getByName method

app.variable.getByName(qName)

Method used to get a variable by name.

Since:

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
qName	String	Variable name.

Returns a promise of a variable model.

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

var app = qlik.openApp('c31e2aba-3b46-4b13-8b87-c5c2514dea1d'), myvar;
	app.variable.getByName('myvar').then(function(model){
   myvar = model;
 });

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