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Qlikview Unlocked

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Qlikview Unlocked

Overview of this book

QlikView Unlocked will provide you with new insights to get the very best from QlikView. This book will help you to develop skills to work with data efficiently. We will cover all the secrets of unleashing the full power of QlikView, which will enable you to make better use of the tool and create better results for future projects. In the course of this book, we will walk you through techniques and best practices that will enable you to be more productive. You will gain quick insights into the tool with the help of short steps called ”keys,” which will help you discover new features of QlikView. Moving on you will learn new techniques for data visualization, scripting, data modeling, and more. This book will then cover best practices to help you establish an efficient system with improved performance. We will also teach you some tricks that will help you speed up development processes, monitor data with dashboards, and so on. By the end of this book, you will have gained beneficial tips, tricks, and techniques to enhance the overall experience of working with QlikView.

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Qlikview Unlocked
Nov, 2015 | 196 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
QlikView Unlocked
QlikView Unlocked
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Behind Every Successful Project Is a Plan
Behind Every Successful Project Is a Plan
Why infrastructure is important
Environments and architecture
Building a reusable, maintainable environment
QlikView projects need discipline too!
Can you deliver?
Summary
2
Building the Correct Environment
Building the Correct Environment
Creating and enforcing site standards
Designing a site-style template
Making document names meaningful
Separation of responsibilities, change management, and thinking about security
Understanding the differences in environments
Summary
3
Are You Sitting Comfortably? Be More Productive
Are You Sitting Comfortably? Be More Productive
A bit more about license types
Make yourself comfortable and productive
Never lose your work
Some useful global settings
Some best practices for developers
Hidden features – Easter eggs
A few do's and don'ts
Summary
4
It's All About Understanding the Data
It's All About Understanding the Data
Understanding the data you're working with
Even a few list and table boxes tell you and the user a lot
Exciting users with a prototype, then throwing it away
Dirty data and what to do about it
Is this the right place for this data?
Building a structure of QVD layers
Incremental loads and performance
Summary
5
The Right Data Model Pays Dividends
The Right Data Model Pays Dividends
Synthetic keys and why they're sometimes bad news
Link tables
Avoiding loops in the data model
Simplify, simplify, simplify – never have subtables that you don't need
Data islands, single calendars, and set analysis
Avoiding problems with JOIN
Summary
6
Make It Easy on Yourself – Some QlikView Tips and Tricks
Make It Easy on Yourself – Some QlikView Tips and Tricks
A few coding tips
Surprising data sources
Include files
Change logs
Calculations and flags in the script
Previous() and Peek() functions
Preceding load on preceding load
Finding min and max
Autonumber
Reading from a spreadsheet
Summary
7
Improving Chart Performance and Usability
Improving Chart Performance and Usability
Don't forget screen performance
Cached expressions
Multiple selection criteria
Copying expressions
Reusing chart expressions
Hidden graphics
Making charts more readable
Resizing objects
Stopping objects from being moved
Defaulting the scroll bar to the right of a chart
Summary
8
To Deployment and Beyond
To Deployment and Beyond
Security and Section Access
Why server jobs fail
Deploying from development to UAT and on to production
The golden source
Why Publisher isn't always a good thing
Your two best friends
It will never be perfect but it will be close
Summary
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Hidden Image List
Index
Index

Some best practices for developers

It's preferable to always do things in a consistent manner, both personally and as part of a team. There are many ways to set up the QlikView environment, and if each developer chooses his own settings, this can lead to all kinds of issues and inconsistencies when you start to assemble a system.

Background

You might consider using some of the following ideas as part of your site standards. In any event, they're all good habits to get into. As they are all self-explanatory, we will present them as bullet points.

How to do it

  • User Preferences: Always set up User Preferences the same on each machine you use.

  • User Preferences: Always set up User Preferences after a new installation of QlikView or when you have a new PC.

  • User Preferences: Add User Preferences to your site standards so that everyone works in the same way, especially if sharing PCs or a server.

  • User Preferences: Review settings with your whole team to ensure that everyone agrees with the choices made...

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