topic How - and why and under what circumstances - does QV create variables? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-and-why-and-under-what-circumstances-does-QV-create/m-p/807467#M1259871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>several times in the past I have experienced, but unfortunately not been able to identify how and why - QlikView creating 10.000 variables, each one with the variable_name being identical to its value (a number from 1 to 10.000).</P><P>Can anyone give me a hint as to why and under what circumstances qlikView would do that?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot!</P><P>Best regards,</P><P></P><P>DataNibbler</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT datanibbler 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z How - and why and under what circumstances - does QV create variables? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-and-why-and-under-what-circumstances-does-QV-create/m-p/807467#M1259871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>several times in the past I have experienced, but unfortunately not been able to identify how and why - QlikView creating 10.000 variables, each one with the variable_name being identical to its value (a number from 1 to 10.000).</P><P>Can anyone give me a hint as to why and under what circumstances qlikView would do that?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot!</P><P>Best regards,</P><P></P><P>DataNibbler</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-and-why-and-under-what-circumstances-does-QV-create/m-p/807467#M1259871 datanibbler 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: How - and why and under what circumstances - does QV create variables? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-and-why-and-under-what-circumstances-does-QV-create/m-p/807468#M1259873 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi DataNibbler,</P><P></P><P>I assume that loops in your script generates these variables - have a look in this similar posting:</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-message-small" data-containerid="1100" data-containertype="700" data-objectid="176351" data-objecttype="2" href="http://community.qlik.com/message/176351#176351">http://community.qlik.com/message/176351#176351</A></P><P></P><P>- Marcus</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:26:26 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-and-why-and-under-what-circumstances-does-QV-create/m-p/807468#M1259873 marcus_sommer 2014-12-10T14:26:26Z