topic Alternate States Question in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671526#M243935 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had a question related to alternate states. I have a chart with an alternate state set to State1. I can reference the selections in the parent state using set analysis, i.e. Month = $::Month </P><P></P><P>How do I reference selections in the parent state in a function, in this case to dynamically set the label on this chart? This will refer to values of myFlag only in State1. </P><P></P><P>=If(Only(myFlag), 'Actual', 'Actual and Forecast')</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:34:41 GMT brentdej 2014-09-10T16:34:41Z Alternate States Question https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671526#M243935 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had a question related to alternate states. I have a chart with an alternate state set to State1. I can reference the selections in the parent state using set analysis, i.e. Month = $::Month </P><P></P><P>How do I reference selections in the parent state in a function, in this case to dynamically set the label on this chart? This will refer to values of myFlag only in State1. </P><P></P><P>=If(Only(myFlag), 'Actual', 'Actual and Forecast')</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:34:41 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671526#M243935 brentdej 2014-09-10T16:34:41Z Re: Alternate States Question https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671527#M243936 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Try</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">=If(Only({State1} myFlag), 'Actual', 'Actual and Forecast')</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:44:13 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671527#M243936 simondachstr 2014-09-10T16:44:13Z Re: Alternate States Question https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671528#M243937 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks... how would I reference the <EM>parent</EM> though (rather than alternate state State1)?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:01:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671528#M243937 brentdej 2014-09-10T17:01:17Z Re: Alternate States Question https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671529#M243938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Tried {$} and it worked. Thanks for the help, Martin.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:10:08 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Alternate-States-Question/m-p/671529#M243938 brentdej 2014-09-10T17:10:08Z