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Deleting multiple variables

sangnara89 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:38:50 GMT

It's a pain to delete variables created one by one and appreciate if you could delete all variables together.

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Channa — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:53:21 GMT

the best approach for creating variable is to have them in script

Re: Deleting multiple variables

kuba_michalik — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:34:46 GMT

You can't delete variables from script, or get a list of all variables from script, so the idea is still very valid.

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Klaus75 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:03:43 GMT

I agree with the comments above and like to add a view things and specify the requirements more detailed.

The following things are missing and should be asap implemented:

- in the variable dialog in Qlik Sense the possibility to delete all variables (even if they are created in script) or to delete multiple selected variables

- it should be possible to filter the list of variables in Qlik Sense like in QlikView

- even variables created in script (Qlik Sense) should be deletable (at least from the owner of the app)

- it should be possible to view the list of variables (even in published apps) (Qlik Sense)

The Qlik Script Language should be extended in the are of "variable handling":

- it is required to have a function to determine a list of all variables and/or a list of all variables with a certain name pattern (=search expression like WildMatch) over which it is possible to iterate (like in other areas with NoOfTables/NoOfFields + for loop + peek or like in the area of file handling with filelist() + for each). Should be implemented for QlikView and Qlik Sense.

- Commands to delete variables independent of the way they were created/defined (SET/LET). One command for a specific/named variable and one command for ALL variables

The last two points are missing features in Qlik for years now. All community solutions for this points are ugly workarounds.

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Somy — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:31:16 GMT

It would be really hard to delete or even edit variables when you have to change some of them by customer need (usually in projects which contains so many variables).

The way that I found to solve this issue in a project, was using "QS Document Analyzer" to export variables and then export them into excel file.

Then I deleted some which was not needed, and some which should be changed.

Then I used script to load all variables from excel file.

It was not easy! but It helped me to manage variables.

It would be good if there was an option to select multiple variables to edit or delete.

Re: Deleting multiple variables

simonaubert — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:01:24 GMT

A Drop Variable v_toto ; and Drop Variable * ; should help. A lot.

Re: Deleting multiple variables - Status changed to: Open - Collecting Feedback

Patric_Nordstrom — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:12:40 GMT

Thank you all for your feedback on ways to improve our product. While this is something we understand would be useful, it's not on the short-term roadmap. Please continue to show your support for this idea.

Thanks,

Patric

Re: Deleting multiple variables

AshutoshBhumkar — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:08:37 GMT

Hello @simonaubert ,

Where to use below ?

A Drop Variable v_toto ; and Drop Variable *

Re: Deleting multiple variables

simonaubert — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:45:58 GMT

@AshutoshBhumkar Hello. Sadly it does not exist. 😞

Re: Deleting multiple variables - Status changed to: Open - In Development

Patric_Nordstrom — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:20:19 GMT

Deleting multiple variables is coming in Feb 2022 variable UI update.

Re: Deleting multiple variables - Status changed to: Delivered

Patric_Nordstrom — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:54:21 GMT

As of Feb 2022 CM release and in SaaS Jan 25th.

Re: Deleting multiple variables

carlcimino — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:46:52 GMT

I agree this was a huge thing missing and am very much looking forward to the Feb 2022 release just for this. There is a work-around that is out there (link below) but it makes much more sense for it to be baked into the product.

The problem with this is it destroys all of them and not the ones of your choosing. https://withdave.com/2019/11/remove-destroy-all-variables-in-a-qlik-sense-application/

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Cristian_Dorbesi — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:04:25 GMT

It is still quite hard to remove all variables. We can do multiple selections now and hit delete, but we still have to checkbox every single variable, and each page has a max of 15 of them. Deleting 100 or 500 variables its almost impossible this way.
Before there was an applet/extension for browser (created by withdave.com), but due new layout it doesn't work any more. I think we are even a worst case than before.

Could you display more than 15 variables per page and add a the select all checkbox on the top? That would help quite a lot!

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Meghann_MacDonald — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:29:02 GMT

Hi @Cristian_Dorbesi , we will have to close comments as the idea has been delivered. Can you re-submit the variable checkbox as a standalone idea?

Re: Deleting multiple variables

Cristian_Dorbesi — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:38:00 GMT

Hi @Meghann_MacDonald
Sure, thanks for letting me know!