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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

Before the rollout


You have built an amazing dashboard in QlikView, and you are ready to publish it. However, before your masterpiece sees the light, some deeds must be done, and these are explained in the following sections.

Locking objects

Before finishing an application, it might be a good idea to lock the objects in order to prevent the users from moving or resizing them. You can accomplish this chart by chart by going to the Layout tab and unselecting the Allow Move / Size box:

If you want to lock all the objects inside a sheet, it is easier to open the Sheet Properties window and go to the Security tab. Here, you can restrict not only the Move/Size privilege, but also some others such as Remove Sheet or Remove Sheet Objects:

Tip

If you need to replicate this security schema in all the sheets in the document, just select the Apply to All Sheets box before clicking on Apply.

Though locking all the objects at once is clearly more comfortable for the designer, leaving this feature active in...