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helen_pip
Creator III
Creator III

Can a button change the variable in an input box

Dear Qlikview User

I have an input box which has 3 variables.  The Pre defined values in a drop down are selected and the user can select either Department, Location or City

v1 = Department

v2=  Location

v3 = City

The Input box controls what is seen through the drill down group in a straight table

At the top of the page I have a heading I.e. Department, Location and City.  What I ideally need is each heading to be a button and when the user clicks on the button, the drop down list in the input box also changes

Is this a possibility?

Kind Regards

Helen

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stabben23
Partner - Master
Partner - Master

So you need 3 buttons, one for each heading, right? Create 3 buttons on add Action-->External-->Set Variable.

helen_pip
Creator III
Creator III
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Hello Staffan

Thank you for your response

My input box has 3 variables and are available through the drop down list.  I have tried placing a button on my heading as suggested, and setting a variable through an action

I.e. v1 = Department

However, the input box does not interact with the variable

Kind Regards

Helen

krishnacbe
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

Hi Helen,

Hope the attached sample will help you. just add a dummy trigger to the Button. automatically the input box value is assigned to variable.

krishnacbe
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

+ Attachement

stabben23
Partner - Master
Partner - Master

If you use GetFieldSelection(Variable/Fieldname) in Your heading, is that an option?