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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

Scripting essentials


Scripting is a set of statements or commands that are written using a specific syntax. Script statements are executed to accomplish the desired results. In QlikView, scripts are written in the script editor. A script is written to load/extract data from data source tables and to transform data. Script uses QlikView specific and data source-specific functions. Script editor is invoked by pressing Ctrl + E or using the script editor icon from the toolbar. Script editor will look like the following:

Here are some of the highlights of the script editor:

  • Script statements can be organized by using tabs.

  • The first tab is Main and it is created by default. This tab has certain variables already declared. These variables are set using your operating system settings.

  • At the bottom of the script editor is a set of tabs used for loading data and script generation. Data is loaded from the Data tab and data from the files.

  • The script is executed from left to right and top to bottom,...