Expression in bookmark is not saved

[#1]

I have a problem with bookmarks, when I save them the expressions is lost.

The current selections box showing the expression

Then I save the bookmark, with “Include Selections in bookmark” and “make bookmark apply on top of current selections” checked.

But when I clear selections and then choose my bookmark the expression is lost… the current selections box should show the expression?

Where did the expression go?

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I had this similar problem, but when I tried to create a sample qvw to upload for my own question I downloaded the latest version (12.10 at this time) of QlikView.

In that version I was actually NOT able to recreate the problem, so it might actually be that you are on older version that has this problem. I have definitively had it several times before att different companies, so it might actually just be a version problem.

My experience has been that the typical problem has just occured for 1-value selections (like Today() or Today()-1), while it has been the Advanced Search when the result has included more values, e.g. >=TODAY()-30.

(One workaround I have previously worked with is actually to export the faulty bookmark, modify it in Notepad and import it.)

Kind regards

Niklas

[isaiah82]

I know this thread is dated, but I just came across this (again) and remember I solved a few years ago and I'm sure others may find it useful.  Clever Niklas, for solving this by editing the XML of the bookmark directly, I thought I was the only one who did crazy stuff like that 😃

The default behavior in QlikView is that, if a search string returns one and only one value, the literal value will be stored in the bookmark as opposed to the search string.  The BC_SearchOnlyOneValue Easter Egg can be used to change this behavior.  This can be changed in the Settings dialog in Desktop by right-clicking the QlikView icon on the Help > About screen.  Change the value to 1 to store the search string instead of the (single) calculated value.

-Isaiah

[Valian]

I just experienced the same bug on Qlik Sense Saas, the expression was not saving when there was only one result. Might have also to do with the "Always one selected" setting that I had on the specific field.
I had to turn off the "one selected value" setting of the field, store the bookmark, and then turn the setting on again for the expression to get stored properly.