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Creating Stunning Dashboards with QlikView

By : Julian Villafuerte
Book Image

Creating Stunning Dashboards with QlikView

By: Julian Villafuerte

Overview of this book

QlikView is one of the most powerful analytical tools in the market. Based on an in-memory associative model, it lets users freely navigate through the data, spot trends and make better decisions. This platform is capable of integrating a wide range of data sources like ERP systems, data warehouses or spreadsheets into a single application in order display dashboards with state-of-the-art visualizations. Creating Stunning Dashboards with QlikView is an easy to follow handbook that guides you through the process of creating an effective and engaging dashboard that delivers tangible value to the business. It starts with the identification of the business needs and the definition of the main KPIs, and takes you all the way to the application rollout. Throughout the book, you will learn how to apply some of the best practices in the field of data visualization, create a robust navigation schema, chose the best chart types for each scenario and many other things that will help you create effective dashboards that uncover all the stories behind the data.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Creating Stunning Dashboards with QlikView
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
4
It's Not Only about Charts
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we shared a fair amount of tips and tricks that can enhance your visualizations and take your dashboards to the next level. Remember that these recipes were only an excuse to present interesting features regarding QlikView design, so now it is time to think out of the box and come up with new ideas about where and how to apply them.

Stay tuned, because in the next chapter, we will bring out the heavy guns and share some complex visualizations.