Which app created the QVD

[bobbydave]

I have an app that uses a generated QVD.

I want to find which loader app created this QVD originally.

Is there a way of finding this out?

[prieper]

You may user QViewer (free download). Meta-Data for the file will give you the tip

You may also load the qvd as xml-file (reading the meta-data only). under "Creator Doc" you will find the application, which created the qvd.

Peter

edit: added xml-possibility

[Digvijay_Singh]

Check this out -

Finding the qvw from where qvd got generated

[Aurelien_Martinez]

Hi,

You can open the qvd file with notepad.

Aurélien

[Peter_Cammaert]

If the standard Notepad chokes on your QVD (too big), then use Notepad++ to open arbitrary large QVDs and navigate to the end.

[flipside]

Or use Qlikview to read the qvd ...

LOAD CreatorDoc FROM [example.qvd] (XmlSimple, Table is [QvdTableHeader]);

Dave

[ngulliver]

EasyQlik's QViewer is really useful. This small utility (the installer zip is only 742KB) is associated with QVD files, allowing you to simply double click them to open them. A full table view of the data is then given, with the ability to get distinct lists of column values (like a Qlik List Box) and menu items for getting to the meta data and lineage information. All data sources that have fed into a QVD’s creation are listed, as is a link directly to the QVW file that created it.

It works for both QlikView and QlikSense generated QVDs

To download, go to EasyQlik QViewer - viewer for QVD files