QlikView Problem for a new user

[Anonymous]

Hello to All,

My name is Andrea and I am a new QlikView user. I was trying to develop a dashboard about company's index when i found this issue.

I have several firms and each of them belongs to a category. First I have to calc the product of data among column 2 and column 3 for each firm (row) and only then sum the results in order to calc the right value for each category. But the result that i have is this:

Category	Firm	Column1	Column 2
Category 1	A	5	2
Category 1	B	6	2
Category 1	C	5	2
Category 1	D	5	2
Result	168

So first Qlik calc sum of column 1 and sum of column 2 and then it calc the product: 21 x 8 = 168

Instead i would like this result:

Category	Firm	Column 1	Column 2	Right Result
Category 1	A	5	2	2.5
Category 1	B	6	2	3
Category 1	C	5	2	2.5
Category 1	D	5	2	2.5
Result	10.5

I would like to find a formula that let me do this calc without this problem.

So I would like to ask how can I solve this problem, maybe it is very simple but I have not yet found a solution.

Thanks to All in advanced for any advice.

[sunny_talwar · Accepted solution]

Can you try this:

Sum([Column1]/[Column 2])

[Anonymous]

Thanks Sunny

I tried with a simple example and now it's ok.

My question is if there is a general rule in order to avoid this issue even if when i will have to use complex formula.

For Example if I have to calc this field (I used a variable) for each category like the example before:

v_Variable1

sum(

if(

Dilazione<>0,

(($(v_AcquistatoSimulatoCATE)*1.22)/365)*Dilazione,

if(

DilazioneMediaCrediti<>0,

(($(v_AcquistatoSimulatoCATE)*1.22)/365)*DilazioneMediaCrediti,

'n.d.')

)

)

Where "Dilazione"  is a number for each firm

Where "v_AcquistatoSimulatoCATE " is

sum(

if(

v_%scontoAquistato=0,

Acquistato+ ((Acquistato*v_VariazioneVolumi)),

(Acquistato+ ((Acquistato*v_VariazioneVolumi)))*(1-v_%scontoAquistato)

)

)

Where "v_%scontoAcquistato is a value insert by me using an input box

Where "Acquistato" is a number for each firm

Where "v_VariazioneVolumi is a value insert by me using another input box

If i try to use a straight table with "Category" as dimension and $(v_Variable1) as expression the result is null.

So i would like to know how to fix this problem and if there are general rules to follow when i want to calc a field in aggregated mode (in this case Category Value) starting from single value (in this case Firms).

Thanks to all in advance