topic Re: PING a server based on a variable [IP 1] in QlikView

PING a server based on a variable [IP 1]

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

I try to ping a server from QlikView 12.10.0.0

I have created a Button with "Start" as action, "ping.exe" as Application and [IP 1] as parameter.

It doesn't work

If i do the same think with 192.168.10.10 (for example) as parameter, it work fine.

Any idea ?

Tks a lot !

Re: PING a server based on a variable [IP 1]

felipedl — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:41:33 GMT

Hi Jean,

I would assume your server is not reachable from the machine your on.

Try connecting remotely to the machine to see if it works and you can see it.

Since this 192.168.10.10 is in your local network, it will work ok, even it you use the parameter localhost (machine your on) should work ok, so as I stated before, seems to be some network related issue, rather than Qlik.

Felipe.

Re: PING a server based on a variable [IP 1]

Peter_Cammaert — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:24:36 GMT

Is [IP 1] a variable or a field?

If it is a variable, then try with this to substitute [IP 1] with the current value contained in the variable, before calling ping.

ping.exe $([IP 1])

Best,

Peter