topic Re: Macros in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048902#M944931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Jannet,</P><P></P><P>Macros are bad in terms of performance reason. Other reasons, why they are bad are discussed in the excellent blogs below.</P><P><A href="https://community.qlik.com/qlik-blogpost/3700">Macros are Bad</A></P><P>qlikfix.com/2015/10/31/qlikview-macros-are-bad/</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Siva Sankar</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:37:30 GMT Siva_Sankar 2016-01-08T02:37:30Z Macros https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048900#M944929 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Hi&nbsp; everyone,</SPAN></P><P></P><P>I would like to know your opinion about macros is a good or bad practice ?</P><P></P><P>Regards.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:43:04 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048900#M944929 Anonymous 2016-01-07T22:43:04Z Re: Macros https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048901#M944930 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It should be generally avoided - but there are good use cases for them.</P><P></P><P>Barry Harmsen has written an excellent blog article specifically about this topic which I 100% agree with.</P><P></P><P>Google: "Barry Harmsen Qlikfix QlikView macro’s are bad!"</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:47:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048901#M944930 petter 2016-01-07T22:47:39Z Re: Macros https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048902#M944931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Jannet,</P><P></P><P>Macros are bad in terms of performance reason. Other reasons, why they are bad are discussed in the excellent blogs below.</P><P><A href="https://community.qlik.com/qlik-blogpost/3700">Macros are Bad</A></P><P>qlikfix.com/2015/10/31/qlikview-macros-are-bad/</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Siva Sankar</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:37:30 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048902#M944931 Siva_Sankar 2016-01-08T02:37:30Z Re: Macros https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048903#M944932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Thanks, Letter Skjolden and Shankarecem, it has been very helpful me.</P><P></P><P>Regards.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:48:53 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Macros/m-p/1048903#M944932 Anonymous 2016-01-08T14:48:53Z