topic Re: Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16 in Qlik NPrinting

Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16

dschuebel — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:13:17 GMT

We are using NPrinting 16 and we wanted to connect two Qlikview documents. We followed this steps, but it isn’t working.
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Qlik-NPrinting-Documents/How-to-Use-Linked-Fields-with-Keep-All-Matching-Values-Only/ta-p/1485334

We have created a linked field with two fields from two different Qlikview documents. On the Excel Report we have added a page to the current sheet, and we could select only one of the two connected fields. Sound of the introduction, they are have to be connected, but only one connection is always updated.

How could it work?

Re: Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16

Ruggero_Piccoli — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:42:37 GMT

Hi,

Please note that QlikView NPrinting 16 is no more supported. I strongly suggest you to migrate to latest Qlik NPrinting version.

Note also that Linked Fields are not supported in 17+ versions so I suggest to avoid to develop solutions that use Linked Fields because you will be forced to re-develop them when you will move to June 2020 or newer. Create a single .QVW by merging the two original and use the field from the merged QVW in the template. This is the only way supported by Qlik NPrinting 17+, so if you do this, you will be ready to migrate.

In QlikView NPrinting 16 you can add Linked Fields in the Pages node of Excel templates. You can recognize them because they are the only objects in the list with an ID that starts with a curly bracket. Of course you can search them by name.

Best Regards,

Ruggero

Re: Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16

dschuebel — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:50:04 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for your answer, but the linked field still doesn't working. Only one connection is always updated. Are there any special rules or instructions that must be observed when you create a linked fileld?

Re: Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16

Ruggero_Piccoli — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:53:39 GMT

Hi,

If you followed the tutorial you liked step-by-step you will see the linked fields. Try to sane the project, close and reopen it but I don't remember any similar problem with linked fields.

Best Regards,

Ruggero

Re: Field linking does not work in NPrinting 16

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:31:48 GMT

I agree with @Ruggero_Piccoli

what i can add is.....

It can be that despite your fields values appear the same in both fields they are not identical in data model (duals, dates with masks, one stored as text another as number etc..). I would start by providing info what fields you are trying to link, what are the values, how those fields are loaded to QlikView data model.. On NPrinting side I would check if there are no filters for either connection and whether there are any recipient filters which could skew results.

cheers