Qlik button for navigation is getting deprecated but the new Button is missing functionality - Clear Selections in Field by Expression not possible

[amargarit]

Hi,

The qlik-button-for-navigation is getting deprecated , this used to be a Button from the Qlik Dashboard Bundle but now the replacement for it is called simply Button and is part of the default Charts/objects.

We have been heavily using the old Button and now when we try to replace / convert to the new Button we are loosing functionality:

-there is no option for defining the Field in which we need to Clear Selections with an Expression.

The new Button simply offers the possibility to select a specific field but since we are using a Drill Down (or a variable) as a Dimension in a chart we need to go back in the Drill Down as we need.

The fact that you could add an expression to dynamically define the field in which you want to clear selection in the old Button was great but now we are loosing the step up or step down function.

I have the following questions:

1. What is the default approach when working with the Drill Down dimensions so that the user can interact (step up or down) with the chart?

2. Is the missing functionality in the new Button a bug from Qlik ? How are we supposed to replace the deprecated qlik-button-for-navigation with the new button if we are missing features?

@qliksupport 

@community 

[Chanty4u]

Hi try this 

Create buttons

Set variable vDim = 'Country';

Set variable vDim = 'City';

Set variable vDim = 'Customer';

Then in chat use below 

=$(vDim)

[amargarit]

Hi @Chanty4u ,

Thanks for your reply!

I got your solution but the problem I need to solve is how to clear selections dynamically using a button , for example:

I have Year, Month and Date, and when I make a selection in a chart that shows Year then the logic will show the Month in the chart then again when selecting the desired Month in the chart we end up with Date , in short a drill down functionality. The problem is that with the new button from default charts I cannot add an expression to determine which field to clear selections of and basically go up in the drill down. 

The desired function is to click on a button and go up one step in the drill down (from Date to Month for example) , the old button was able to do that since we had the possibility to add expressions in the "Clear Selections in Field " Action, but the new button that is supposed to replace the old one does not have the same feature , you simply have to select from a dropdown which exact field you want to clear selections from. 

I am adding one example app that maybe will help you better understand.

Thanks,

With kind regards,

Andrei