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Hey QS experts,
I have this expression:
sum({<
[payroll_status]={"A"}, MonthEndInd={1},
[date_month.autoCalendar.Year]={"$(=$(vSelCurrentYear))"},
[date_month.autoCalendar.Month]={"$(=$(vSelCurrentMonth))"}>} leave_day)
Now I want to exclude a certain group based on two fields:
employee_class={'GS'}, region={'Region'}
How can I combine it back to the original set analysis?
Please remember, I want to remove the union group.
Instead of removing the whole 'GS' and 'Region', I want to keep some of the sub-groups.
For instance, in the employee_class I have A, B and GS, while in the region I have C and Region, and they are overlapped.
I knew we have union function in the set analysis but I don't know how to integrate them together.
The workaround I'm using now is the use two expression and subtract them...which is not convenient.
Any ideas appreciated! Thank you.
Hi! To exclude a specific subset within a Qlik Sense set analysis expression without entirely removing a whole field value, you can use the implicit exclusion by using a - (minus sign) and specify the subset conditions directly. Here’s how you can integrate it into your existing expression to filter out only the subset {employee_class={'GS'}, region={'Region'}} without removing all GS or all Region.
sum({
<
[payroll_status] = {"A"},
MonthEndInd = {1},
[date_month.autoCalendar.Year] = {"$(=$(vSelCurrentYear))"},
[date_month.autoCalendar.Month] = {"$(=$(vSelCurrentMonth))"},
employee_class -= {"GS"},
region -= {"Region"}
>
} leave_day)
In this structure:
-= will exclude only the specific subset from your results without removing all entries with GS in employee_class or Region in region.
Implicit Exclusion: By using -=, you specify the conditions you want to exclude from the set.
Explanation
The above expression will sum leave_day while meeting the following:
Filters for payroll_status as "A" and MonthEndInd as 1.
Matches the current year and month selections.
Excludes records where employee_class is exactly "GS" and region is exactly "Region" simultaneously, while retaining any other values in employee_class and region.
If you need to exclude a more complex subset, Qlik allows nested set expressions or combinations using * and +.
Hope it helps
Diego