topic Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value in QlikView

Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:49:52 GMT

Hi,

Someone please explain me what is the difference between Raw and Shown Value property of a variable.

Thanks,

Rakul.

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

swuehl — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:50:01 GMT

In what context have you encountered 'Raw' and 'Shown Value' for a variable?

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

petter — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:51:26 GMT

Is it the COM-API you are referring to?

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

petter — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:57:00 GMT

I guess you are - so here goes:

A RawValue is the stored value - not evaluated value of a variable.

Whereas the ShownValue is the the evaluated variable value.

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:00:25 GMT

I was referring to the API guide and came across shown value and raw value of a variable.

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:00:34 GMT

Yes

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:02:11 GMT

LET Test=5+6;

So can I consider 5+6 as Raw Value and 11 as Show value. I tried it out using a vb macro but still now getting any value for the RAW value. Can you explain the difference with an example?

Thanks,

Rakul.

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

swuehl — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:57:40 GMT

Try

SET Test = '=5+6';

and retrieve the raw and show value using the API

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:32:31 GMT

I tried with SET ='=5+6' and got Raw value as =5+6 but no value for Shown value.

Re: Variable's Raw and Shown Value

bluecarbon — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:22:57 GMT

Hi Petter,

Please shed some lights on Shownvalue, I tried multiple scenarios and I m still getting it as blank. I m still not sure what significance it brings to Qlikview.

Thanks,

Rakul.