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Manguirish
Contributor III
Contributor III

Section Access

Hi

 

I am new to Qlik and want to know more about section access. I am tasked with writing a section access code which is suppose to provide reduction on two fields. When i use blank for GROUPS and later check the testing sheet i dont get correct values i the filter. However, if i use * , then it seems to work. What is the difference between using blank and *.

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BrunPierre
Partner - Master II
Partner - Master II

Using an asterisk (*) ensures that users can access all data related to the field, while using a blank value can restrict users from seeing any data for that field.

Manguirish
Contributor III
Contributor III
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Thanks. And this is what i thought too. However, when i do keep it blank, i can still see some of the fields. I am not sure how. Is there any catch here or some condition in the way blanks work in section access.

Also, if you have a good resource i can learn in depth about section access, please point me to that.

 

Many thanks in advance 🙂

 

BrunPierre
Partner - Master II
Partner - Master II

This thread has multiple scenarios: Managing data security with Section Access