topic Re: peek and previous function in QlikView

peek and previous function

tripatirao — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:35:19 GMT

Hi all

Can any one share when and where to peek() and previous() in qlikview.

if possible please upload the .qvw file.

Thanks in Advance

Re: peek and previous function

datanibbler — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:38:17 GMT

Hi,

the difference is simple: PREVIOUS can only be used inside a LOAD statement and is used to look at some other record before or after the one that is currently being loaded.

PEEK can be used anywhere and you can use it to peek into any table, not just the one just loaded.

HTH

Re: peek and previous function

fkeuroglian — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:40:35 GMT

see this, hope help

Fernando K.

Peek() or Previous() ?

Re: peek and previous function

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:42:53 GMT

troyansky explains it well here.

Peek() or Previous() ?

Re: peek and previous function

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:49:26 GMT

hi tripati,

The Peek function and Previous function are the data transformation techniques and an inter-record script functions.

please check below posts to understand them:

Missing Manual - Peek()

Peek() or Previous() ?

Peek() vs Previous() – When to Use Each