variable with a list in load script

[#1]

hi there,

in my load script i got the follwing 2 lines

set months = '2010-11', '2010-12';
FOR EACH m IN $(months)
...

in the next month the variable $(months) should be actualized to:

months = '2010-11', '2010-12', '2011-01';

and i dont get it to work ;(

so what i need: i give a start month and all following months can be calculated automatically until the actual month is reached. is this possible?

i think i can get it to work by selecting the calculated months from my database. but shouldn't it be possible with qlikview script syntax?

i tried a loop with something like

set months=months, actualMonth

but that doesn't work..

ANY help appreciated 🙂

Best regards

Tobi

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Not sure if this is what you meant...........

LET vTODAY = addmonths(monthstart(today()),-36);
LET vVAR = monthstart(today());

DO WHILE vVAR <> vTODAY

TRACE $(vTODAY);
TRACE $(vVAR);

Load Date(TODAY,'YYYY-MM') as TODAY_Formatted,
*;
Load rowno(),
'$(vTODAY)' as TODAY,
'$(vVAR)' as VAR
AUTOGENERATE 1;

LET vTODAY = addmonths(date(vTODAY),1);

SLEEP 100;

LOOP;

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[#3]

Hi,

thank you very much for your answer.

> Not sure if this is what you meant

mhm...let me explain it in another way.

i have a variable

startMonth='2010-10'

and then i want the variable $months to be a list with all months until the actual month.. (starting with $startMonth and automatically concatenated the following months). so after doing some qlikview script magic (i dont know) it should look like

<blockquote><pre> months = '2010-10', '2010-11', '2010-12';

so i can start with

set months=startMonth

but how can i concatenate the following months until the actual month is reached?

thank you very much and best regards
Tobi