topic Re: Who created? in QlikView

Who created?

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:11:12 GMT

Is it possible define who create the first version of one QlikView File or the who developed the script?

Thanks.

Marcelo Duarte.

Re: Who created?

settu_periasamy — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:05:06 GMT

Hi,

May be you can create Hidden Script (with Password) and create a variable with author name.

Save and close the document. If you want to see the script again, you need to enter password.

Or, Like this..

Re: Who created?

avinashelite — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:53:26 GMT

You could add a comment line in the script

// Document created on: 11 Apr 2016

// Document Created by: Name

//Purpose : ...

Re: Who created?

tamilarasu — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:12:58 GMT

Hi,

You can also add author name in Document properties.

You can check the author name by using the function =Author() in front end.

Re: Who created?

Peter_Cammaert — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:32:14 GMT

All the previous posts offer valuable solutions for a non-trivial problem in QlikView: identify the person who created/last-modified a document or script.

There is only one definite solution: start using a VCS (Version Control System). Every piece of your document - except for the data - can also be stored as xml in a VCS. The VCS will keep track of who changed a single item and what he/she actually did to that item.

I prefer adding VCS-like comments to every external script file (those are always out of sync with the actual document) and a non script-dependent variable vVersion to every document (just for UI changes). Then it's up to you and some discipline to make this work

Best,

Peter

Re: Who created?

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:43:10 GMT

Thanks everyone for the feedbacks!

My question was not clear enough, and sorry about that, my doubt is:

The file is already created but I don´t know who develped this application in the company.

I would like to know, if there is some kind of metadata where I can find this information.

Thanks all.

Re: Who created?

jonathandienst — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:06:43 GMT

The author and/or last changed user name is not part of the default metadata inserted into the document. So unless something similar to the suggestions above was already in the document, there will be no way of determining who was responsible.

Re: Who created?

avinashelite — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:16:53 GMT

Qlikview will not store this information in the document ...if you have implemented the version control you could indentify the author from the same ..

Re: Who created?

Peter_Cammaert — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:12:46 GMT

I don't think it's even possible for QlikView to determine who created a document. For instance, if I copy a company template QVW to turn it into a completely new document, is the template author the creator of my document? I myself will only make "modifications" to it...

NTFS may be of help if the document never moved out of AD and the creator is still owner. See Windows explorer->RightClick your file->Properties->Security->Advanced->Owner.