topic Opening an external File from Qlikview in QlikView

Opening an external File from Qlikview

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:07:26 GMT

I have a straight table. If the user clicks one of the dimension values, an external File (Excel file in my case should be opened)

For Eg:

In my Straight Table, I have a Dimension called Brand

Brand
BMW
Audi
Hyundai

When user clicks BMW, an external file should be opened ie in my case, an excel file should be downloaded when User clicks BMW.

Is this possible in Qlikview? If so, how can that be done?

Re: Opening an external File from Qlikview

tamilarasu — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:29:05 GMT

Check the attachment and change the path according to your requirment.

Re: Opening an external File from Qlikview

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:36:55 GMT

Hi Nagaraj, Thanks for that. I want to open different files for different values.

This is my Straight Table.

Brand Sales

BMW 15

Audi 20

Hyundai 30

Here Brand is a Dimension and Sales is an expression. If BMW is clicked, a file related to BMW should be opened. Similarly if Audi is clicked, Audi file should be opened. How to do this?

Re: Opening an external File from Qlikview

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:40:33 GMT

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Hi Guys, Can you throw some light on this about How this can be done? Or is this possible in Qlikview?

Re: Opening an external File from Qlikview

tamilarasu — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:56:33 GMT

I guess there is no way to add url as dimension. I read somewhere once and somewhat achieved the result from that knowledge. Check it and let me know.

Re: Opening an external File from Qlikview

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:45:40 GMT

Thanks Nagaraj. That's a brilliant hack to overcome that challenge.