Converting a QlikView document into a Qlik Sense app

If you have a QlikView document, you can use its load script and data model when creating an app in Qlik Sense. Visualizations, dimensions and measures, however, have to be created using Qlik Sense.

You need to have Qlik Sense Desktop installed to be able to migrate a QlikView document into a Qlik Sense app.

Do the following:

1. Copy the QlikView document (qvw format) to the directory where your apps are located. Example path: <user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Apps. The location of the Apps directory depends on where you installed Qlik Sense Desktop.

2. Start Qlik Sense Desktop.

   You now see the QlikView document as an app in the hub along with other apps you may have created in Qlik Sense.

3. Click on the app to open it.
4. Create a new sheet.

5. Save the app.

   The app is automatically saved into the Qlik Sense format, qvf, and you can start adding visualizations, dimensions and measures. The app is saved into the Qlik Sense format (qvf file) in the folder where your QlikView document (qvw file) was stored.Also, the QlikView document file (qvw) is removed from the folder and automatically converted into a backup file (qvw.backup) stored here: <user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\AppsBackup.

You now have migrated a QlikView document into a Qlik Sense app. You can continue work with it, copy it or import it into your server environment through the Qlik Management Console (QMC).

Limitations

Some limitations apply when importing apps to Qlik Sense:

• Your computer must have sufficient memory, at least 32 GB, when importing a large QlikView document.
• When a QlikView document with hidden script is imported, the hidden script will be disregarded.
• A QlikView document with section access cannot be imported to Qlik Sense.