Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
For example, we may want to run a search for the actor
Al Pacino
. To do this, we
first activate the corresponding list-box by clicking on it. Next, we simply start
typing and the list-box will automatically be updated to show all values that match
the search string. When we've found the actor we're looking for,
Al Pacino
in this
case, we can click on that value to select it:
Sometimes, we may want to select data based on associated values. For example, we
may want to select all of the actors that starred in the movie
Forrest Gump
. While we
could just use the
Title
list-box, there is also another option: associated search.
To use associated search, we click on the chevron on the right-hand side of the
search box. This expands the search box and any search term we enter will not only
be checked against the
Actor
list-box, but also against the contents of the entire
data model. When we type in
Forrest Gump
, the search box will show that there is
a movie with that title, as seen in the screenshot below. If we select that movie and
click on
Return
, all actors which star in the movie will be selected.
Bookmarking selections
Inevitably, when exploring data in QlikView, there comes a point where we want to
save our current selections to be able to return to them later. This is facilitated by the
bookmark option. Bookmarks are used to store a selection for later retrieval.
