Power of Tags in QlikView

Tags can be very powerful in QlikView application development. Tag function provides a way to assign Tags to a  field. Fields not present in the document are ignored. Tags provide a way to group dimensions and measures together while creating charts. There are different kinds of system tags but here we will discuss $dimension and […]

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Using IN clause in QlikView

In SQL statements, it is very useful to use IN clause in the query to compare your value against the provided list of values . In SQL you can write a query such as Select ProductName,Revenue from Products where ProductName IN (‘Chairs’,’Tables’,’CrossArmChairs’); QlikView does not have IN  operator instead QlikView provide match() function to achieve this functionality I […]

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Role playing dimensions in QlikView

Role playing dimension is used when a dimension table is reused to join with a fact table more than once. A classic example of a role playing dimension can be a Time Dimension which joins with a Fact table. This Fact table contains OrderDate,ShipDate,ReceiveDate etc. To get these dates you will create just one table for TimeDim in […]

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