldn't overwrite a config file in the C:\Program Files area. Saving to your own Documents folder implies copying the saved file to the correct location later on (which I seem to have forgotten on at least one occasion)

Also check the extension of the new config file.

It should work.

Peter

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:28:39 GMT

@peter cammaert, No this entry:

is in the

QVDistributionService.exe.config

file located in the:

C:\Program Files\QlikView\Distribution Service

directory, unfortunately.

BR,

Tobias

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Peter_Cammaert — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:46:03 GMT

Wow, that's a lot of history your are aiming for. Can you try with a smaller value, for example 45 or 60 days?

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:01:48 GMT

I can try to set it to 60 days to see if that works, pretty weird if that would be the problem though.

/Tobias

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Fri, 10 Feb 2017 07:54:30 GMT

Still does not work.

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:21:52 GMT

Anybody got this working?

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Bill_Britt — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:50:17 GMT

HI,

In the C:\Program Files\QlikView\Distribution Service\QVDistributionService.exe.config

Bill

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:36:08 GMT

Hi Bill, thanks for your reply, but that entry is already there.

/Tobias

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

gines_rueda — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:16:16 GMT

I am getting the same issue here, no more than 30 days after changing that config parameter.

I have tried different numbers also restarting services and the complete servers.

I read that in QV11 it was set to 30 and then in QV11.20 to be configurable, what I am not not sure if this is not longer working on QV12.20 SR9 (our server version)

Re: TaskExecutionHistory logs for more than 30 days

Chip_Matejowsky — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:32:47 GMT

Hi @gines_rueda,

Yes the setting NbrOfDaysToKeepQDSLogs is valid in the 12.20 track. See Qlik Support article "QlikView Management Service Publisher Related Configuration Settings for Best Practices and potential performance improvements" and review the settings under QlikView Distribution Service (QDS) Settings.