I am trying to replace the SimpleFieldSelect extension with Qlik’s Variable input but am not able to get the Dual function to work properly to display those inputs.

Below is the dual function used in the data load editor:

    CalendarSelector:
       LOAD
           dual("Calendar Selection", SortOrder) as "~Calendar Selection",
           SortOrder,
           Formula
           Inline[
                  "Calendar Selection", SortOrder, Formula
                  "May contest",        1,         "num(SUM(TEST),'#,##0')"
                  "June contest",       2,         "num(SUM(TEST2),'#,##0')"
           ];

For the SimpleFieldSelect all I had to enter was =[~Calendar Selection]

For the Variable input I needed to create it as a variable so I created one vCalendarSelection =[~Calendar Selection] however when selection that as the variable for the dropdown nothing shows for selections but I would expect the 2 choices of May contest and June contest.