Select Top Ranks from QlikView and Use Them With Custom Excel Formulas

[Bjorn_Wedbratt]

You will learn how to create a chart using a defined range of rows from a QlikView chart object in this tutorial. Avoid table expansion invalidating cell references in custom Excel formulas.

    

        

          

Create New Excel Report

                    

                                

          

1. Select Reports in the lower left pane
2. Select Excel reports in the upper left pane
3. Select Excel Report in the New group of the function ribbon

        

                 

          

Name Report and Create New Template

                    

                                

          

1. Enter Show Top Ranks Excel Report as Name for your report and optionally a Description
2. Select New in the Template group

        

                 

          

Open Select Objects Window

                    

                                

          

1. Right click on the Tables node
2. Click on Add objects

        

                 

          

Select Object

                    

                                

          

1. Select the Connection to the QlikView document that contains the object that you want, SalesDemo in this case
2. Select Top Products by Sales -  CH294
3. Click on the OK button

        

                 

          

Adjust Table Properties

                    

                                

          

1. Make sure CH294 - Top Products by Sales is selected
2. Enter the row range you want to import in the Custom Rows field
3. Unflag the Expand Range Option

        

                 

          

Drag Your Chart into Template

                    

                                

          

Drag your chart columns into the template. Make sure that there are at least 10 blank rows above the chart.

        

                 

          

Mean Price Formula

                    

                                

          

We are going to add a new column to calculate the mean price. We will use a simple formula that refers to the value in specific cells.

1. Enter the Mean Price column heading
2. Enter the formula to calculate the mean price

        

                 

          

Expand Formula

                    

                                

          

Expand the formula in the Mean Price column for 10 rows

        

                 

          

Format Mean Price

                    

                                

          

1. Select the Mean Price Column
2. Format the column as Currency

        

                 

          

Add Gross Profit Total

                    

                                

          

1. Select the 10th cell under the Gross Profit Sales heading.
2. Enter the formula to calculate Total Sales. Note that you don't need to leave a blank row since NPrinting will not expand the table
3. Format the total cells as you prefer

        

                 

          

Choose Correct Format

                    

                                

          

1. Select Number
2. Choose Currency in the category table
3. Choose the symbol you need from the Symbol menu
4. Click OK
5. Add formatted totals also for "Total Sales" and for "Quantity"

        

                 

          

Add GP% Formula

                    

                                

          

1. Select the 14th cell under the GP% column heading.
2. Enter the formula to calculate the mean GP%

        

                 

          

Format Mean GP%

                    

                                

          

1. Right click on the cell containing the mean GP% formula
2. Choose Format Cells.... The Format Cells window opens
3. Select Number
4. Choose Percentage in the category table
5. Click OK

        

                 

          

Preview

                    

                                

          

Click Preview in the template ribbon bar