ATiDD Summary Sheet

Qlik Advanced Calculations Advanced Calculations

Expression calculation:
Any dynamic calculation in
the Qlik app used in the
front-end objects or
variables, typically using
Qlik functions.
Examples:
Expressions in charts,
variables with = sign,
dynamic titles, calculation
conditions, etc.
• Expression calculation can be entered in many locations in the
app. In some cases an equal sign in front of the expression or
calculation is needed for the calculation to be evaluated (for
instance dynamic titles, variable values, etc).
• In general, Qlik evaluates all selected and possible data (current
selected state). But the data included in the expression
calculation depends on different factors: location, dimensionality,
Set Analysis included in the expression, the state (Alternate
states) of the object, the use of qualifiers like DISTINCT, ALL,
and TOTAL, the totals and subtotals in tables and charts, etc.
When are expressions calculated?
• Expressions on the current sheet are calculated for every state change in Qlik. A state
change is triggered through selection changes, reload, or trigger a state change.
• The Now() function is calculated every second regardless of state change.
• Expressions in variables with equal sign in front are evaluated for every state change.
• Chart expressions in minimized or hidden objects are not calculated, but caption titles
and show conditions are always calculated.
• Chart expressions that are able to take advantage of chart caching do not need to be
recalculated.
• Local chart expressions referred to by another chart expression, either through the
expression name or the column() function, are not recalculated.

Classification and Clustering Accumulations and rankings: Table functions:

• Clustering uses different similarity measures to
categorize the data.
• Classification categorizes the data with the help of
provided training data.
Qlik can perform dynamic clustering using:
• The Aggr() function - chart function that groups
different values that have the same result to the
expression.
• The Class() function - script and chart function that
assigns a dimension or expression value to a class
interval.
• IF statements also allow to classify values dynamically
using expression or calculated dimensions.
• Qlik also allows R and Python integration to perform
advanced clustering and classification analysis.
Qlik can accumulate values using aggregation expressions:
• RangeSum(first_expr[,expression])
• RangeCount(first_expr[,expression])
• RangeAvg(first_expr[,expression])
Examples:
RangeSum(1,2,4) = 7
RangeAvg(1,2,4) = 2.3333
RangeCount(1,2,4) = 3
RangeSum(Above(Sum(Sales),0,3))
Qlik can rank and weigh items based on expressions or values using the
Rank functions:
Rank([TOTAL [<fld {, fld}>]] expr[, mode[, fmt]])
• TOTAL - evaluate across the entire column
• mode - represents the result mode (=0 - default, 1 - Lowest rank, 2 - Avg
rank, 3 - Highest rank, 4 - Lowest rank on first row, then incremented by
1)
• fmt - text representation of the result (=0 -default: "Low value - high
value", 1 - Low value on, 2 - Low value on first row, blank on the
following rows)
Example: Rank(Sum(Sales),0,2)
Note: When working with pivot tables and horizontal calculations, you can
use HRank([TOTAL [<fld {, fld}>]] expr[, mode[, fmt]])
FirstSortedValue value, sort_weight [,rank]) - Gets a specific
value based on ranks. FirstSortedValue(Country,Sales, 3) = "UK"
The following functions can be applied in tables to
get values of other cells in the same table:
Above([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Below([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Top([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Bottom([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Before([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
After([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Fist([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
Last([TOTAL] expression,[offset, count])
• TOTAL - current segment is the entire segment.
• Offset - number of rows/columns to skip before
evaluating. By default, it is 1,current row.
• count - range of count values, one for each of
count table rows/columns from the original cell.
Note: This parameter will only works with
Range Function.
Examples:
Above(Sum(Sales),2)
Below(TOTAL Sum(Sales),2)
For pivot tables you can also use:
Dimensionality()- the level of cell indentation
1
SecondaryDimensionality() – for horizontal
dimensions only