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Mastering Qlik Sense

By : Juan Ignacio Vitantonio
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Mastering Qlik Sense

By: Juan Ignacio Vitantonio

Overview of this book

Qlik Sense is a powerful, self-servicing Business Intelligence tool for data discovery, analytics and visualization. It allows you to create personalized Business Intelligence solutions from raw data and get actionable insights from it. This book is your one-stop guide to mastering Qlik Sense, catering to all your organizational BI needs. You'll see how you can seamlessly navigate through tons of data from multiple sources and take advantage of the various APIs available in Qlik and its components for guided analytics. You'll also learn how to embed visualizations into your existing BI solutions and extend the capabilities of Qlik Sense to create new visualizations and dashboards that work across all platforms. We also cover other advanced concepts such as porting your Qlik View applications to Qlik Sense,and working with Qlik Cloud. Finally, you'll implement enterprise-wide security and access control for resources and data sources through practical examples. With the knowledge gained from this book, you'll have become the go-to expert in your organization when it comes to designing BI solutions using Qlik Sense.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Qlik Sense cloud models

Qlik initially emerged from software that was installed on-premises, but has now transitioned not only to a subscription model, but also to being available on the cloud, to be consumed by businesses as well as by personal users.

This section will cover the cloud licensing model, its features, and some guidance to help you decide which model is most fit for your business, or your customers.

Depending on the requirements and the use case, Qlik is, at the moment, offering three different subscription models on the cloud:

  • Qlik Sense Cloud Basic
  • Qlik Sense Cloud Business
  • Qlik Sense Enterprise in the Cloud

All three subscriptions provide access to the full scope of the Qlik Sense associative data engine, such as the ability to associate multiple data sources with a few clicks, visual data preparation capabilities, and the ability to create and explore analytics...