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title: "Qlik Sense Desktop Apps"
slug: "qlik-sense-desktop-apps"
updated: 2026-05-04T12:38:43Z
published: 2026-05-04T12:38:43Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/qlik-sense-desktop-apps"
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# Qlik Sense Desktop Apps

### General

This type of datasource can be used to connect to an app located in the local Qlik Sense Desktop instance.

> **Example:** You can only connect to Qlik Sense Desktop apps of a Qlik Sense Desktop instance installed on the same machine as Mail & Deploy. Also, Qlik Sense Desktop must be running for connections to apps to work.

### Properties

This type of datasource has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of this datasource. This does not have to be the name of the Qlik Sense app. |
| App | The app of this datasource. This field is automatically populated with all apps found in the local Qlik Sense Desktop instance. You can click the button to repopulate the list of available apps. |
| Set Filter Before Rebuilding Cache | When enabled a filter can be set before the cache of the datasource (see [Datasources](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources)) is rebuilt. This can help speeding up the cache rebuilding process, especially for very large or complex data models. |
| Filter Field Name | The name of the field to filter before rebuilding the cache. This property is only applicable if *Set Filter Before Rebuilding Cache* is enabled. |
| Filter Value | An [Expression](/release35/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that returns the value to filter to before rebuilding the cache. This property is only applicable if Set *Filter Before Rebuilding Cache* is enabled. |
| Default Theme | The identification of the default [Theme](/release35/docs/themes) to be activated in the datasource. |
| Preload App | When enabled, Mail & Deploy will preload all visualizations and sheets within the app when connecting to the app. This may take a bit of time but speeds up any communication with the app after the preload has completed. If you use the datasource to create large reports and the app has a complex data structure, preloading the app may speed up the total execution time. If you only export small parts of the app, preloading the app may actually be slower than communicating with the app without preloading. |
| Has Dynamic Culture Dynamic Thousands Separator Dynamic Decimal Separator | See [Dynamic Cultures](/release35/docs/dynamic-cultures) for more information. |