QlikView Reference Manual.pdf

Field Comments
This new functionality provides a way for making use of field comments
(metadata) often found in ERP/DBMS data dictionaries (or manually
defined in e.g. Excel spreadsheet) etc as help text to developers when
designing QlikView layout. Comments are read from a file/database or set
individually as part of script execution.
Once in, the comments are shown in the Tables page of the Document
Properties dialog and as hover tool-tips in places like such as the Table
Viewer and various property dialog field lists. Learn more on page 295.
Table Comments
In analogy to field comments it is also possible to read or set comments to
source tables. Comments are shown in the Tables page of the Document
Properties dialog and as hover tool-tips in the Table Viewer. Read more on
page 296.
Expression Comments
Chart expressions can be given an explanatory text comment. These are visible
and editable in the Expressions page of the Chart Properties dialog,
see page 47 in Book III.
Variable Comments
Variables can be given an explanatory text comment. These are visible and
editable in the Variables page of the Document Properties dialog and in the
Variable Overview. See page 38 in Book II.
Improved Script Editor
The script editor has been redesigned. A number of new commands can be
found in the menus, e.g. the ODBC administrator can now be opened from
inside the script editor; also the 32 bit ODBC administrator can be opened
from a 64 bit QlikView. Read more on page 221.
Auto-complete
An auto-complete function has been added to the script editor. It
suggests possible commands and functions depending of the position
of the cursor.
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Syntax check
A syntax check button has been added to the script editor Tool menu
and to the script editor toolbar. It makes the cursor jump to the next
potential script error. If variables and $-expansions are used for
script commands, the syntax check cannot with certainty parse the
script and find errors. It will however make a best effort.