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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

General navigation


As a QlikView designer, it is your task to organize data in a way that lets the users navigate comfortably through it and create structures that allow them to easily find what they are looking for. In a way, a good navigation schema is like your Internet connection. If it works well, nobody notices. If not, be prepared for a tidal wave of complaints.

Tab row

Just as books are structured in chapters, QlikView applications are divided into tabs in order to organize the information. Most of the time, you can rely on the standard tab row to do this job. However, if you need some extra spice in your interface, you can manage the sheets manually via buttons and actions. Just go to Settings |Document Properties | General and select the Hide Tabrow option. This feature is usually a little harder to maintain, but it can help you create a more stylish look:

Showing and hiding objects

Our goal as dashboard designers is to build a robust structure that gives the users easy access to all...