topic Use of % symbol while creating a link table in QlikView

Use of % symbol while creating a link table

vishalmanu — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:07:56 GMT

HI,

Can some one please explain why we use % symbol while creating a composite key using Autono() function in Link table. What happens if we dont use % symbol?

Thanks in Advance

VishnuT

Re: Use of % symbol while creating a link table

sunny_talwar — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:39:29 GMT

It might be because you would want to hide the field as it is not relevant for users to see in the dashboard. By using HidePrefix of %, the dashboard might be hiding the field. Read about HidePrefix here:

HidePrefix – hiding fields

Re: Use of % symbol while creating a link table

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:52:36 GMT

Hi,

It could be to easily identify what fields are actual keys you want to use. If you do not use the % symbol, nothing will happen as Qlikview uses associations. It is basically a matter of naming convention.

As stated above, it can also be used to hide those specific fields that you do not want to appear to the user