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stantrolav
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II

How to show QVW creation date or update date?

Hi there!

While creation of QlikView application it is useful to see document update date or document creation date. It's not the ReloadTime() and now() or today(). I mean the property of file .qvw, that is shown in explorer window of OS. How to get this property to qlik application?

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jpenuliar
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

QvdCreateTime (qvd_file_name)

jpenuliar
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

Qlikview Help:

QvdCreateTime(filename)

Returns the XML-header time stamp from a QVD file if any (otherwise NULL).

The filename is the name of a QVD file, if necessary including path.

Examples:

QvdCreateTime('MyFile.qvd')

QvdCreateTime('C:\MyDir\MyFile.qvd')

Not applicable

Try this:

Enable create log for app: Settings->User Preferences.

On General tab check option: "Flush Script Log Files After Each Write"

Then in Your Script paste this:

Log:
LOAD RowNo() as ID,
@1 as DataAkt,
@2 as HourAct
FROM

(
txt, unicode, no labels, delimiter is ' ', msq); //Change Destination of log file
Makt:
Load Max(ID) as Max Resident Log;
LET vMax = Peek('Max','0','Makt');
LET vData = Peek('DateAct',$(vMax),'Log');
DROP Table Makt;
END Sub

Then create a textbox item, and in the text field paste this:

= 'Last data update: ' & only({<ID={'$(vMax)'}>}DateAct) & ' ' & only({<ID={'$(vMax)'}>}HourAct)

stantrolav
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II
Author

I got no answer.

QvdCreateTime shows QVD info. Not QVW or QVF file. From interface I can call function ReloadTime(). This function would show the time of Reload end. I can rename file or move it somewhere. After these operations Qlik.qvw would have ModifyDate. Do some one know how to get this date?

RSvebeck
Specialist
Specialist

Use the function filetime()


Robert

Svebeck Consulting AB
stantrolav
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II
Author

This function works only from load script. If I want to see that time in Qlik interface without reload I gues I should use macros.

Anonymous
Not applicable

I would think it would only change during reloads.

So if you use it in the script and assign it to a variable, you can then use the variable in your UI.

stantrolav
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II
Author

Okay. During Script I can get this info. FileTime() would show me last modify date of file. It'll be less than ReloadTime() of QVW or QVF file. It can help me someway. Thanks.

But this time won't be real modify date of file. May be in future I'll find full answer for getting this file info.