How to Customize the Separator Character When Exporting QlikView Objects to CSV Files

[Bjorn_Wedbratt]

This tutorial is an addendum to the tutorial, How to Export QlikView Objects to CSV Files, as that tutorial was published before the release of version 12.4 and this feature has been added in NPrinting version 12.4. We recommend that you read and, better yet, carry out that tutorial first. The default separator character for NPrinting is the semicolon, but you may desire to use something different. Here is how to define a different character as the separator for the CSV files you generate.

   

       

         

Open Reports Page

                   

                               

         

Open the Export a QlikView Object to a CSV File Report Task

       

               

         

Open Format Properties: Separator Dialog

                   

                               

         

Click on the browse button at the extreme right of the Advanced column for the CSV files you want to generate.

       

               

         

Open Separating Character Drop-Down Menu

                   

                               

         

1. Click on the cell containing "Semicolon" to open the menu
2. You can select a predefined character or, as in this tutorial, Other

       

               

         

Enter Custom Character

                   

                               

         

1. Enter the character you want to use as the separator
2. Click on the OK button

       

               

         

Save and Close, and Run Task

                   

                               

         

Click on Save and Close

Run the task

       

               

         

Open and Inspect Output File C:\NPrintingTraining\Output\CH184.csv

                   

                               

         

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