createSessionVariable method

app.variable.createSessionVariable(qProp)

Method used to create a session variable, that is a temporary variable that is not persisted and needs to be recreated for each new session.

Since:

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

qProp

String | Object

Variable name or properties. Properties:

Name	Type	Description
qInfo.qId	String	Optional. Variable id.
qName	String	Variable name.
qComment	String	Optional. Comment.
qDefinition	String	Optional. Variable definition.
qNumberPresentation	Object	Optional.
qIncludeInBookmark	Boolean	Optional. Include in bookmark flag.

Returns a promise of a model.

For more information regarding a promise, see http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.$q.

var app = qlik.openApp('c31e2aba-3b46-4b13-8b87-c5c2514dea1d');
	app.variable.createSessionVariable({qName : 'myvar', qDefinition: 'Month'});

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