Macros (export chart to excel), Chrome and the IE plugin

[wonkymeister]

Afternoon,

i'm hoping that someone can shed some light on the above?

I've added a macro to a dashboard that will allow the user to export a chart to excel (not just the data but the image itself).

It only seems to work in the IE Plugin (i need it to work in Chrome also).

• Do macro's (certainly type that export charts) only work with IE and the plugin?
• is it possible for a dashboard to detect whether the user is viewing the dashboard in IE with the plugin? (as then i can add a button to run the macro with a conditional show if it detects IE & plugin)

thanks in advance

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

1. Yes, most macros work only in IE Plugin, not in AJAX.

2. See function ClientPlatform() in "help".

[hic]

Whether macros work or not depends on which client you use: The Internet Explorer PlugIn (OCX) or Ajax (JS). The Plugin runs client side and is quite capable, whereas the Ajax client is a thin client that cannot run client side macros at all, so it is very limited when it comes to the macro functionality.

See also http://community.qlik.com/blogs/qlikviewdesignblog/2014/04/28/macros-are-bad

Concerning functions: try ClientPlatform()

HIC

[wonkymeister]

Thank you!