Delete Tables and Plots - Delete If Broken

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This QScript deletes any tables in your Report that are broken. Broken tables include:

  • Tables with a hidden question in the blue or brown drop-down menus.
  • Tables with no data.

How to apply this QScript

  • Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
  • Click on the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.

OR

  • Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
  • Select this QScript from the list.

Customizing the QScript

This QScript is written in JavaScript and can be customized by copying and modifying the JavaScript.

Customizing QScripts in Q4.11 and more recent versions

  • Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
  • Hover your mouse over the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
  • Press Edit a Copy (bottom-left corner of the preview).
  • Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
  • Either:
    • Run the QScript, by pressing the blue triangle button.
    • Save the QScript and run it at a later time, using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.

Customizing QScripts in older versions

  • Copy the JavaScript shown on this page.
  • Create a new text file, giving it a file extension of .QScript. See here for more information about how to do this.
  • Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
  • Run the file using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.

JavaScript

includeWeb('QScript Selection Functions');  // for recursiveGetAllTablesInGroup

var tables = [];
var deleted_table_names = [];
recursiveGetAllTablesInGroup(project.report, tables);

for (i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
    table = tables[i];
    try {
        table.calculateOutput();
    }
    catch (e) {
        deleted_table_names.push(table.name);
        table.deleteItem();
    }
}

if (deleted_table_names.length > 0) {
    log('The following tables have been deleted:');
    for (i = 0; i < deleted_table_names.length; i++) {
        log(deleted_table_names[i]);
    }
}
else log('No tables have been deleted.');

See also

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