topic Does column function in charts make it faster? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402254#M424932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is faster to use column(1)/column(2)... or to do it with expression.</P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:47:06 GMT retko1985 2017-08-29T14:47:06Z Does column function in charts make it faster? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402254#M424932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is faster to use column(1)/column(2)... or to do it with expression.</P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:47:06 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402254#M424932 retko1985 2017-08-29T14:47:06Z Re: Does column function in charts make it faster? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402255#M424933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Some results from Google search</P><P></P><P>These are all old thread and Qlikview has definitely improved a lot since; my guess is there is no VISIBLE difference</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.qliktips.com/2013/04/performance-using-labels-or-column-in.html" title="http://www.qliktips.com/2013/04/performance-using-labels-or-column-in.html">Qlik Tips: Performance using Labels or Column() in charts</A></P><P><A href="http://www.axisgroup.com/performance-and-other-benefits-of-using-expression-column-and-label-references/" title="http://www.axisgroup.com/performance-and-other-benefits-of-using-expression-column-and-label-references/">http://www.axisgroup.com/performance-and-other-benefits-of-using-expression-column-and-label-references/</A></P><P><A href="http://www.qlikfix.com/2011/06/21/testing-the-performance-implications-of-variables-and-label-referencing-versus-direct-expressions/" title="http://www.qlikfix.com/2011/06/21/testing-the-performance-implications-of-variables-and-label-referencing-versus-direct-expressions/">http://www.qlikfix.com/2011/06/21/testing-the-performance-implications-of-variables-and-label-referencing-versus-direct-…</A></P><P><A href="http://www.qliktips.com/2013/04/performance-using-labels-or-column-in.html" title="http://www.qliktips.com/2013/04/performance-using-labels-or-column-in.html">Qlik Tips: Performance using Labels or Column() in charts</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:40:50 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402255#M424933 vinieme12 2017-08-29T15:40:50Z Re: Does column function in charts make it faster? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402256#M424934 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You would think it would be faster to use column() and not repeat the expression, but my testing shows no difference in performance.&nbsp; I have not done extensive testing though.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>I usually opt for the column() (or label) method when possible for maintainability.</P><P></P><P>-Rob</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://masterssummit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://masterssummit.com</A></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://qlikviewcookbook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://qlikviewcookbook.com</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:42:52 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Does-column-function-in-charts-make-it-faster/m-p/1402256#M424934 rwunderlich 2017-08-29T16:42:52Z