topic Re: Rename Qlikview Document in Access Point in QlikView

Rename Qlikview Document in Access Point

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

I created a copy of the original qvw and completely optimized and called it NEW Vehicle History, assigned the permissions and ran it for a week for the end users to test.

Now I want to rename the qvw to Vehicle History. My question is, if I just rename the file in UserDocuments will it retain the permissions it currently has?

Re: Rename Qlikview Document in Access Point

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:15:49 GMT

Hi,

renamed qvw file will retain permissions, but make backup of the file before renaming, just in case.

regards

Re: Rename Qlikview Document in Access Point

Bill_Britt — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:59:51 GMT

Yes, it will keep the file permissions. However, you will need to also rename the .meta and .share files that go along with this QVW.

Bill

Re: Rename Qlikview Document in Access Point

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:21:40 GMT

This is an old post, but since some information is missing I thought that I should add a comment.

Renaming the document (and meta & share) does not move the DocCALs. So you might end up with DocCals pointing to a document that no longer exists on the server...

Better to remove all DocCALs before renaming the document, and then add them back to the new document.

Here is a page that goes through how to get those lost DocCals back (Guess an easier way is to change the name of the document again and then remove all docCALs).

QlikView: Releasing Lost Doc Cals - The QGate Knowledgebase‌