topic linking data Source by using variables in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/linking-data-Source-by-using-variables/m-p/836536#M1016921 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Guys</P><P></P><P>I'm just wondering if it's possible if I can recreate a connection by simply clicking a button. most possibly this can be achieved by assigning some properties to be stored in a variable. any ideas?</P><P></P><P><BR /> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:46:11 GMT 2015-04-01T13:46:11Z linking data Source by using variables https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/linking-data-Source-by-using-variables/m-p/836536#M1016921 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Guys</P><P></P><P>I'm just wondering if it's possible if I can recreate a connection by simply clicking a button. most possibly this can be achieved by assigning some properties to be stored in a variable. any ideas?</P><P></P><P><BR /> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:46:11 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/linking-data-Source-by-using-variables/m-p/836536#M1016921 2015-04-01T13:46:11Z Re: linking data Source by using variables https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/linking-data-Source-by-using-variables/m-p/836537#M1016922 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can use an Input Box to store a value in a variable.</P><P></P><P>You can than use that variable in a script. So if you store a filename in the variable, you could use that in your script.</P><P>BUT...</P><P>This only works with the Desktop client. This will not work via the Access Point.</P><P></P><P>See attached example.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:03:44 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/linking-data-Source-by-using-variables/m-p/836537#M1016922 oknotsen 2015-04-03T16:03:44Z