Qlik Sense languages

[skyline01]

What is the language used for loading data into Qlik Sense (similar to M for Power BI)?  I read that it may be based on Lua (and expressed in BNF).  Also, what is the language used for set expressions (similar to DAX for Power BI)?  I'm asked these questions a lot, and I'd like to give a more definitive answer.

[Øystein_Kolsrud]

Documentation of the script syntax can be found here:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/February2022/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Scripting/script-syn...

You can get the full BNF definition from the following API endpoint:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/February2022/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-gl...

or this if you want something more readable to humans:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/February2022/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-gl...

[skyline01]

@Øystein_Kolsrud 

Thank you for the above information, but that does not answer my question.  I understand that the Qlik scripting language uses BNF syntax.  What I want to know is...  What is the name of the Qlik scripting (data load) language?  Also, what is the name of the set analysis (measure definition) language? Again, using Power BI as a comparison to help clarify what I mean, the scripting language is M and the data analysis (measure definition) language is DAX.

[Øystein_Kolsrud · Accepted solution]

They are both proprietary languages to Qlik. I'm not sure if they have names actually. I'd simply refer to them as the "Qlik scripting language" and the "Qlik expression language".

[skyline01]

@Øystein_Kolsrud 

Thank you.  That is precisely what I'm looking for.