Detatch sheets

[#1]

I have two tabs on one QlikView document.  Each tab uses a separate database, with different dimensions to filter each one.  There are no similar columns for the two database tables. Right now I am using triggers to clear selections when a user jumps from one tab to the other.  This works perfectly up until the user starts clicking the back button... The current selection box will go back to show the selections that were prior to the "clear all" trigger.

Example:  User moves from Tab A to Tab B.  The activate sheet trigger from Tab B clears all selections.  User clicks on the back button.  Selections are now showing from the prior Tab A, but the user is active on Tab B.

Is there a way that I can detatch the sheets from each other, or clear the selection history so that a user cannot backtrack beyond a certain point?

[#2]

What version are you on?

[#3]

QlikView 11

[#4]

Alright that is good, what you can do is go to Settings, Document Properties, and find the button on the General tab marked as Alternate States.

Create an alternate state: Tab2

Hit ok until you are back on your document.

Then for every object on tab 2 go to the general properties tab  and select Tab2 from the alternate state drop down.

Doing this for every object should completely isolate this tab from selections in the other and vise versa. The only thing I believe that effects both is the clear all.

[#5]

Tried the alternate states, no luck.  Still having information from Tab A show up in the current selection box from Tab B.  Is there a way to use a trigger to change the selection state to the very first one?

[#6]

Did you change the current selections box on tab 2 to the alternate state?

I currently use this method in one of my documents where 1 tab is completly seperate from the others.

Edit:

Also yes, under the trigger properties you can select the alternate state from the actions tab

[#7]

That did the trick. However, the back button still selects items from outside the alternate state.  I notice the green circle next to Tab A whenever I start clicking the back button.  For cosmetic issues, is there a feature that I can reset the selecions back to the beginning?

[#8]

You basically want to reprogram the back button to act as a clear button? (Return to Open state) I am not aware of being able to change the function of the built in buttons.

[#9]

Do you think this can be done by creating a macro?

[#10]

It might be, I have no experience with macros so it might be better to create a new discussion with that question, it would pull the more experienced macro creators to help.