I had a need to keep my Variable and Group information in external files for better security. I had once lost my variables when they were just stored in the QVW file.
Anyway, I created an application using the Electron framework to manage my variable and group information.
If any of you have a similar need and would like to give my application a try, I would appreciate it, as I could use more eyes on it for testing and suggestions to make the application more robust.
The basic idea is to store the variable and group information in JSON files and then export it to either JSON or XML. I use XML, since Qlikview (which I am using) doesn't have native JSON import functionality.
There is not much documentation (see the github repository readme), but it is pretty straightforward and you can contact me with any questions at markmccoid@gmail.com.
When you install, there is some sample data so you can see what the end result is before you spend a bunch of time entering your own data.
Here are a couple of screenshots of the application: