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PrashantRupani
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How to display today's date on the Qlikview dashboard ?

Hi,

 

I am new to Qlikview and self-learning the tool. 

I need to display today's date on the sheet I am trying to develop. So whenever the sheet is opened, it should display that day's date. I understand that today() function can be leveraged. Which object should I use to make it display? Is it a text object?  Please explain the steps in detail. Tried finding few forums but could not get the answer. 

 

Thank you for the help.

Prashant

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Vegar
MVP
MVP

You need to place an equal sign as the first sign in the expression box, if not it will assume you are typing text and not a function.

= today()

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wandererroch
Contributor III
Contributor III

Basic steps:
Add a text object to the page and on the General tab enter =Today() in the Text field. Play with the fonts to make it the size/color you want and color the background of the text box or make it transparent.
Vegar
MVP
MVP

A text object world be a suitable place to put a text with today's date using today()

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/November2017/Subsystems/Client/Content/Text%20Object.htm

https://youtu.be/jKyU0zY-z-E
PrashantRupani
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Thanks for the reply.

I followed the steps. Please see attached .jpg. 

It does not display the date. It just shows the text  -today(). Do I need to run this sheet to see the data ? What's missing?

 

 

 

Vegar
MVP
MVP

You need to place an equal sign as the first sign in the expression box, if not it will assume you are typing text and not a function.

= today()
PrashantRupani
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Thanks bro. This is what I was looking for.

= sign was missing.