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Implementing Qlik Sense

By : Kaushik Solanki, Ganapati Hegde
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Implementing Qlik Sense

By: Kaushik Solanki, Ganapati Hegde

Overview of this book

Qlik Sense is a leading platform for business intelligence (BI) solutions. Qlik Sense helps organizations in making informed decisions based on the data they have. This book will teach you how to effectively use Qlik for optimum customer satisfaction. You will undergo a metamorphosis from a developer to a consultant who is capable of building the most suitable BI solutions for your clients. The book will take you through several business cases – this will give you enough insight to understand the needs of the client clearly and build a BI solution that meets or exceeds their expectations. Starting from the pre-project activities, you will go to the actual execution of the project, the implementation, and even maintenance. This book will give you all the information you need - from the strategy to requirement gathering to implementing BI solutions using Qlik Sense. The book will empower you to take the right decisions in tricky and diffi cult situations while developing analytics and dashboards.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Security Strategy

Now that we have connected various data sources and developed the data model, it is time to think about the security.

Qlik Sense provides a solid security mechanism which helps to restrict access to the Qlik Sense at various levels. Qlik Sense provides the security mainly at four levels:

  • Network security: Provides a secure communication channel between the user and server
  • Server security by providing access to Qlik resources only to authorized users through QMC
  • Process security by providing role based access to make sure proper testing is done for development
  • App security by providing the row and column level data reduction through section access

Let us understand the server security and how Qlik does authentication:

Authentication: Qlik Sense server uses inbuilt proxy and virtual proxy as a gate keeper to allow only the authenticated user to enter Qlik Sense...