topic default start value in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/default-start-value/m-p/292304#M1200920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The simplest way is to use make dynamic search selections like:</P><P>=Month=month(today(2))</P><P>and save the document in that state. However, most of us mess this up by saving the document in a cleared state. You can save your selections in a bookmark and remember to apply the bookmark before saving, However, I usually mess that one up also.</P><P>See this blog post<BR /><A href="http://qlikviewnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/setting-initial-selections-in-version-9.html">http://qlikviewnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/setting-initial-selections-in-version-9.html</A></P><P>for an explanation and examples of setting initial selections on open. My current favored method is to save intitial selection state in a bookmark and apply the bookmark in an OnOpen action. Strictly speaking, OnOpen is documented as being unsupported in the server environment. However, I have yet to encounter a problem using to apply a bookmark.</P><P>-Rob</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:30:29 GMT rwunderlich 2010-12-04T09:30:29Z default start value https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/default-start-value/m-p/292303#M1200919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it possible to set a default start value? Let's say that I want current year and month selected when I open the qv file.</P><P>QV 10 Personal Edition (for now).</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:55:29 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/default-start-value/m-p/292303#M1200919 2010-12-04T08:55:29Z default start value https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/default-start-value/m-p/292304#M1200920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The simplest way is to use make dynamic search selections like:</P><P>=Month=month(today(2))</P><P>and save the document in that state. However, most of us mess this up by saving the document in a cleared state. You can save your selections in a bookmark and remember to apply the bookmark before saving, However, I usually mess that one up also.</P><P>See this blog post<BR /><A href="http://qlikviewnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/setting-initial-selections-in-version-9.html">http://qlikviewnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/setting-initial-selections-in-version-9.html</A></P><P>for an explanation and examples of setting initial selections on open. My current favored method is to save intitial selection state in a bookmark and apply the bookmark in an OnOpen action. Strictly speaking, OnOpen is documented as being unsupported in the server environment. However, I have yet to encounter a problem using to apply a bookmark.</P><P>-Rob</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:30:29 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/default-start-value/m-p/292304#M1200920 rwunderlich 2010-12-04T09:30:29Z