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Implementing Qlik Sense

By : Kaushik Solanki, Ganapati Hegde
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Implementing Qlik Sense

By: Kaushik Solanki, Ganapati Hegde

Overview of this book

Qlik Sense is a leading platform for business intelligence (BI) solutions. Qlik Sense helps organizations in making informed decisions based on the data they have. This book will teach you how to effectively use Qlik for optimum customer satisfaction. You will undergo a metamorphosis from a developer to a consultant who is capable of building the most suitable BI solutions for your clients. The book will take you through several business cases – this will give you enough insight to understand the needs of the client clearly and build a BI solution that meets or exceeds their expectations. Starting from the pre-project activities, you will go to the actual execution of the project, the implementation, and even maintenance. This book will give you all the information you need - from the strategy to requirement gathering to implementing BI solutions using Qlik Sense. The book will empower you to take the right decisions in tricky and diffi cult situations while developing analytics and dashboards.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Summary

This chapter looked at various aspects that are prerequisites for starting a project.

It's tempting to jump into a project and start the work. However, a better approach is doing the ground work. We looked at the importance of understanding a client better. It's important to know the way business is done by your client and understand the flow of information as it occurs. Each function by itself is different and has its own way of working. We tried to briefly cover few of the functions which are early adopters, such as sales, finance, HR, and SCM.

Next, we looked at getting a broad overview of the project from senior stake holders. This ensures that you don't end up implementing a solution which is different from what the senior management is expecting.

Once you get the overview, document the same and get into the details with middle management. We also looked...