Inputfield - Distinct Values

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:16:14 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to reduce the number of extraneous tables that are used maintain a qlikview file to have them be maintained within a QVW. My solution thus far has been to use Inputfields within a table box to assign values and these can be maintained within a sheet in the QVW.

For instance, I have a list of Region and I'd like to assign a Regional Manager to each distinct region. Here is how the data might look:

UniqueID	Region
1	Michigan
2	Ohio
3	Indiana
4	Ohio
5	Ohio
6	Indiana
7	Illinois
8	Wisconsin

Based on this table, what I've been able to create what I'd like to see is an inputfield for Regional Manager, which looks like this:

Region	Regional Manager
Michigan	Name1
Ohio	Name1
Indiana	Name2
Illinois	Name2
Wisconsin	Name3

The trouble I'm having is if I want to find a specific Regional Manager, say Name1, I get DISTINCT values within Current Selections, Search Boxes, etc. I've been able to mitigate this somewhat in other objects by using =TEXT([Regional Manager]), however, the ability to use an expression is not always available - as in the case of Current Selection and Search Boxes.

My attempts to store the InputFields and reload them into a new field haven't been working.

Can anyone think of a solution to this? As I said, I'd really rather not use an external Excel file to maintain this information.

Thanks,

- Peter

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Inputfield - Distinct Values