Summary: Set Modifier field names and Set Identifiers are not validated by Qlik syntax check. QSDA Pro 2.5 validates everything and raises an “Unrecognized Name” flag for invalid names.
QSDA Pro syntax checks all expressions in a Qlik App using the Qlik syntax checker. You’re familiar with the Qlik syntax checker. It’s the message at the bottom of the expression editor that tells you your expression is “OK”.

The syntax checker is also good at telling you when the expression has an error, although it’s not always specific about the problem.

QSDA Pro, using the Qlik API version of syntax checker, tells you what is wrong with the expression:

The Qlik syntax checker has a significant limitation. It does not validate field names used in sets. Whether used in the API or the editor, the syntax checker will not raise an error if the field “EmpPurchase” does not exist in the data model.

This lack of validation can be a serious problem if “EmpPurchase” is removed or renamed in the data model. The expression will still return a number but the exclusion of employee purchases will no longer be applied. That could be a very subtle but important fail.
Recognizing this limitation and it’s potential impact, QSDA Pro 2.5 validates all names used in sets and will raise a new Quality flag, “Unrecognized Name”, if the name is invalid.

Another place this validation is extremely useful is Chart Filters in Qlik SaaS. The chart will cheerily display that filter “Expression2 > 1” is being applied. Even though field “Expression2” no longer exists in the data model.

But QSDA knows.

Ever use a bookmark as a set identifier? And then the bookmark got deleted or renamed?

I’ve used simple examples to demonstrate, but where this validation really shines is in longer expressions where it may be easier to overlook that something has gone wrong.

Yes, you need QSDA Pro. We all need QSDA Pro.

Learn more about QSDA Pro and download your own copy at https://easyqlik.com/qsda/
-Rob
What does QSDA stand for? Qlik Sense Document Analyzer. The combination of data model and sheets we know as an “App” in Qlik Sense was called a “Document” in QlikView. When I first created this tool in 2009 to help maintain QlikView, I called it “Document Analyzer”. When it came time to create a similar tool for Qlik Sense, I stuck with the “DA” name as the function and usefulness of “Document Analyzer” was well established in the Qlik community.