QlikView for Developers Cookbook

Creating custom pop-up labels on a bar chart

The default pop up for a QlikView bar chart is useful but is not always exactly what you want.

The format is as follows:

Dimension name = value

Expression label = value

Now, we may not like this pop up and wish to display the values differently or add different formats. We may even want to include additional information.

In the preceding example, the pop up shows the value of Sales $ for Germany. If I want to see the value of the Costs $, I need to hover over the Costs $ bar. And what if I wanted to see Margin $ or Margin %?

Getting ready

Create a new QlikView document and save it to a folder. Edit the script ...