topic Expression (in line chart) vs variable setting in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Expression-in-line-chart-vs-variable-setting/m-p/1437451#M809492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>(new to qlik,&nbsp; this is week 2 of learning, for me) <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P></P><P>i've been using, since that was all i knew, expressions, as columns, in line charts and then doing things like making another expression of "columnAA/columnBB" to set values but the I knew I'd have to hide all the intermediate columns, from view, for the final dashboard.&nbsp; Then i figured out setting variables with the same expressions.&nbsp; is there an advantage in speed or anything else , outside of not having to hide extra columns, in using many variables over using many columns, for the same calculations?</P><P></P><P>thanks</P><P></P><P>becki kain</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:16:04 GMT becki_kain 2020-11-25T16:16:04Z Expression (in line chart) vs variable setting https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Expression-in-line-chart-vs-variable-setting/m-p/1437451#M809492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>(new to qlik,&nbsp; this is week 2 of learning, for me) <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P></P><P>i've been using, since that was all i knew, expressions, as columns, in line charts and then doing things like making another expression of "columnAA/columnBB" to set values but the I knew I'd have to hide all the intermediate columns, from view, for the final dashboard.&nbsp; Then i figured out setting variables with the same expressions.&nbsp; is there an advantage in speed or anything else , outside of not having to hide extra columns, in using many variables over using many columns, for the same calculations?</P><P></P><P>thanks</P><P></P><P>becki kain</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:16:04 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Expression-in-line-chart-vs-variable-setting/m-p/1437451#M809492 becki_kain 2020-11-25T16:16:04Z