8 June 2022 The difference between SET and LET in Qlik Share this message Every Friday at Bitmetric we’re posting a new Qlik certification practice question to our LinkedIn company page. Last Friday we asked the following Qlik Data Architect certification practice question about the difference between the SET and LET statements in Qlik Sense: The correct answer is A: vLoadStart contains the date and time that the script started, vLoadEnd contains the value “Now()” Even without having edited a single letter in the Qlik script there are already SET statements to be found. Always included you will find the Main script page with a row of default settings all starting with SET. Now concerning last weeks question and answer we can be pretty clear: SET variablename = string LET variablename = expression By using SET Qlik will store the variable as the string provided, using LET will evaluate the string as an expression. Or to put it more simply: SET vString = 1+1; Will return vString = 1+1. LET vString = 1+1; Will return vString = 2. Returning to last week’s question: LET vLoadStart = Now(); Will return vLoadStart = the result of the expression now(), which is the current time of the system clock. SET vLoadEnd = Now(); Will return the string ‘Now()’. One of the main things to consider while using this is the end result and how to use it in the front end. Lets have a look at the following example: We would like to have a text object within the app in which the users can see when the load started and when it ended using the following expression: ‘Start Reload: ‘ & vLoadStart & CHR(10) & ‘End Reload: ‘ & vLoadEnd The end result will look as expected: However, if we change the variable vLoadEnd to use Dollar Sign expansion: ‘Start Reload: ‘ & vLoadStart & CHR(10) & ‘End Reload: ‘ & $(vLoadEnd) It will evaluate the text within the expansion, being Now(), which results in: While it looks better, it is definitely not correct! It is displaying the time at which Now() is evaluated (which is at the moment of calculating the Text Object) and not the time when LET has evaluated the expression within the script. The same goes for if we use the Dollar Sign expansion on vLoadStart. That will make $(vLoadStart) evaluate 08-06-2022 17:06:52, which returns a Null value, because it will start calculating 8 minus 6 minus 2022 and then run into trouble with the space and the colon, since they are not interpreted as correct symbols for calculations by Qlik. So it is worth remembering that using LET can already perform expressions in the script and using the Dollar Sign expansion might not give the exact results as expected at first hand. That’s it for this week. See you next Friday? See you at QlikWorld 2023 in Vegas? Come see us at QlikWorld 2023 for a chance to win a free, lifetime SenseTheme subscription and get some cool swag. Want more Friday Qlik Test Prep? Check out the Friday Qlik Test Prep archive for more Qlik questions and answers. Friday Qlik Test Prep Script Solution How can we help? Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or questions. Call us Mail us 23 May 2023 What’s New in Qlik Sense May 2023 for Administrators This blog post provides Qlik Sense administrators a summary of the new administrative features and improvements available in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. Let’s get started on what’s new in Qlik Sense for May 2023. New Release Qlik 23 May 2023 What’s New in Qlik Sense May 2023 for Business Users, Analytic Creators and Data Integrators This blog post provides Qlik Sense business users, analytic creators, and data integrators a summary of the features and improvements available in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. Let’s get started with what’s new in Qlik Sense for May 2023. New Release Qlik 11 May 2023 How to make seasonal trendlines in Qlik Sense Every Friday at Bitmetric we’re posting a new Qlik certification practice question to our LinkedIn company page. Last Friday we asked the following Qlik Data Architect certification practice question about how to make seasonal trendlines: The correct answer was B! Trend analysis Qlik has added Time series decomposition modifier functions to the line chart. This can […] Friday Qlik Test Prep Solution
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