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Mastering QlikView Data Visualization

By : Karl Pover
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Mastering QlikView Data Visualization

By: Karl Pover

Overview of this book

Just because you know how to swing a hammer doesn't mean you know how to build a house. Now that you've learned how to use QlikView, it's time to learn how to develop meaningful QlikView applications that deliver what your business users need. You will explore the requirements and the data from several business departments in order to deliver the most amazing analysis and data visualizations. In doing so, you will practice using advanced QlikView functions, chart object property options, and extensions to solve real-world challenges.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering QlikView Data Visualization
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Common QlikView application issues


Along with issues that concern expressions or object properties, we also tend to discover issues related to the data, load script, or model at the moment we create visualizations. Let's review the common issues based on their source in the following sections.

Common QlikView data model issues

We always have to be prepared to review previous steps in the development process when we are diagnosing and fixing a data visualization issue.

All expression values are exactly the same

The following screenshot is an example of what happens when the field that we use as a dimension has no relationship with the field(s) that we use in an expression:

This issue is especially common when we are making quick adjustments to a data model and delete a key field or rename it in only one table, thus breaking an existing link. Another reason may also be that we mistakenly add a field from a legitimate island table to a chart.

When we notice the issue illustrated in the previous...