# AddAlternateState method

Adds an alternate state in the app. You can create multiple states within a Qlik Sense app and apply these states to specific objects within the app. Objects in a given state are not affected by user selections in the other states.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Mandatory | Type |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| qStateName | Name of the alternate state. | Yes | String |

## Access Control

`update`

## See also

[Add an alternate state](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/csh/engineapi/add-alternate-state)