topic Re: Why does an applymap work with a field discarded in a preceding load? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-does-an-applymap-work-with-a-field-discarded-in-a-preceding/m-p/1388563#M613850 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Because %Date_Key is part of the input table (i.e. the second table LOAD and hence can be used in any function of the preceding load, regardless if the field is part of the output table (the resulting resident table).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:44:17 GMT swuehl 2017-10-03T22:44:17Z Why does an applymap work with a field discarded in a preceding load? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-does-an-applymap-work-with-a-field-discarded-in-a-preceding/m-p/1388562#M613849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance for your help. <STRONG>I do not know why an applymap in a preceding load (map_Period) referencing a loaded field discarded in the preceding load (%Date_Key) still works.</STRONG></P><P></P><P>Regards.</P><P><IMG alt="Capture1.PNG" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.qlik.com/legacyfs/online/178505_Capture1.PNG" style="height: 223px; width: 620px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:56:59 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-does-an-applymap-work-with-a-field-discarded-in-a-preceding/m-p/1388562#M613849 julioarriaga 2017-10-03T21:56:59Z Re: Why does an applymap work with a field discarded in a preceding load? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-does-an-applymap-work-with-a-field-discarded-in-a-preceding/m-p/1388563#M613850 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Because %Date_Key is part of the input table (i.e. the second table LOAD and hence can be used in any function of the preceding load, regardless if the field is part of the output table (the resulting resident table).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:44:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Why-does-an-applymap-work-with-a-field-discarded-in-a-preceding/m-p/1388563#M613850 swuehl 2017-10-03T22:44:17Z