Idea: check syntax first

[mmarchese]

I wanted to post this in the proper place, but I can't see how.  The button to post ideas is grayed out:

And the page suggesting how to suggest a feature is broken.  The "Suggest Features" link just redirects to the same page I'm already on.

Idea:

In the load script, please check the syntax before running any code.

Every other programming/scripting/querying environment I've ever used does a syntax check before running your code and errors out immediately.  In contrast, Qlik Sense will spend 30 minutes running a SQL query before erroring out because the statement afterward is missing a comma.

[nhenckel]

I agree—syntax checking before running the script would be nice.

What I often do to debug is use Qlik’s native Debug Load to test with a smaller dataset and catch issues faster. That said, having inline syntax validation for errors beyond Qlik scripting would be a fantastic addition.