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Problem with Sheet Trigger Selecting Date Type?
I am attempting to use the new Sheet Trigger functionality in the April 2020 release.
In the data load, I am defining the following fields:
LET vStartDate = Num(makedate(2017,10,1))
Date($(vStartDate) + RangeSum(Peek('RowNum'), 1) - 1) AS Date
Date(MonthStart(Date),'YY-MMM') as CYMo
So I set up a sheet trigger using "Select values in a field" option and field CYMo and entered the following formula in the value box:
=Date(MonthStart(Today(0),'YY-MMM'))
I also tried
=(Date(MonthStart(Today(0),'YY-MMM')))
Neither one worked.
Oddly enough, it works when I choose Toggle Field Selection instead of "Select values in field". I have confirmed the "Select values in field" works with other field types and manual entry of the value(s).
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Lots of trial and error and solved this.
Had to match the numeric date value for it to work:
=$(=NUM(Monthstart(Today(0))))
This should be in the Qlik documentation for this feature when matching dates in sheet triggers.

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Lots of trial and error and solved this.
Had to match the numeric date value for it to work:
=$(=NUM(Monthstart(Today(0))))
This should be in the Qlik documentation for this feature when matching dates in sheet triggers.
