GetMatchingFields method

Overview

Retrieves any fields that match all or one of the specified tags in the data model of an app.

Tags set by Qlik Sense are prefixed by the $ sign.

Name	Description	Type
qTags	List of tags. The GetMatchingFields method looks for fields that match one or all of the tags in this list, depending on the value of qMatchingFieldMode.	Array of String
qMatchingFieldMode	Matching field mode. This parameter is optional. The default value is 0.	One of: 0; the field must contain all tags defined in qTags. 1; the field must contain at least one of the tags listed in qTags.

Name

Description

Type

qTags

List of tags.

The GetMatchingFields method looks for fields that match one or all of the tags in this list, depending on the value of qMatchingFieldMode.

Array of String

qMatchingFieldMode

Matching field mode.

This parameter is optional.

The default value is 0.

One of:

The following is returned in the output:

Name	Description	Type
qFieldNames	List of matching fields	Array of NxMatchingFieldInfo

Name	Description	Type
qName	Name of the field	String
qTags	List of tags	Array of String

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