topic Re: Adding Comments to a Record in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421757#M560183 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This ended up working out perfectly.&nbsp; Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:39 GMT Anonymous 2013-05-09T17:11:39Z Adding Comments to a Record https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421754#M560180 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all, first off I want to thank you for your help in advance.&nbsp; I'm looking to build a dashboard where one of the requirements is that users be able to enter comments on a record via the ajax client and other users be able to see those comments and add change as well.&nbsp; I haven't found a straightforward way of doing this but I was hoping someone might be able to come up with something unique.&nbsp; The avenues we've explored are:</P><P></P><P> 1) Using an input field for the comments and a macro that exports the primary key and the comments field to a file that is then used as a datasource on the next reload.&nbsp; This proved to be a dead end as server exports are not supported on QV instance. </P><P>2) We've looked at the notes and annotations feature but that's at the screen level rather than the individual record level so it will not be sufficient. </P><P>3) We've talked about creating an extension object that connects to a web service that could provide this functionality but we'd like to avoid going this route due to the extensive development efforts required.&nbsp; </P><P>4) Our last ditch effort is to create a link that will redirect the user to an external system where comments can be entered then used as a datasource.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>I appreciate any insight into potential alternatives where users can share their comments.&nbsp; Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 18:57:58 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421754#M560180 Anonymous 2013-05-02T18:57:58Z Re: Adding Comments to a Record https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421755#M560181 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have you looked into <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.qlik.com/docs/DOC-3521">this extension</A> already?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 19:02:44 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421755#M560181 Gysbert_Wassenaar 2013-05-02T19:02:44Z Re: Adding Comments to a Record https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421756#M560182 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, I had not.&nbsp; This looks like it may be helpful and works well on my local machine.&nbsp; I'll have to see if it can be implemented on our server.&nbsp; Thanks for the suggestion!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 20:38:21 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421756#M560182 Anonymous 2013-05-02T20:38:21Z Re: Adding Comments to a Record https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421757#M560183 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This ended up working out perfectly.&nbsp; Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Adding-Comments-to-a-Record/m-p/421757#M560183 Anonymous 2013-05-09T17:11:39Z