Assign a field value to a variable

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Hello all,

we are in the process of migrating all our QlikView docs to QlikSense. 

Sorry if this question has been previously answered, I have checked the forum but have found nothing...

I have a Field Event trigger in QlikView that is run when a Year is selected from a listBox. It:

1.- Triggers the "Select in Field" action and assigns ='(' & Max(Year) & '|' & (Max(Year)-1) & ')' to the Year field (it selects the year clicked and the previous one)

2. Assigns the =Max(Year) value to the vMaxYear variable

Is this behaviour only achievable in QlikSense by using a button & assigning the actions to it? 

Many thanks in advance for your help.

[vinieme12 · Accepted solution]

Yes you can assign a value using button action

but why not just define the variables as    vMaxYear =Max(Year)  ?

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Thanks Vineeth, I guess i was trying to do things exactly as they were in the old Qlik document - even if it was not optimal.

Best regards.