# Get the properties of an object Get the properties of an object by using the [GetProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-getproperties.htm) or the [GetEffectiveProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-geteffectiveproperties.htm). If the object contains some soft properties, the soft properties are not returned by the [GetProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-getproperties.htm). Use the [GetEffectiveProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-geteffectiveproperties.htm) instead. If the object is linked to another object, the properties of the linking object are not returned by the [GetProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-getproperties.htm). Use the [GetEffectiveProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-geteffectiveproperties.htm) instead. ## Examples Example 1: [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/EngineAPI/Content/Sense_EngineAPI/WorkingWithAppsAndVisualizations/SetGetProperties/get-properties.htm) #### The goal is to create a sheet and a combo chart (the combo chart contains both a list object and a chart) and to get their properties. 1. Create a sheet. qChildListDef is added to the definition of the sheet in order to be able get the list of its children. The client sends: ``` { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "CreateObject", "handle": 1, "params": [ { "title": "Sheet 1", "description": "Description of sheet 1", "qInfo": { "qId": "SH01", "qType": "sheet" }, "qChildListDef": { "qData": { "title": "/title", "description": "/description", "meta": "/meta", "order": "/order", "id": "/qInfo/qId", "type": "/qInfo/qType", "lb": "/qListObjectDef", "hc": "/qHyperCubeDef" } } } ] } ``` The engine returns: ``` { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "result": { "qReturn": { "qType": "GenericObject", "qHandle": 2 }, "qInfo": { "qId": "SH01", "qType": "sheet" } }, "change": [ 2 ] } ``` The sheet is created and the handle is 2. 2. Get the properties of the sheet. The handle is 2. The client sends: ``` { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "method": "GetProperties", "handle": 2, "params": [] } ``` The engine returns: ``` { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "result": { "qProp": { "qInfo": { "qId": "SH01", "qType": "sheet" }, "qMetaDef": {}, "title": "Sheet 1", "description": "Description of sheet 1", "qChildListDef": { "qData": { "title": "/title", "description": "/description", "meta": "/meta", "order": "/order", "id": "/qInfo/qId", "type": "/qInfo/qType", "lb": "/qListObjectDef", "hc": "/qHyperCubeDef" } } } } } ``` The GetProperties method returns the properties of the sheet. 3. Create a combo box in the sheet. The combo chart is composed of a list object (one dimension Country) and a hypercube (one dimension City and one measure Count(Holes)). The client sends: ``` { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 5, "method": "CreateChild", "handle": 2, "params": [ { "title": "Title of the combo chart", "collapsed": { "qVAExpression": "Count(Country) > 25" }, "meta": { "data": "this is the data" }, "qInfo": { "qId": "CB01", "qType": "ComboChart" }, "qListObjectDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qLibraryId": "", "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "Country" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "Dim1" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByState": 0, "qSortByFrequency": 0, "qSortByNumeric": 0, "qSortByAscii": 0, "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qSortByExpression": 0, "qExpression": { "qv": "" } } ] }, "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qTop": 0, "qLeft": 0, "qHeight": 3, "qWidth": 0 } ] }, "qHyperCubeDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDimensions": [ { "qLibraryId": "", "qNullSuppression": false, "qIncludeElemValue": false, "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "City" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "City label" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByState": 0, "qSortByFrequency": 0, "qSortByNumeric": 0, "qSortByAscii": 0, "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qSortByExpression": 0, "qExpression": { "qv": "" } } ] } } ], "qMeasures": [ { "qLibraryId": "", "qDef": { "qLabel": "Total", "qDescription": "Chart HC Properties measure description", "qGrouping": "N", "qDef": "Count(Holes)" } } ], "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qTop": 0, "qLeft": 0, "qHeight": 3, "qWidth": 2 } ] }, "description": "Description of the combo chart: list box and chart" } ] } ``` The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 5, "result": { "qReturn": { "qType": "GenericObject", "qHandle": 3 }, "qInfo": { "qId": "CB01", "qType": "ComboChart" } }, "change": [ 2, 3 ] } The combo box contains a list object and a chart and is contained in the sheet SH01. The list object has one dimension, Country, and the chart contains one dimension, City, and one measure, Count(Holes). The combo chart has several full dynamic properties: title, collapsed and meta. The handle of the combo chart is 3. 4. Get the properties of the combo chart. The handle is 3. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 7, "method": "GetProperties", "handle": 3, "params": [] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 7, "result": { "qProp": { "qInfo": { "qId": "CB01", "qType": "ComboChart" }, "qMetaDef": {}, "title": "Title of the combo chart", "collapsed": { "qVAExpression": "Count(Country) > 25" }, "meta": { "data": "this is the data" }, "qListObjectDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "Country" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "Dim1" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} } ], "qNumberPresentations": [], "qActiveField": 0 }, "qFrequencyMode": "N", "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qLeft": 0, "qTop": 0, "qWidth": 0, "qHeight": 3 } ], "qExpressions": [] }, "qHyperCubeDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDimensions": [ { "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "City" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "City label" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} } ], "qNumberPresentations": [], "qActiveField": 0 }, "qOtherTotalSpec": { "qOtherMode": "OTHER\_OFF", "qOtherCounted": {}, "qOtherLimit": {}, "qOtherLimitMode": "OTHER\_GT\_LIMIT", "qForceBadValueKeeping": true, "qApplyEvenWhenPossiblyWrongResult": true, "qOtherSortMode": "OTHER\_SORT\_DESCENDING", "qTotalMode": "TOTAL\_OFF", "qReferencedExpression": {} } } ], "qMeasures": [ { "qDef": { "qLabel": "Total", "qDescription": "Chart HC Properties measure description", "qTags": [], "qGrouping": "N", "qDef": "Count(Holes)", "qNumFormat": { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0 }, "qAccumulate": 0, "qActiveExpression": 0, "qExpressions": [] }, "qSortBy": { "qExpression": {} }, "qAttributeExpressions": [] } ], "qInterColumnSortOrder": [], "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qLeft": 0, "qTop": 0, "qWidth": 2, "qHeight": 3 } ], "qMode": "S", "qNoOfLeftDims": -1, "qMaxStackedCells": 5000 }, "description": "Description of the combo chart: list box and chart" } } } The properties of the combo chart (including the full dynamic properties) are returned. Example 2: [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/EngineAPI/Content/Sense_EngineAPI/WorkingWithAppsAndVisualizations/SetGetProperties/get-properties.htm) #### The goal is to create a chart that is linked to another chart, add some soft properties to the chart, and then get the full properties of both charts. 1. Create the chart Chart01. The chart contains one dimension ProductName (qFieldDefs is ProductName) and one measure. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "CreateObject", "handle": 1, "params": [ { "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart01", "qType": "Chart" }, "qHyperCubeDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDimensions": [ { "qLibraryId": "", "qNullSuppression": false, "qIncludeElemValue": false, "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "ProductName" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "ProductName label" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByState": 0, "qSortByFrequency": 0, "qSortByNumeric": 0, "qSortByAscii": 0, "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qSortByExpression": 0, "qExpression": { "qv": "" } }, { "qSortByState": 0, "qSortByFrequency": 0, "qSortByNumeric": 0, "qSortByAscii": 0, "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qSortByExpression": 0, "qExpression": { "qv": "" } } ], "qNumberPresentations": [ { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qFmt": "", "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " } ], "qReverseSort": false }, "qOtherTotalSpec": { "qOtherMode": "OTHER\_OFF", "qOtherCounted": { "qv": "10" }, "qOtherLimit": { "qv": "0.05" }, "qOtherLimitMode": "OTHER\_GT\_LIMIT", "qSuppressOther": false, "qForceBadValueKeeping": true, "qApplyEvenWhenPossiblyWrongResult": true, "qGlobalOtherGrouping": false, "qOtherCollapseInnerDimensions": false, "qOtherSortMode": "OTHER\_SORT\_DESCENDING", "qTotalMode": "TOTAL\_OFF", "qReferencedExpression": { "qv": "" } } } ], "qMeasures": [ { "qLibraryId": "", "qSortBy": { "qSortByState": 0, "qSortByFrequency": 0, "qSortByNumeric": 0, "qSortByAscii": 0, "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qSortByExpression": 0, "qExpression": { "qv": "" } }, "qDef": { "qLabel": "Chart HC Properties measures label", "qDescription": "Chart HC Properties measure description", "qTags": [ "tags" ], "qGrouping": "N", "qDef": "Empty", "qNumFormat": { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qFmt": "", "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " }, "qRelative": false, "qBrutalSum": false, "qAggrFunc": "", "qAccumulate": 0, "qReverseSort": false } } ], "qSuppressZero": false, "qSuppressMissing": false, "qInterColumnSortOrder": [], "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qTop": 0, "qLeft": 0, "qHeight": 0, "qWidth": 0 } ] } } ] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "result": { "qReturn": { "qType": "GenericObject", "qHandle": 2 }, "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart01", "qType": "Chart" } }, "change": [ 2 ] } The chart is created and the handle is 2. 2. Create the chart Chart02 that is linked to the chart Chart01 (qExtendsId is Chart01)). The chart Chart02 inherits the properties of the chart Chart01. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "method": "CreateObject", "handle": 1, "params": [ { "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart02", "qType": "Chart" }, "qExtendsId": "Chart01" } ] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "result": { "qReturn": { "qType": "GenericObject", "qHandle": 3 }, "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart02", "qType": "Chart" } }, "change": [ 3 ] } The chart Chart02 is created and has 3 as a handle. 3. Add some soft properties to the chart Chart02 using the [ApplyPatches method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-applypatches.htm). The chart should contain two dimensions CategoryID and ProductID. These new properties should not be persisted (qSoftPatch is true). The handle of the request is 3 because the chart has 3 as a handle. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 4, "method": "ApplyPatches", "handle": 3, "params": [ [ { "qPath": "/qHyperCubeDef/qDimensions/0/qDef/qFieldDefs", "qOp": "add", "qValue": "[\"CategoryID\",\"ProductID\"]" } ], true ] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 4, "result": {}, "change": [ 3 ] } The properties of the chart have been updated. 4. Get the properties of the chart Chart01. The handle of the request is 2 because the handle of the chart is 2. This chart is a master object and contains no soft properties, so the [GetProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-getproperties.htm) can be used to retrieve the properties. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 5, "method": "GetProperties", "handle": 2, "params": [] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 5, "result": { "qProp": { "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart01", "qType": "Chart" }, "qMetaDef": {}, "qHyperCubeDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDimensions": [ { "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "ProductName" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "ProductName label" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} }, { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} } ], "qNumberPresentations": [ { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " } ], "qActiveField": 0 }, "qOtherTotalSpec": { "qOtherMode": "OTHER\_OFF", "qOtherCounted": { "qv": "10" }, "qOtherLimit": { "qv": "0.05" }, "qOtherLimitMode": "OTHER\_GT\_LIMIT", "qForceBadValueKeeping": true, "qApplyEvenWhenPossiblyWrongResult": true, "qOtherSortMode": "OTHER\_SORT\_DESCENDING", "qTotalMode": "TOTAL\_OFF", "qReferencedExpression": {} }, "qOtherLabel": {}, "qTotalLabel": {}, "qCalcCond": {} } ], "qMeasures": [ { "qDef": { "qLabel": "Chart HC Properties measures label", "qDescription": "Chart HC Properties measure description", "qTags": [ "tags" ], "qGrouping": "N", "qDef": "Empty", "qNumFormat": { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " }, "qAccumulate": 0, "qActiveExpression": 0, "qExpressions": [] }, "qSortBy": { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} }, "qAttributeExpressions": [], "qCalcCond": {} } ], "qInterColumnSortOrder": [], "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qLeft": 0, "qTop": 0, "qWidth": 0, "qHeight": 0 } ], "qReductionMode": "N", "qMode": "S", "qPseudoDimPos": -1, "qNoOfLeftDims": -1, "qMaxStackedCells": 5000, "qCalcCond": {} } } } } The properties of the chart are returned. The dimension of the chart is ProductName. 5. Get the properties of the chart Chart02. The handle of the request is 3 because the handle of the chart is 3. This chart is a linked object and contains some soft properties, so the [GetEffectiveProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-geteffectiveproperties.htm) should be used to retrieve all the properties (including the soft properties and the properties of the linking object/ master object). The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 6, "method": "GetEffectiveProperties", "handle": 3, "params": [] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 6, "result": { "qProp": { "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart02", "qType": "Chart" }, "qExtendsId": "Chart01", "qMetaDef": {}, "qHyperCubeDef": { "qStateName": "$", "qDimensions": [ { "qDef": { "qGrouping": "N", "qFieldDefs": [ "CategoryID", "ProductID" ], "qFieldLabels": [ "ProductName label" ], "qSortCriterias": [ { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} }, { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} } ], "qNumberPresentations": [ { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " } ], "qActiveField": 0 }, "qOtherTotalSpec": { "qOtherMode": "OTHER\_OFF", "qOtherCounted": { "qv": "10" }, "qOtherLimit": { "qv": "0.05" }, "qOtherLimitMode": "OTHER\_GT\_LIMIT", "qForceBadValueKeeping": true, "qApplyEvenWhenPossiblyWrongResult": true, "qOtherSortMode": "OTHER\_SORT\_DESCENDING", "qTotalMode": "TOTAL\_OFF", "qReferencedExpression": {} }, "qOtherLabel": {}, "qTotalLabel": {}, "qCalcCond": {} } ], "qMeasures": [ { "qDef": { "qLabel": "Chart HC Properties measures label", "qDescription": "Chart HC Properties measure description", "qTags": [ "tags" ], "qGrouping": "N", "qDef": "Empty", "qNumFormat": { "qType": "U", "qnDec": 10, "qUseThou": 0, "qDec": ".", "qThou": " " }, "qAccumulate": 0, "qActiveExpression": 0, "qExpressions": [] }, "qSortBy": { "qSortByLoadOrder": 1, "qExpression": {} }, "qAttributeExpressions": [], "qCalcCond": {} } ], "qInterColumnSortOrder": [], "qInitialDataFetch": [ { "qLeft": 0, "qTop": 0, "qWidth": 0, "qHeight": 0 } ], "qReductionMode": "N", "qMode": "S", "qPseudoDimPos": -1, "qNoOfLeftDims": -1, "qMaxStackedCells": 5000, "qCalcCond": {} } } } } The properties of the chart Chart02 are returned. The chart has two dimensions: CategoryID and ProductID, which means that the soft properties that were previously added are returned. 6. Get the properties of the chart Chart02 using the [GetProperties method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-genericobject-getproperties.htm). The handle of the request is 3 because the handle of the chart is 3. The client sends: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 7, "method": "GetProperties", "handle": 3, "params": [] } The engine returns: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 7, "result": { "qProp": { "qInfo": { "qId": "Chart02", "qType": "Chart" }, "qExtendsId": "Chart01", "qMetaDef": {} } } } The properties of the linking object (of the Chart01) are not returned. Only the identifier and the type of the linked object and the identifier of the linking object are returned.