How to Import Current Selections

Bjorn_Wedbratt — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:47:27 GMT

Open NPrinting File

Select the File tab and click on Open and browse to the folder where you have NPrintingTraining.nsq or click directly on it if it is in the Recent Files list.

Select QlikView Document to Connect to

Select Sources in the lower left pane
Connections is pre-selected in the upper left pane
Double click on SalesDemo to open it in the Connection Editor

Open Connection

Click on the Open icon in the Source group.

Make Current Selection in QlikView

Go into one or more QlikView Sheet(s) in a connected QlikView document and make one or more selections. Germany has been selected under Country on the Country sheet of the connected SalesDemo.qvw.

Add New Filter in Filter Editor

Select Filters in the lower left pane
Click on Filter in the New group of the tool bar

Define and Import Filter

Enter an appropriate name such as Current Selection Filter in this tutorial
Enter a Description (optional)
Click on the Import Filter icon in the Actions group of the tool bar

Select Connection

Click on the browse button at the right of the Connection field to open the Select Connection window
Select the connected QlikView document that contains the Current Selections you want to make a filter from
Click on the OK button

Select Fields to Import

Put a check in the box in the Import column for each field you want to import. Here, we have only Country
Click on the OK button

Save Filter

Click on the Save and Close icon. You now have your filter in your NPrinting file.

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