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Dhandapani
Contributor II
Contributor II

Text Comparison

Hi All,

I am very new to qlikview and just started exploring few concept.i come across below scenario. it will be helpful if i get any solution

i want display  same text field values into 2 fields for current month and previous month  in straight table or any chart  and compare whether the text is matching  or not 

what i want is how to show the same text field values for current and  previous month in two column as below 

my data is below 

AML|High|2021-06-30

AML|Medium|2021-05-31

AML|Low|2021-04-30

AML|VeryLow|2021-03-31

i want to display previous month text value in Previous Month <text field>|

Name|Current month <text field> | Previous Month <text field>|Businessdate

AML|High|Medium|2021-06-30

AML|Medium|Low|2021-05-31

AML|Low|Very Low|2021-04-30

i want to display  previous month  text (Medium or High) values in previous Month <text field> field

 

 

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3 Replies
Vegar
MVP
MVP

This script might help started.

 

SOURCE:
LOAD * inline [
Name,CurrentMonth,BusinessDate
AML,High,2021-06-30
AML,Medium,2021-05-31
AML,Low,2021-04-30
AML,VeryLow,2021-03-31];

Final:
LOAD Name, CurrentMonth, BusinessDate,
peek(CurrentMonth) as PreviousMonth,
peek(BusinessDate) as PreviousBusinessDate
Resident SOURCE
ORDER BY Name, BusinessDate asc
;

Drop table SOURCE;

Dhandapani
Contributor II
Contributor II
Author

Hi Vegar,

Thanks for the help. its working !!!

 

Dhandapani
Contributor II
Contributor II
Author

When i Add more dataset , peek function doesnt produde correct result .

AML,High,2021-06-30
AML,Medium,2021-05-31
AML,Low,2021-04-30
AML,VeryLow,2021-03-31

CFT,High,2021-06-30
CFT,Medium,2021-05-31
CFT,Low,2021-04-30

My output shows as below 

AML|High|Medium|2021-06-30|2021-05-31

AML|Medium|Low|2021-05-31|2021-04-30

AML|Low|Very Low|2021-04-30|2021-03-31

aml|Very Low| -  | 2021-03-31| -

CFT|High|Medium|2021-06-30|2021-05-31

CFT|Medium|Low|2021-05-31|2021-04-30

CFT|Low|High|2021-04-30|2021-06-30      -- By right highlighted filed should be null (no prev month (march) data to compare, instead its comparing april with june month