topic Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected in QlikView

Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT

We are trying to implement the Multi date selection feature to the user, as we aware there is only one way to achieve this that is with Calendar Extension objects.

to test it working mechanism we downloaded the Calendar extension app from the below link.

Please guide us where we doing wrong. Thanks Much in advance.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:12:50 GMT

Hi is this question for QlikView or Qlik Sense? I can't see the link you tried to post and this section of the forum is for QlikView.

In QlikView you have the slider/calendar object wich can show as a calendar (Properties->General->Input Style) and allows for multiple date selections.

Lastest version of Qlik Sense have a "Qlik Dashboard Bundle" wich contains the calendar object.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:51:25 GMT

Thanks Much Robenmarin,

it is in Qlikview, and yes we do have that option in calendar object but using this we can only select multiple dates from the same Month, selecting dif dates from diff months/years is not possible using the calendar slider, that is the reason we are going to extension which is given the below URL

https://demos.qlik.com/qlikview/ExtensionsExamples?page=3

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:01:32 GMT

and also when we tried that given extension in the above URL, when I try to implement that in one of our Qlik app and applied these steps.

webview --> right click on the sheet ---> New sheet object ---> Extension Object --> selected calendar extension and tried adding the date field to it.

to my surprize nothing came in the chart and same even after deploying it and accessing it through different clients like IE and Ajax.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:10:13 GMT

Hi, if you have download the extension (qar file) you have to install it:

Desktop: https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/April2019/Subsystems/Extensions/Content/QV_Extensions/extensions-install.htm

Server: https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView-Documents/How-to-add-extensions-on-qlikview-server/ta-p/1480820

After installation it should be configured similar to what is it on the sample (using your own fields):

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:13:00 GMT

BTW, with default calendar object you can select dates from different month/years holding CTRL

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:57:08 GMT

Yeah, but using the extension object it seems like more flexible and looking good. and I did all the setting that you have mentioned in above discussion.

But still am not able to see the extension object as it is described. there is an error message in the chart " This is Mydiv"

can you please see the attached image for more info.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:17:23 GMT

Hi, that's not the same extension as the demo and I couldn't find how to dowload the extension used in demo.

Seems than that extension is outdated as it lasts update is from a few years ago, maybe something has changed and has stopped working.

I followed a bit the code and it looks btnCheck to have any value, this value seems to be set when you click on the check button but I don't see it does anything.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:51:25 GMT

thanks much again,

Would you mind sending the link to download the latest extension or if you have it please send me here.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:26:53 GMT

Sorry to say but I think only that version exists, bad thing about free extensions is that they are supported by individuals, and often they stop working and there is noone to support them.

I tried to look if there is another calendar extension but I could find, anyway I usualyy got it working using the standar calendar, in some situations also with the help of a couple of variebles to work with from-to periods.

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:46:24 GMT

Thanks Much for your time, really appreciate your help on this.

Any way to get this extension from some body who customize script for us, I got to know that few people create extensions which are suitable for our environment.

And another thing is its bit strange that no one is using this type of extensions in there projects... ??

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

rubenmarin — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:06:31 GMT

Hi, developing extensions is almost an unknown territory for me, neither I know somebody to customize them (there should be somebody but I don't know)

I usually try to work with standard objects (calendar, listbox with months/periods, variables...) or supported extensions (mainly Geoanalytics -just an example, it has nothing relative to date selections-)

An alternative for selecting ranges can be using variables like explained in this post: https://community.qlik.com/t5/New-to-QlikView/How-to-select-a-range-of-dates-from-list-box/td-p/475856

Or using expressions that filters dates using set analysis: https://community.qlik.com/t5/New-to-QlikView/The-use-of-variables-to-filter-a-date-range/td-p/324721

I was about to give another link about the calendar extension but I see you have already posted there: https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView-Documents/QlikView-Calendar-Extension-Object-For-Multi-Range-Date/ta-p/1478524

Re: Calendar extension object is not working as expected

dhasharadh — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:03:02 GMT

Thanks again, yeah that last link is given by one of our onsite lead to check the possibility of implementing the same in our environment but nothing is working as expected.

I have exp in using few Map extensions earlier, and they are quite easy to implement and worked fine at that time.

Any way thanks much for all your time for this issue.