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Qlikview Unlocked

By : Roger Stone, Andrew Dove
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Qlikview Unlocked

By: Roger Stone, Andrew Dove

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.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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A. Hidden Image List
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Index

Make yourself comfortable and productive

It's all too easy to just start using the developer environment without really thinking about how to make it work best for yourself.

Background

Before starting on a new development, especially with a new installation of the developer environment, spend a few minutes setting things up to suit your own style and development needs. Simple things such as having more recent items in your start menu can save time as you would not have to navigate your way to a document every time you need to open it. Here, we will explore a few of our favorite settings, all of which can save a little time here and there, making you comfortable and more productive.

It's surprising how much difference a few little adjustments to the developer environment can make to productivity, but don't forget that you want your users to be productive too!

How to do it

You can perform the following steps for this. All the settings in this section can be found in Settings | User...