Vizlib Selection Bar - Introduction

Vizlib Selection Bar is the Swiss army knife of extensions, helping you make selections quickly and always displaying the result! 

This horizontal selection bar has pre-selected values that allow fields, variables, and flags to be displayed. It is used in almost all our Qlik Sense applications and is the perfect way to create a nice toolbar.

Vizlib Selection Bar enables: 

• preset selections linking to other Qlik Sense documents using document chaining
• setting variables and selecting dates. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Guides
• Properties
• Best Practice and Troubleshooting
• Change log
• Example

Vizlib Selection Bar is part of the Vizlib Self-Service product suite, you can find out more about Self-Service by watching our product demonstration. You can also download the product catalogue here

You can find links to all of our Vizlib Selection Bar documentation on the product homepage. We've organized our documents into several categories, and to make them easy to find, we've included keywords in the document title.

Introduction

Vizlib Selection Bar and explains where to find the information you need. 

If you're new to our products, why not watch our video on getting started with Vizlib here?

You can find the latest version of Vizlib Selection Bar on our User Portal in the Self-Service section of the Downloads page. 

The software includes an installation file and a demo app showing you how Vizlib Selection Bar works, and you can visit our Demo Apps Gallery  where you can search for examples to get your started.

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Guides

Guides are articles which contain technical information relating to Selection Bar.

Vizlib products all have the same installation process, and there are  installation guides for Qlik Sense server and desktop. Before you start using document chaining with Vizlib Selection Bar, you'll need to make some changes to your data load script. 

You can find those details here, and there's a guide to start working with Vizlib Selection Bar here. 

There's also a Climber Selection Bar Selection Bar legacy product) tutorial available here.

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Properties

Properties articles contain information on the Property Panel, which you use in the Qlik Sense Hub to manage functions for Vizlib Selection Bar. 

These articles cover subjects like managing Dimensions and Measures, Sorting and changing the Appearance. You can find the complete list on the homepage. 

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Best Practice and Troubleshooting

You can use our Best Practice and Troubleshooting article here to start working with Vizlib Selection Bar. You can find the complete list on the documentation homepage. 

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Change log

The Change log contains details for each release of Vizlib Selection Bar, such as new features and bug fixes. You can find the change log on the documentation homepage and you can sign up to receive notifications of new releases for all Vizlib products here.

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Example

Figure 1 shows selections being made in a reference sheet of alignment settings. 

Figure 1: Vizlib Selection Bar Example

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