topic Alert Conditions and Bookmarks in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446377#M166525 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I must be missing something.....I know how to create an Alert and associate a Bookmark with it, but how do I create a Bookmark, and therfore the Alert, when the data doesn't exist in my data set yet?</P><P></P><P>For example, I need an Alert that tells me when an order for a particular product, by a particular customer, gets loaded into my data set. But this condition is rare, hence the need for an Alert. So the customer/product combination doesn't exist when I'm trying to create the Bookmark and Alert. Catch 22?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:36 GMT Anonymous 2013-03-15T18:00:36Z Alert Conditions and Bookmarks https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446377#M166525 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I must be missing something.....I know how to create an Alert and associate a Bookmark with it, but how do I create a Bookmark, and therfore the Alert, when the data doesn't exist in my data set yet?</P><P></P><P>For example, I need an Alert that tells me when an order for a particular product, by a particular customer, gets loaded into my data set. But this condition is rare, hence the need for an Alert. So the customer/product combination doesn't exist when I'm trying to create the Bookmark and Alert. Catch 22?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446377#M166525 Anonymous 2013-03-15T18:00:36Z Re: Alert Conditions and Bookmarks https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446378#M166526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You don't have to use bookmark.&nbsp; Use a condition, something like this:</P><P>Customer = 'John Doe' &amp; Product = 'QlikView Server ver 13.0'</P><P></P><P>(A little more complex than that, but I hope it gives you the idea)</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Michael</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:56:30 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446378#M166526 Anonymous 2013-03-15T18:56:30Z Re: Alert Conditions and Bookmarks https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446379#M166527 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See, I knew I was over (or under) thinking this.&nbsp;&nbsp; LOL</P><P></P><P>Thanks Michael!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:58:44 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alert-Conditions-and-Bookmarks/m-p/446379#M166527 Anonymous 2013-03-15T18:58:44Z