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Justme1965
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Find a Field in multiple qvw's

Is there a way to search through multiple qvw's for a specific field?

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rwunderlich
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If you want to search load and search the script for a group of QVWs, you can use this free utility.

Qlikview Cookbook: Script Repository https://qlikviewcookbook.com/recipes/download-info/script-repository/

If you want to load a table of QVW names and Fieldnames from QVW datamodels, you can use a script like this:

Set vDir = C:/temp; // Directory of QVWs.
DIRECTORY $(vDir);
FOR Each file in FileList('$(vDir)/*.qvw')
  LOAD
    FileName() as QvwName,
    Name as FieldName
  FROM [$(file)] (XmlSimple, Table is [DocumentSummary/FieldDescription])
  Where IsSystem = 'false';
Next file 

-Rob
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