Hi Peggy,
There is an option where you can lock a selection, so you can manipulate other selections whilst leaving that one in place. It sounds like you may have inadvertently turned this option on. Click on the field on the Selections bar and you will note a padlock. Check that this padlock is open, and click it again if not. If it is not this Sense may have just got confused somewhere – if this happens then try refreshing the browser this can sometimes unblock things. Good luck!

Hi David, in your example you have the v on the wrong side of the brackets, but I guess that isn’t the case in your app? In the variable for vDim you need to have an equal sign in front of the minstring, to get the value outside of the object it is used in. This technique is used extensively in our Instant Sense Application, suggest you download and take a look at how that works and you should be able to figure it out: https://www.quickintelligence.co.uk/isa/

Finally, I coded $(vDim) as this:

minstring({} DimName)

It displays correctly in a text box, but the use of =[$v(Dim)] gives an error when used as a calculated dimension in a .chart.

Dave

Hi Sushant, in that case you can simplify the expression by doing the following alt(sum($(=minstring(KPI)), 0). You could put the entire expression into the inline table and then just do =$(=minstring(KPI)). Good luck!

I think for cyclic measure, it will be even more easier. We might not even require variables as used in Cyclic Dimension.

I just created an inline table with field KPI and KPIsort.

Dynamic Measure = IF(KPI=’Won’,Sum(Won),IF(KPI=’Lost’,Sum(Lost),IF(KPI=’Count’,Sum(Count),0)))

Do you see any benefits of creating variables in case of Dynamic Measure?

Regards
Sushant

Hi Sushant, Yes – the approach is very similar. You just need to watch out for single quotes and variables in your expressions, as these can be problematic to load into a field or pull from the table.

Can we build cyclic measures as well this way ?

Regards
Sushant

Hi Gavin, thanks for the comment. This is something I have done many times in QlikView, but don’t yet have a Sense example I can share. As you say, the way to apply this will be very similar as to the example I have shared about picking the dimension. You will want three columns in your table, %Expression, %Legend and %ExpSort. As you will be picking the legend in the filter pane, but using the expression in the expression (suggest using a Master Measure) you need to use a little set analysis. The measure will need something like =$(=maxstring({<%ExpSort={'$(=min(%ExpSort))'}>%Expression)) and you will want similar for the legend =maxstring({<%ExpSort={'$(=min(%ExpSort))'}>%Legend). There may be some hurdles with reserved characters in the expression (such as $ sign, comma and single quotes) but if you use a spreadsheet rather than an inline table to contain the expressions you should be okay. Hope this works out for you.