topic File size anomaly in QlikView

File size anomaly

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:51:10 GMT

I am in the process of created a QlikView report. It contains two tabs. One has a few objects on it. The other is blank. When I save the file with the populated tab selected, the file is 293kb. When I save the file with the blank tab selected, the file is 288kb. When I go back and save again the file with the populated tab selected the file is again 293kb. I know that it is not a great difference. I am just interested in knowing why this is. They are, essentially, the same file.

Re: File size anomaly

marcus_sommer — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:00:55 GMT

I'm not really sure about the difference but I think it's related to the fact that the visibility of objects needs to be stored, too and probably also some parts of the caching of the calculations within the objects.

- Marcus

Re: File size anomaly

Miguel_Angel_Baeyens — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:18:47 GMT

I agree with Marcus, the file is the same but the status is not, and the visible objects and properties are stored in the QVW file as anything else (hidden objects, data, script, etc.).