Changes to .qvw accessed using NTFS file permissions are changed

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A QlikView Publisher overwrites any manually set file permissions on .qvw files distributed by the Publisher to the User Documents folder. 

Environment:

QlikView 

This is working as designed.

In a Publisher enabled environment, authorisation to QlikView documents is governed by the Publisher distribution task, whether DMS mode or NTFS mode is being used. For more details on how to set up these different methods, please see Authorization on the Qlik Help site.

Example

A QlikView distribution task is set up to distribute documents or all users:

 

The permissions currently set on the document manually will be overwritten: