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nikhilgarg
Specialist II
Specialist II

Problem showing legends in alternative measure and dimension

Hello Everyone,

I am stuck in an issue in QlikSense. I have added an alternative dimension and 3 alternative measure.


Dimension:

Month

Alternative Dimension:

Quarter


Measure:

PY Monthly Sale

CY Monthly Sales

Monthly Forecasted Sales

Alternative Measure:

PY Quaterly Sales

CY Quaterly Sales

Quaterly Forecasted Sales


Now when i am switching from Month to Quarter on X-axis, i can see legends name are still same in both cases. Pls find the attached snapshot. How to correct this so that legends come as per selected dimension?


Thanks,

Nikhil Garg

15 Replies
MK9885
Master II
Master II

I think for is you are using Color by Dimension and the label would only take single Dimension at a time.

To get Both Months and Quarter, you'd need to make a drill down dimension and use that as Dimension by Color    

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so when you select Month or quarter it would be drilling down by dimension and show both labels...

hope that would work for you.

nikhilgarg
Specialist II
Specialist II
Author

Hey,

Thanks for your suggestion but I guess you are telling about showing month

and quarter. But here my measure are not being shown s per dimension.

Whether I select month or quarter, legends are being shown of month only.

MK9885
Master II
Master II

No.

when you create a Drill down dimension for quarters and Months, it would automatically show you both legends.

A you re using alternative Dimension you may have to select it from Drop down to see other legend, this won't change for Alt dim.

Use Drill Dim for Quarter and Month and try.

shraddha_g
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

Instead of choosing color by dimension. Keep it Auto and then check.

nikhilgarg
Specialist II
Specialist II
Author

Hey,

I have already selected Color as 'Auto'. Pls. check the attached snapshot.

shraddha_g
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

Can you share sample app?

shraddha_g
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

AFAIKN, according to your question and color as Auto, if you have 1 dimension & multiple measures then legends will be displayed for measures. that's y after changing month to Quarter your legends are not changing.

When you will have color by dimension in that case legends will be displayed according to Dimension Values

nikhilgarg
Specialist II
Specialist II
Author

Hey,

I can not see any coilor by dimension option. Pls find the attached snapshot.

I have taken one alternative dimension as 'Quarter'. Also, apologies but i cannt copy app from my server to local due to some restrictions.

shraddha_g
Partner - Master III
Partner - Master III

what is qliksense version you are using?