System variables, some of which are system-defined, provide information about the system and the Qlik Sense app.
Use the drop-down on each function to see a brief description and the syntax of each function. For some of the functions, you can get further details about that specific function by clicking the function name in the syntax description.
This variable defines if search index files should be created during data reload.
Returns the drive letter of the first floppy drive found, normally a:. This is a system-defined variable.
Returns the drive letter of the first CD-ROM drive found. If no CD-ROM is found, then c: is returned. This is a system-defined variable.
All field names beginning with this text string will be hidden in the same manner as the system fields. This is a user-defined variable.
All field names ending with this text string will be hidden in the same manner as the system fields. This is a user-defined variable.
The Include/Must_Include variable specifies a file that contains text that should be included in the script and evaluated as script code. It is not used to add data. You can store parts of your script code in a separate text file and reuse it in several apps. This is a user-defined variable.
$(Include=filename)
$(Must_Include=filename)
This variable defines the timeout in seconds that Qlik Sense should respect when getting data from URL sources (e.g. HTML pages). If omitted, the timeout is about 20 minutes.
Returns the browse string to the Qlik Sense executable. This is a system-defined variable.
Returns the root directory of the Qlik Sense executable. This is a system-defined variable.
Returns the browse string to the current Qlik Sense app. This is a system-defined variable.
Returns the root directory of the current Qlik Sense app. This is a system-defined variable.
If this variable is set to 0, stripping of /*..*/ and // comments in the script will be inhibited. If this variable is not defined, stripping of comments will always be performed.
Normally all field values are automatically stripped of leading and trailing blanks (ASCII 32) before being loaded into the Qlik Sense database. Setting this variable to 1 suspends the stripping of blanks. Tab (ASCII 9) and hard space (ANSI 160) characters are never stripped.
Returns the browse string to Windows. This is a system-defined variable.
Returns the root directory of Windows. This is a system-defined variable.