topic Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution in Qlik NPrinting

Condition Not Preventing Distribution

JustinDallas — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:54:27 GMT

TL;DR Condition variable evaluates to not distribute for a particular user, user however still receives a report

Hello Folks,

I have a Condition (variable based) attached to a Task that I'm expecting to be evaluated for every user. In my script, my variable looks like this:

The DIST and NODIST are for Distribute and No Distribute.

When I look at the variable in the dashboard, I see the following which is expected

My NPrinting Condition looks like this and I've verified that it's attached to the Task

However, when I run the task, the user still receives a report. And I have the variable listed in the report which evaluates to NODIST.

What concept am I missing ?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

Frank_S — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:07:33 GMT

Hi @JustinDallas

As an initial test, reload your NPrinting connection and try again and let us know the result.

Kind regards...

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:08:43 GMT

Hi @JustinDallas

When you put your variable in InputBox in Qlik Sense (Variable input extension object) what do you see? Do you see the result of calculation or formula?

If you see formula then the issue is as described here: https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/May2021/Content/NPrinting/Troubleshooting/Variables-dont-expand-before-calculating.htm

thanks

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

JustinDallas — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:34:06 GMT

The problem was unfortunately simple. I had to set the Condition on the REPORT of the task, and not the task itself. I assume when a user doesn't have any reports evaluate as true, then no email is sent.

Sorry to waste time.

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

Frank_S — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:42:31 GMT

Thanks for sharing the solution!

This will be helpful to all who encounter similar behavior.

Your observations appear to be inline with the docs.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/nprinting/May2021/Content/NPrinting/ReportsDevelopment/Conditions.htm#anchor-9

Kind regards...

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

Jacob_Poole — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:09:36 GMT

Great that it is working now for your setup.

Just for others awareness there is an option in Settings>Task that could impact the email delivery depending on the number of reports in a task.

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Email distribution errors

When a publish task cannot generate one or more reports:

Recipients will receive successful reports, with a message listing reports that failed
Recipients will receive successful reports, with no error message

If all reports fail, recipients will not receive an email.

Re: Condition Not Preventing Distribution

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:59:30 GMT

Good to know it works for you @JustinDallas

I should have picked this up when you wrote that "Condition variable evaluates to not distribute for a particular user" and I should assume that this means additional filtering... hence report level condition...

🙂

cheers