A Multi-Box represents the list of all the values from multiple fields as drop-down values. Similar to the list box, the selection of a value in Multi Box highlights the related values in other sheet objects. This helps in faster visual analysis. It is also very useful to follow a drill-down path among various sheet objects.
Input Data
Let us consider the following input data, which represents the sales figure of different product lines and product categories.
Product_Line,Product_category,Value
Sporting Goods,Outdoor Recreation,5642
Food, Beverages & Tobacco,2514
Apparel & Accessories,Clothing,2365
Apparel & Accessories,Costumes & Accessories,4487
Sporting Goods,Athletics,812
Health & Beauty,Personal Care,6912
Arts & Entertainment,Hobbies & Creative Arts,5201
Arts & Entertainment,Paintings,8451
Arts & Entertainment,Musical Instruments,1245
Hardware,Tool Accessories,456
Home & Garden,Bathroom Accessories,241
Food,Drinks,1247
Home & Garden,Lawn & Garden,5462
Office Supplies,Presentation Supplies,577
Hardware,Blocks,548
Baby & Toddler,Diapering,1247
Baby & Toddler,Toys,257
Home & Garden,Pipes,1241
Office Supplies,Display Board,2177
Load Script
The above data is loaded to QlikView memory by using the script editor. Open the Script editor from the File menu or press Control+E. Choose the Table Files option from the Data from Files tab and browse for the file containing the above data. Edit the load script to add the following code. Click OK and click Control+R to load the data into the QlikView’s memory.
LOAD Product_Line,
Product_category,
Value
FROM
[C:\Qlikview\data\product_sales.csv]
(txt, codepage is 1252, embedded labels, delimiter is ',', msq);
Creating Multi Box
Creation of Multi-Box involves navigating through menu Layout → New Sheet Object → Multi Box. The following screen shows these steps.
Next we choose the fields of the Products sales tables to build the Multi Box.
Multi Box Data
Finishing the above steps brings the following screen, which shows the values of the Product category as a Multi box.
Multi Box and Association
Other Sheet Objects automatically get associated with the Multi-Box and the association is easily observed by selecting values from the Multi Box.
