https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261119#M98469 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> I'm pretty sure you can't drag a selection like that. When you are dragging, you're not making a rectangle (polygon), but rather just making two endpoints. QlikView then turns that into a rectangle by using the two points as the top left and bottom right corners of the rectangle respectively.</P><P></P><P>I think the only way to make non-adjacent selections is by holding Ctrl and clicking each value.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:45:36 GMT 2011-06-02T21:45:36Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261118#M98468 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When you make a selection by dragging the mouse on an area, it looks to me that you are only restricted to selecting a rectangular shape selection. </P><P></P><P>Can you select with a free-form region? Or if there is a way to select triangular region. For example, I want to select points where the absolute difference between Yvalue and Xvalue is within some tolerance. I can do this by creating an expression in a listbox </P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; if( fabs(Yvalue - Xvalue) &lt;= $(tol), 'within $(tol)', 'outside $(tol) )</P><P></P><P>But I'm hoping I can do this by clicking the mouse making a polygon shape. Any comments?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:30:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261118#M98468 2011-06-02T21:30:36Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261119#M98469 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> I'm pretty sure you can't drag a selection like that. When you are dragging, you're not making a rectangle (polygon), but rather just making two endpoints. QlikView then turns that into a rectangle by using the two points as the top left and bottom right corners of the rectangle respectively.</P><P></P><P>I think the only way to make non-adjacent selections is by holding Ctrl and clicking each value.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:45:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261119#M98469 2011-06-02T21:45:36Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261120#M98470 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is what I thought too. So an enhancement could be a mode where I can specify multiple points to make up a polygon region.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:48:56 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/free-form-selection/m-p/261120#M98470 2011-06-02T21:48:56Z