topic Re: Textbox & Table Link in QlikView

Textbox & Table Link

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:24:28 GMT

Hello fellow Qlikviewers,

The below question has been asked by me before on this forum. Someone then offered a workaround, but that wasn't what I was looking for.

I have once again stumbled upon the same problem, so I thought I'd just try again.

I have created a text box containing information about a table on my dashboard.

Now I want this text box to automatically open when I open the table. If I close the table, the text box should close as well.

So what I am looking for, is that the text box opens when I double-click the minimized table-header, and that the text box will close when I minimize the table by double-clicking the header again...

Is there a way to 'link' this table and this text box to eachother?

Thanks in advance!

Stefan

Re: Textbox & Table Link

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:24:44 GMT

The answer is likely the same this time. It's not possible since object triggers for sheet objects have been removed in QV11. You can use a button (or text object) to set a variable and use the variable for the conditional display expression of both the table and the accompanying text box to hide/show them together.

Re: Textbox & Table Link

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:27:13 GMT

Thanks for the response.

The previous time I asked my question, the responder didn't say it wasn't possible, but he did give me the same workaround as you presented just now... I guess I'll just have to implement that, thanks for the help!

Re: Textbox & Table Link

nagaiank — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:35:48 GMT

Did you consider using Title Text or Help text available in the Caption tab of Properties window for the table box?

Re: Textbox & Table Link

matthias_v — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:48:57 GMT

Since it is version 11 you could also consider using a container object in grid-mode that contains the chart and the text object. In this way when you minimize/maximize the container, both objects dissappear/reappear.