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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

Client Access Licenses (CALs)


QlikView is a licensed application, which means that to perform any operation on QlikView, users need a license. QlikView has the following types of licenses:

  • Named User CAL: It is specific to the user or the machine. Users with this type of license can access any number of documents and for unlimited duration. This type of license is best suited for developers and designers for creating the dashboard, or dedicated users who need 24 x 7 access to the dashboard application.

  • Document CAL: It associates users to the document instead of the QlikView server. It allows users to only access one QlikView document. This type of license is good for users who are only interested in one specific document.

  • Session CAL: It is not tied to a specific user or a machine. Session CALs allow a single user to access multiple documents. Session CALs are used in a setup where there is a large number of non-frequent users. Users can use the license as long as it is available.

  • Usage...