topic Re: How to show a variable's comment in the front end? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221026#M390402 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>loading from file is the only option</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="242575.PNG" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.qlik.com/legacyfs/online/145918_242575.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Expression:</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>=DUAL(&nbsp; $(=only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}Expression)) &amp; chr(10) &amp; only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}ExpressionComment)</P><P>,</P><P>$(=only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}Expression))</P><P>)</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:03:26 GMT vinieme12 2016-12-07T15:03:26Z How to show a variable's comment in the front end? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221024#M390400 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I've moved many of my recurring expressions to variables and used the comment field of the variable to document the variable.</P><P>Is it possible to get this comments/ variable documentation to show up in the front end?</P><P></P><P>By hovering?</P><P>Something with an input box?</P><P>Any other ideas or is this not possible?</P><P></P><P>,KR Koen</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:08:54 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221024#M390400 cheburashka 2016-12-07T13:08:54Z Re: How to show a variable's comment in the front end? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221025#M390401 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not that way afaik. You could put the expressions and comments in a csv or excel file and load them both as a table and create the variables (with comments) from that table. You can then use the table to show the expressions and comments to the user in the front end.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:19:34 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221025#M390401 Gysbert_Wassenaar 2016-12-07T13:19:34Z Re: How to show a variable's comment in the front end? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221026#M390402 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>loading from file is the only option</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="242575.PNG" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.qlik.com/legacyfs/online/145918_242575.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Expression:</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>=DUAL(&nbsp; $(=only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}Expression)) &amp; chr(10) &amp; only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}ExpressionComment)</P><P>,</P><P>$(=only({&lt;ExpressionName = {1}&gt;}Expression))</P><P>)</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:03:26 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-to-show-a-variable-s-comment-in-the-front-end/m-p/1221026#M390402 vinieme12 2016-12-07T15:03:26Z