topic Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML in QlikView

Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:20:54 GMT

Hi,

In QV10 SR3 I have created a project folder TEST-PRJ alongside my TEST.QVD. After saving the QVD I get all project files in the project folder without issue.

What I want is reconstruct the QVD from the individual project files. Therefore I renamed the original TEST.QVD to TEST_ORG.QVD and saved an empty QVD as TEST.QVD

This new file has all objects and sheets but when I reload I get no data. I suspect this is caused because there is a problem with the variables. I noticed that the values of my nonscripted variables are all empty.

In the original qvd I see:

Any idea how to fix this so that I do not have to add the variables each time when I reconstruct the qvd??

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:09:42 GMT

I have noticed the same thing. When I restore my project from project files, all of the variables that are not scripted have disappeared! I even searched the contents of all of the files in the -prj folder, but could not find any of my variable definitions there either.

Is this a bug? If so, it is a very big one! I am trying to recover a corrupted document, and this is preventing me.

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:16:27 GMT

***DANGER***

This is a bug in QlikView!

DO NOT PLAN ON QLIKVIEW PROJECT FILES TO RETAIN YOUR VARIABLE DEFINITIONS!

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Jason_Michaelides — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:54:16 GMT

Have you reported this to QlikTech, Simon?

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:06:24 GMT

Jason,

Yes I have.

Case # 00113177
Issue Analysis ID - 48655

Please let us know if/when this gets fixed! Right now we are having to manage the physical QlikView file, and have no hope of doing collaborative development.

Thanks,

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Jason_Michaelides — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:29:46 GMT

I don't work for QlikTech so I wouldn't know! I'm interested to hear about progress myself...

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:52:03 GMT

Oh, ok. Sorry. Your profile pic led me to believe otherwise...

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Jason_Michaelides — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:54:38 GMT

Fair point. That was some ex-colleagues' idea of fun...

I promise I don't put the pants back on every night...

Re: Variables not available after rebuilding QVD from XML

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:59:37 GMT

Hi!

Quite an old topic here, but I just wanted to give an update here in case anyone else is searching Qlikcommunity for this topic.

Seems like QT is not gonna fix this behavior. Just discussed with Support, and they say that's a WAD

WAD: As noted in
the help files / documentation "No data from the document will be saved in
the project files."

Variables that are
added to the document straight into the variables section are classed as data -
to get around this you can use SET in the script to set the variable to be
what you want in the file, this will ensure that the "variable" is
saved in the project file.

When I remember correctly, this is the same behavior as with the qv.exe \nodata Switch. Frontend Variables are not loaded there as well.

Some workarounds can be found here: http://community.qlik.com/message/184020#184020