Category Archives: Macros

QlikTip #19: Suppressing Macro-Security (Module Security) Dialog on QlikView-Server/QlikView-Documents

By Stefan Walther 6 Comments
Also posted in QlikTips, Settings
When opening documents with macros the end-user will be shown a dialog to define the desired macro-security/module security (in the QlikView Windows Client or the QlikView IE Plugin):But what, If you do not want that the end-user has to option to select the desired macro security/module security?You can (e.g. as a system-administrator) globally enable the [...]


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QlikTip # 18: A workaround for passing parameters to QlikView-macros

By Stefan Walther 8 Comments
Also posted in QlikTips, QlikView 9
When calling macros from the user interface you cannot pass a parameter to the function called in QlikView.This behavior is quite annoying …!But the workaround explained here will show you a possibility how you can “simulate” passing parameters to macro-functions:The idea behind is quite simple. In QlikView 9 we have now actions which can be [...]


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QlikTip #17: Simulating the $(include) command in QlikView macros

By Stefan Walther 12 Comments
Also posted in QlikTips
Within load-scripts in QlikView there is the useful “$(include)” command available for including files containing some script to be used within the load-script.Doing so it is easy to encapsulate and reuse some code used in several QlikView applications.So organizing your code in load-scripts is easy, you can use several tabs and the $(include) command, whereas [...]


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