topic Triggers and Bookmarks... in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Triggers-and-Bookmarks/m-p/695301#M251344 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>Just sharing some newly gained knowledge.</P><P></P><P>This is noted in QlikView 11.0 SR2, not tested in other versions</P><P></P><P>I have an app that sets some values in triggers on document action "OnOpen".</P><P>I use action "Select in Field"</P><P>In a field that has three values (<STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Variance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Performance index</STRONG>) I select the first:</P><P>Select in Field: <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG></P><P></P><P>It works as expected, the value <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG> is set when the application is opened.</P><P></P><P>I then add a bookmark and then apply the same bookmark.</P><P>The same field now instead keeps two selections: <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Performance index</STRONG></P><P>And as you probably understand, this was not what I expected or wanted.</P><P></P><P>The bookmark is saved as a "search" bookmark and the search mechanism in the bookmark does not work in the same way as the corresponding trigger search mechanism.</P><P></P><P>How to fix this?</P><OL><LI>In the action trigger, enter: Select in Field: ("<STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>")</LI><LI>Make a manual selection in the field before saving the bookmark, changes the type of bookmark</LI><LI>Export the bookmark, edit the XML file and import it again</LI></OL><P></P><P>I guess that the type of search mechanism to be used (eg "normal", "wildcard", etc) could effect this scenario, but I have not seen that in the tests I have performed...</P><P></P><P>Br Patrik</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:36:54 GMT patrik_seger 2014-08-18T10:36:54Z Triggers and Bookmarks... https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Triggers-and-Bookmarks/m-p/695301#M251344 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>Just sharing some newly gained knowledge.</P><P></P><P>This is noted in QlikView 11.0 SR2, not tested in other versions</P><P></P><P>I have an app that sets some values in triggers on document action "OnOpen".</P><P>I use action "Select in Field"</P><P>In a field that has three values (<STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Variance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Performance index</STRONG>) I select the first:</P><P>Select in Field: <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG></P><P></P><P>It works as expected, the value <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG> is set when the application is opened.</P><P></P><P>I then add a bookmark and then apply the same bookmark.</P><P>The same field now instead keeps two selections: <STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>, <STRONG>Performance index</STRONG></P><P>And as you probably understand, this was not what I expected or wanted.</P><P></P><P>The bookmark is saved as a "search" bookmark and the search mechanism in the bookmark does not work in the same way as the corresponding trigger search mechanism.</P><P></P><P>How to fix this?</P><OL><LI>In the action trigger, enter: Select in Field: ("<STRONG>EVM performance</STRONG>")</LI><LI>Make a manual selection in the field before saving the bookmark, changes the type of bookmark</LI><LI>Export the bookmark, edit the XML file and import it again</LI></OL><P></P><P>I guess that the type of search mechanism to be used (eg "normal", "wildcard", etc) could effect this scenario, but I have not seen that in the tests I have performed...</P><P></P><P>Br Patrik</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:36:54 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Triggers-and-Bookmarks/m-p/695301#M251344 patrik_seger 2014-08-18T10:36:54Z