topic Alternate State and variables in App Development https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1707559#M54285 <P>Hi,</P><P>According to help, it's possible to allocate a state to a variable:</P><P><FONT color="#800080">If you have a state named<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">MyState</SPAN>, and a variable named<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">vMyVar</SPAN>:</FONT></P><UL><LI><FONT color="#800080"><SPAN class="Code">$(vMyVar)</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>expands the variable in the default state.</FONT></LI><LI><FONT color="#800080"><SPAN class="Code">$({MyState} vMyVar)</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>expands the variable in the<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">MyState</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>state.</FONT></LI></UL><P>But when I try to do so, the expression is it doesn't work and null values are shown.</P><P>The variable vTest is: Count(DISTINCT DocumentNumber).</P><P>The expression I wrote:&nbsp;$({TestState} vTest)</P><P>I would like it to expand to:&nbsp;Count({TestState} distinct DocumentNumber)</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AS.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34834iE704A5650C61FC49/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="AS.png" alt="AS.png" /></span></P><P>Would appreciate some help...</P><P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:06:32 GMT dana 2021-12-21T22:06:32Z Alternate State and variables https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1707559#M54285 <P>Hi,</P><P>According to help, it's possible to allocate a state to a variable:</P><P><FONT color="#800080">If you have a state named<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">MyState</SPAN>, and a variable named<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">vMyVar</SPAN>:</FONT></P><UL><LI><FONT color="#800080"><SPAN class="Code">$(vMyVar)</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>expands the variable in the default state.</FONT></LI><LI><FONT color="#800080"><SPAN class="Code">$({MyState} vMyVar)</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>expands the variable in the<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="Code">MyState</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>state.</FONT></LI></UL><P>But when I try to do so, the expression is it doesn't work and null values are shown.</P><P>The variable vTest is: Count(DISTINCT DocumentNumber).</P><P>The expression I wrote:&nbsp;$({TestState} vTest)</P><P>I would like it to expand to:&nbsp;Count({TestState} distinct DocumentNumber)</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AS.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34834iE704A5650C61FC49/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="AS.png" alt="AS.png" /></span></P><P>Would appreciate some help...</P><P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:06:32 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1707559#M54285 dana 2021-12-21T22:06:32Z Re: Alternate State and variables https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1760615#M58802 <P>Also struggling with this issue. Did you find a solution&nbsp;<a href="https://community.qlik.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/68009">@dana</a>?</P> Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:34:47 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1760615#M58802 DClayton 2020-11-11T09:34:47Z Re: Alternate State and variables https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1762665#M59005 <P>Hi,</P><P>Sorry for the late response...</P><P>No, I didn't..</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:42:46 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/Alternate-State-and-variables/m-p/1762665#M59005 dana 2020-11-18T17:42:46Z