Best ways and practices to manage dates in app (filters, period comparisons)

[Federico_Rizzello]

Hello everyone,

I’m reaching out to ask the community about how you manage dates and related filters in your apps. My goal is to gather and share the various methods of managing dates in apps, with a particular focus on the end user’s perspective. I’m interested in selections, filters, and period comparisons in the frontend of the app, all with the aim of simplifying the user experience as much as possible.

There are many posts about dates in the community. I’d like to highlight one that I believe provides a comprehensive guide to managing dates, both in the script and the app: How to use - Master-Calendar and Date-Values - Qlik Community - 1495741

Unfortunately, some links/posts have been archived. I’d like to ‘refresh’ the ideas from these posts, bearing in mind that new features are now available in Qlik Cloud (such as alerts, automations, tabular reporting, etc.) and users have more freedom in their use of dates.

I invite you to share your thoughts and ideas on how you manage dates (in the script, frontend, measures, set analysis). I hope this will kickstart a new ‘best practice’ guide.

Thank you in advance for your contributions. Stay safe and well.