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QlikView 11 - Copy expression

luciancotea — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:51:16 GMT

In Chart -> Expressions: If I have more than 9 expressions, I dont have space left to right-click to show the "Paste" contextual menu.

Does anybody have a solution to paste an expression when there's more than 9 expressions in a chart?

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:31:03 GMT

Dear Lucian,

I have faced the same problem with v11..

I fine one way but it is not very user firendly solution..

First thing you need to do;

--> the expression you want to copy,move it to the last order in the expression list..

--> copy the expression and move your mouse to corner of the expression list..

--> then you can see the paste option as showed in the screenshot..

i know it is not a good way

hope it will help you..

Omer

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:03:37 GMT

I just copy and paste in place and then demote the expression.

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

luciancotea — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:27:17 GMT

Can you elaborate in the expression "Paste" procedure?

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:40:42 GMT

So I was incorrect about this. You really do have to scroll down to "white space" before it will allow you to paste. Sorry for the confusion. And by paste I mean right click --> Paste.

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

luciancotea — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:00:22 GMT

Btw, did you notice that the "Paste" contextual menu appears way down from the mouse? And the distance increase with every new expression added in the list.

It's a UI bug that I reported in 2007. But hey! It doesn't affect the user, just the developer... so it doesn't matter.

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:14:56 GMT

I have the same problem, and I've used the same solution that Omer recommends above. But it is really hard to get my mouse to hit that one pixel of white space! I really wish they would fix this.

QlikView 11 - Copy expression

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:22:04 GMT

One other solution:

Group all of your expressions temporarily, and then you will have plenty of white space to use Paste. With each expression you paste, add it to the group, and then you can keep going!

When you are done, ungroup everything. Annoying, I know, but when copy/pasting multiple expressions it can be a time saver.