topic Re: config file creation in QlikView

config file creation

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:32:41 GMT

Hi,

How does a config file gets created, i.e there is a config under the qvw file. something like this.

Scalar.qvw ----- this is an extract file

Scalar.qvw.config --- how to create this config file. we have different config files like environment.config

what i observed is the variables of Scalar.qvw is getting stored in Scalar.qvw.config. ...but don't know how this config file is getting created

John

Re: config file creation

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:40:13 GMT

QlikView files (qvw) don't need and don't create config files. I assume that the developer of the Scalar.qvw created config file to use it as an additional data source. (My assumption is based on a fact that I've done it myself a few times - to read database connection parameters, for example..)

Re: config file creation

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:40:31 GMT

I doubt that file is created automatically. It sounds like some developer created that file using the text editor of his/her choice to do so.

Re: config file creation

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:45:51 GMT

Would like to add something to it..In the extract file we have Include(..\..\..qvwSetup.qvs) statement

In this particular qvs script its written like load itemname, itemtype from Scalar.qvw.config file is written.

From this we can assume that some has created this before the first time reload of original qvw file.

Any ideas, pls share...

John

Re: config file creation

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:53:55 GMT

Hi Michael,

Could you pls tel me how u have created that config file.

John

Re: config file creation

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:00:01 GMT

Exactly the way Gysbert mntioned. Opened notepad, enterd some text, saved as ClientName.config.

(Client wanted it this way this.)