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

Bjorn_Wedbratt — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:58:17 GMT

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

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

Enter Custom Character

Enter the character you want to use as the separator
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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