https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1879714#M72507 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I have a variable named&nbsp;</P> <P>start_date_12-12-2021</P> <P>within that variable there are a bunch of dates. I want to make a KPI that extracts out just the "12-12-2021" and make that a text in a KPI,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>is this possible?&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:46:00 GMT aj_954 2022-01-11T17:46:00Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1879714#M72507 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I have a variable named&nbsp;</P> <P>start_date_12-12-2021</P> <P>within that variable there are a bunch of dates. I want to make a KPI that extracts out just the "12-12-2021" and make that a text in a KPI,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>is this possible?&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:46:00 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1879714#M72507 aj_954 2022-01-11T17:46:00Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1879764#M72511 <P>can you post an example qvf to illustrate this question?</P> <P>thanks</P> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:49:18 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1879764#M72511 MarcoWedel 2022-01-11T19:49:18Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1883276#M72731 <P>As far as i know this is not possible. <BR />Why did you put a bunch of dates into a variable? i would try to put them in a table. </P> <P>As Macro already said. to help you more, please provide an example and may explain why you do things and what the overal aim is.</P> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:25:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/App-Development/How-to-make-a-imported-variable-name-equal-to-the-text-in-a-kpi/m-p/1883276#M72731 chris_djih 2022-01-20T10:25:39Z