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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

Creating a bar chart


A bar chart is used to compare measures. The objective of this chart is to compare Sales and Freight by ProductLine. This visualization will help them make decisions on freight. If they are spending more on freight for a specific ProductLine, they can focus on reducing it. To create a bar chart, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click anywhere on the empty space on the sheet. Hover over New Sheet Object and select Chart.

  2. On the General tab, Bar Chart is highlighted by default. At the top, check Show Title in Chart and type Sales vs Freight in the edit box. Click on Next.

  3. On the next screen, select ProductLineDesc from the Available Fields/Groups list. Use the Add > button in the center to add ProductLineDesc to the Used Dimensions list. On the bottom right, uncheck Label. Unchecking Label will make sure that field name text does not appear in the x-axis of the chart.

  4. Click on Next. Explore the Edit Expression window. Expression should always use an aggregation function.

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