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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

What-If Analysis


In QlikView, What-If Analysis is implemented using sliders and input box. In What-if Analysis, users can adjust the value of variables and see the effect on the data set in the chart.

Using sliders, the user wants to see how their sales amount changes if they make changes to the discount:

  1. Go to the Variable Overview and create a variable vChangeAmount and set the value as .5.

  2. Copy the Comparative Analysis sheet and name it What-If Analysis. Remove the table from the sheet.

  3. Create a pivot table. Change the title to What-If Discount. Use ProductLineDesc and OrderID as dimensions.

  4. For creating an expression, use the following and provide a Number format:

    Sum(LineSalesAmount)   -   Label as Sales Amount
    Sum(Discount)          -   Label it as Discount
    Sum(LineSalesAmount) * (1 – Discount)  -   Label as Original Sale Amount
  5. Create a new object by selecting Slider/Calendar from the list of new sheet objects.

  6. On the General tab, the input style options are Slider and Calendar. Select Slider...