Qlik Data (QVD) files has an XML header that provides metadata delineating the binary information. This XML header can be extracted into either QlikView or Qlik Sense through the process of loading the QVD file as a source formatted in XML. This video explain how easily you can achieve that.
This video has other parts where I have explained how you can combine Xml meta data load with Loops with FileList and FieldValueList Function
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