Summary: I review a subtle difference between using Num() in the script vs Num() in charts. I make mistakes so you don’t have to 🙂  2020 marks my 13th year blogging about Qlik.  I’m still learning, and still making mistakes!  I’ll review a problem I created for myself recently, with the ...
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Summary: I demonstrate how to self-collect qvw metadata in a load script and use the metadata to implement a chart search feature in my qvw. Qlik Sense has that cool chart search feature. Can we have the same in QlikView? Something where we can search for a keyword like “price” ...
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Summary: I demonstrate using Num#() and Alt() functions to read numbers with non-standard signs.  Download link at bottom of post. When reading from text files, the default Qlik interpretation of numeric sign syntax is as follows: 100:  No prefix, positive number +65: “+” prefix, positive number -110: “-” prefix, negative ...
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I like my apps to work like dog toys. When I poke them, they should “squeak”.  I find myself poking at screens with my mouse or finger wondering “What’s this?”. When I build a QlikView app I try to make it “touchy”.  That is, if a curious user pokes at something ...
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In Qlikview we have the ability to add function to the scripting language by writing VbScript in the document module (sometime called the “macro module”).  Typical  additions included regular expression matching & parsing, Qlik Sense does not have the module feature, but both Sense and QlikView share a similar feature,  Server Side ...
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