topic Above function in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Above-function/m-p/487955#M182319 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone.</P><P></P><P>If I say column(5), I get 38, which is correct in my straight table.</P><P>However, if I say above(column(5)) in the hope that the line below would now also say 38, it does not work but instead I get a blank.</P><P>The only change I made prior to this function not working was to bring in a additional dimension which is now a required field.</P><P></P><P>Any suggestions on this please?</P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:57:12 GMT 2013-11-06T12:57:12Z Above function https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Above-function/m-p/487955#M182319 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone.</P><P></P><P>If I say column(5), I get 38, which is correct in my straight table.</P><P>However, if I say above(column(5)) in the hope that the line below would now also say 38, it does not work but instead I get a blank.</P><P>The only change I made prior to this function not working was to bring in a additional dimension which is now a required field.</P><P></P><P>Any suggestions on this please?</P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:57:12 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Above-function/m-p/487955#M182319 2013-11-06T12:57:12Z Re: Above function https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Above-function/m-p/487956#M182320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try</P><P></P><P>above(TOTAL column(5) )</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:00:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Above-function/m-p/487956#M182320 swuehl 2013-11-06T13:00:36Z