Tabbed Menu Structure in QlikView

m2r4miller — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:29:37 GMT

I wanted to take a minute to share how we handle creating a Tabbed interface in QlikView, where an individual sheet in a QlikView application can contain multiple views accessible by clicking "Tabs".

For example, consider the following view which shows three such "Tabs" on the Analysis sheet:

In our environment we wanted to set up a Tab Menu system so that when the user navigates from one sheet to another in the application, when they return to a sheet, whatever Tab was active when they left is still active when they return, and even when they close and reopen the app either through Access Point or direct URL.

What I present here is the end product, it works well for us and I hope it works for you as well.

When looking at the sample QVW, be sure to look at:

The script
Sheet Properties - Triggers as each sheet has an OnActivateSheet and OnLeaveSheet Trigger assigned.
Tab button (Tabs are simply styled Text Objects) Actions, Background and Border Colors.
Conditional Show Expression of the large Tab Areas that demonstrate how to show/hide objects when Tabs are clicked.

Also, on the Dashboard sheet I included our pop-up help implementation that I've seen used in other QlikView samples - click the green question mark button to activate, click the gray question mark button to deactivate the help.

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