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Hands-On Business Intelligence with Qlik Sense

By : Pablo Labbe, Clever Anjos, Kaushik Solanki, Jerry DiMaso
Book Image

Hands-On Business Intelligence with Qlik Sense

By: Pablo Labbe, Clever Anjos, Kaushik Solanki, Jerry DiMaso

Overview of this book

Qlik Sense allows you to explore simple-to-complex data to reveal hidden insights and data relationships to make business-driven decisions. Hands-On Business Intelligence with Qlik Sense begins by helping you get to grips with underlying Qlik concepts and gives you an overview of all Qlik Sense’s features. You will learn advanced modeling techniques and learn how to analyze the data loaded using a variety of visualization objects. You’ll also be trained on how to share apps through Qlik Sense Enterprise and Qlik Sense Cloud and how to perform aggregation with AGGR. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll explore the stories feature to create data-driven presentations and update an existing story. This book will guide you through the GeoAnalytics feature with the geo-mapping object and GeoAnalytics connector. Furthermore, you’ll learn about the self-service analytics features and perform data forecasting using advanced analytics. Lastly, you’ll deploy Qlik Sense apps for mobile and tablet. By the end of this book, you will be well-equipped to run successful business intelligence applications using Qlik Sense's functionality, data modeling techniques, and visualization best practices.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Qlik Sense and Business Intelligence
3
Section 2: Data Loading and Modeling
6
Section 3: Building an Analytical Application
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Section 4: Additional Features

Co-creating applications in Qlik Sense Cloud Business

Qlik Sense Cloud Business is a subscription that provides a group workspace where we can develop and share Qlik Sense apps with other users. It provides complete control over who can work on the apps and who can see the apps.

As a requirement for this example, you will need a subscription. If you don't have one, you can log in to qlikcloud.com with your Qlik ID and upgrade your account for a trial period of 30 days. No credit card details are needed. After you have purchased a business subscription, a new group will be added to your Qlik Sense Cloud.

For the sake of clarity, we have created a group with the name Qlik sense Hands-on. This group can be selected from the drop-down list in the menu, on the left:

The personal group contains the applications and data from the Qlik Sense Cloud basic account. It's not possible...