topic Re: list box settings in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/list-box-settings/m-p/853346#M1019366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>About 1:</P><P>My advise is never to use a Calculated Dimension (because that is effectively what you are doing if you use an expression instead of a field). Calculate that Dimension in your script and use the field in your front-end.</P><P></P><P>About 2:</P><P>The combination is not possible. If you hide the excluded, you also hide the alternatives because they are effectively excluded.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:40:29 GMT oknotsen 2015-04-06T11:40:29Z list box settings https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/list-box-settings/m-p/853345#M1019365 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I have two questions about list box settings.</P><P></P><P>1) If I use an expression in a list box instead of a field, then Show Alternative option (on the general tab) is disabled. Is it possible to enable this option while using an expression?</P><P></P><P>2) In the second case I'm using a field (not an expression) in a list box. I'd like to set two options simoultaniously <SPAN style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Show Alternative and Hide excluded. How is that possible?</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance,</P><P></P><P>Larisa</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Apr 2015 21:01:19 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/list-box-settings/m-p/853345#M1019365 Anonymous 2015-04-03T21:01:19Z Re: list box settings https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/list-box-settings/m-p/853346#M1019366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>About 1:</P><P>My advise is never to use a Calculated Dimension (because that is effectively what you are doing if you use an expression instead of a field). Calculate that Dimension in your script and use the field in your front-end.</P><P></P><P>About 2:</P><P>The combination is not possible. If you hide the excluded, you also hide the alternatives because they are effectively excluded.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:40:29 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/list-box-settings/m-p/853346#M1019366 oknotsen 2015-04-06T11:40:29Z