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QlikView Essentials

By : Chandraish Sinha
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QlikView Essentials

By: Chandraish Sinha

Overview of this book

This guide demonstrates just how easy it is to get started with QlikView and create your own BI application. Featuring an introduction to its core features before exploring how to load data and model it, you’ll soon become more confident that you can take full advantage of QlikView’s capabilities.. You will also learn how to use QVD files with QlikView – and how they offer a simpler way of handling data. After digging deeper into data handling, as you learn how to use mapping tables and create a master calendar, you’ll then find out how to get the most from QlikView’s visualization features – vital if you are to use your data insights effectively. From accessible and user friendly dashboards to strategies and best practices for subjecting data to further analysis, you can be confident that you’ll be prepared to get the most out of your data with QlikView. With details on how to finally secure your application and deploy it for a successful integration in your organization, QlikView Essentials underlines exactly why QlikView is becoming more and more popular for businesses that understand the value of data.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
QlikView Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring settings


Before loading data in QlikView, we need to set up the user preferences and document properties:

  1. Open the QlikView desktop. From the File menu, select New.

  2. Save this new file as QlikViewEssentials.qvw into your QlikViewEssentials\Apps folder.

  3. From the Settings menu, select User Preferences. Under the Save tab, make sure the After Reload option is checked.

  4. From the Settings menu, select Document Properties. Under the General tab, check Generate Logfile. This will generate a log file and will help in debugging.