Extracting QlikView data to a Word report

While there is a good report engine in QlikView, its output is limited to printing—either to an actual printer or to a PDF printer driver. If you want to get data into a different format, for example, Word, you can manually copy and paste charts and data, but it would be useful to have a different option.

In this recipe we will use the QlikView API to extract data and use the Word API to generate that data in a Word report.

Getting ready

Load the following script:

LOAD * INLINE [
  Country, Sales
  UK, 100000
  USA, 101899
  Japan, 87088
  Germany, 67896
];

How to do it…

The following steps explain how to extract QlikView data to a Word report:

1. Create a new bar chart with Country as dimension. Add the following expression:

   Sum(Sales)

   

2. After clicking on Finish to save the chart, edit the properties and set the Object ID to rptChart01.

3. From the Tools menu, select Edit Module….

4. Enter the following code:

   Option Explicit
   
   Sub SendReportToWord()
     ' Word Table formats...