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Renaming a master element during use

Danijel — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:56:29 GMT

Hello everyone,

lately I have often been asked to rename a master element according to its use in a chart.

Unfortunately this is not possible, you can only change the name of the master element itself, but not case-related per used chart.

Therefore, it should be possible to rename it for each chart.

Re: Renaming a master element during use

Meghann_MacDonald — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 17:16:59 GMT

Hi @Danijel ,

Can you confirm if this idea has already been raised in the following post?

"It would be really useful to be able to customize the label of a master measure (or dimension) on a chart without unlinking it from the master measure. Often what the user wants to see displayed on the chart is different from what is a logical label for the master item."

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Ideas/Allow-custom-label-on-master-items/idi-p/1497626

Re: Renaming a master element during use

Danijel — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:35:01 GMT

Hi @Meghann_MacDonald

yes, in fact, it's the same content. Unfortunately, the solution that Patric_Nordstrom represents is not sufficient.

There should be the possibility to change the name in each chart or object separately. An adjustment of the name within the "expression based label" is not sufficient.

Therefore the topic should at least be extended.

Grettings.

Re: Renaming a master element during use - Status changed to: Open - New

Meghann_MacDonald — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:28:14 GMT

Hi @Danijel ,

I will move this forward in review for further clarification from Patric, our product manager.

Meghann

Re: Renaming a master element during use

shanemichelon — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:42:44 GMT

I support this requirement. I have many master dims/measures related to a single concept. An example is:

Sales (ex tax), Sales YTD, Sales MTD, Sales LYTD, Sales LYMTD

The user wants two table by categories, one showing current year, and the other ly:

Current Year Prev Year

Cat MTD YTD Cat MTD YTD

a 10 50 a 9 40

Clearly there is a need to be able to set custom labels when using master dims/measures.

Re: Renaming a master element during use

chrislofthouse — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:07:33 GMT

I've wanted this for such a long time and it's just got even more important!

In the September 2020 release, you can now set the number format in master measures but you can also override the option locally in a chart - which is great. We need this for the measure name too. Especially since the you want descriptive names to get the most out of Insight Advisor Chat and promote self-service, but shortened or more specific names in an actual object.

Please get this added 😊.

Re: Renaming a master element during use

aldo-tgh — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:00:10 GMT

Agree. Shall be possible to rename a master item, without the need to unlink, while using it in gui objects.

Re: Renaming a master element during use - Status changed to: Open - Collecting Feedback

Patric_Nordstrom — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:17:13 GMT

Thank you 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

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