10 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT QLIK

SENSE…

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IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

THE STORY TELLING FEATURE

• THE USER CAN TAKE SNAPSHOTS OF CHARTS AND TABLES TO USE IN A SLIDESHOW IN THE STORYTELLING OPTION WITHIN A QLIK SENSE APP.

• THIS IS A USEFUL FEATURE TO GETTING USERS INTERESTED IN USING QLIK SENSE AND USING QLIK SENSE WITH OTHER USERS SUCH AS WHEN GIVING PRESENTATIONS.

• IT ALSO REDUCED THE PROBLEM OF HAVING TO COPY SCREENSHOTS TO POWERPOINT JUST TO PRESENT TO OTHERS.

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USE YOUR APPS IN ANY INSTALLATION OF QLIK SENSE DESKTOP.

• THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FEATURE. WHICH I AM SURE WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN QLIK SENSE.

• IT WAS ALWAYS A PAIN NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN OLD DOCUMENTS CREATED ON OTHER MACHINES ON MY QLIKVIEW PERSONAL EDITION.

• NO ONE LIKES A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS THAT QLIKVIEW HAD SO THIS IS A BIG BROWNIE POINT FOR QLIK SENSE.

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MASTER ITEMS – MEASURES, DIMENSIONS AND VISUALIZATIONS• DIMENSIONS, MEASURES AND VISUALIZATIONS ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS MASTER ITEMS.

• DIMENSIONS (HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GROUP THE DATA).

• MEASURES (THE EXPRESSION THAT IS GOING TO BE CALCULATED FOR THE CURRENT DIMENSION.

• VISUALIZATIONS - FOR EXAMPLE TABLES, FILTER PANES (LISTBOXES IN QLIKVIEW) THAT MIGHT BE USED ON MORE THAN ONE SHEET.

• THIS FEATURE OF QLIK SENSE ALLOWS YOU TO IDENTIFY WHICH FIELDS ARE COMMONLY USED AND MAKE THEM EASILY AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS AND USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN SHEET OBJECTS.

• ONCE YOU HAVE SETUP YOUR MASTER ITEMS IT WILL MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR SHEETS FASTER AND MORE CONSISTENT.

• USING MASTER ITEMS ENCOURAGES SELF-SERVICE VISUALIZATION IE: USERS NOT HAVING TO WAIT FOR IT.

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SELF SERVICE VISUALIZATION FOCUS

• YOU CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN SIMPLE VISUALIZATIONS USING THE MASTER ITEMS (PREVIOUS SLIDE).

• THIS MEANS THAT USERS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE APPS THEY USE, WHICH MEANS THAT DECISIONS CAN BE MAKE FASTER.

• NOT EVERY USER WILL WANT TO CREATE THEIR OWN VISUALIZATIONS BUT THE ONES THAT DO WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST DEMANDING USERS SO AT LEAST THE ABILITY TO CREATE VISUALIZATION FASTER MIGHT KEEP THEM HAPPIER.

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RESPONSIVE DESIGN = EASIER LAYOUT• THIS IS THE ABILITY TO RESIZE THE SCREEN AND SEE THE CHARTS, TABLES

AND OTHER OBJECTS REARRANGE THEMSELVES.

• THIS IS GREAT FOR MOBILE USERS AND USERS WITH DIFFERENT SCREEN SIZES AND RESOLUTIONS. 

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CHART X AXES PREVIEW

• AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATA WITH A PREVIEW - SCROLLABLE X AXES.

• THIS OPTION IS USEFUL FOR OBVIOUS REASONS AND SAVING SPACE ON THE SCREEN.

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EXTENSIONS - EASIER DEBUGGING.

• YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK ON YOUR EXTENSION TO START DEBUGGING IT – A GREAT TIME SAVER.

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MIGRATION OF QLIKVIEW LOADSCRIPTS• THE ABILITY TO IMPORT THE LOADSCRIPTS FROM QLIKVIEW DOCUMENTS

INTO A QLIK SENSE APP.

• ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE SOME EFFORT TO MIGRATE THE SHEET DESIGN TO QLIK SENSE IT IS A GOOD CHANCE IMPROVE ON THE CURRENT QLIKVIEW SHEET DESIGNS.

• REMEMBER TO REMOVE ANY SECTION ACCESS SECURITY FIRST OR YOU WILL GET AN ERROR.

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CURRENT SELECTIONS LOCATION ?NO DECISION REQUIRED

• ONE LESS THING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN DEVELOPING THE QLIK SENSE APP.

• THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PAIN WHERE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS LIKE TO LOCATE THE CURRENT SELECTIONS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SOMETIMES IN DIFFERENT PLACES BETWEEN QLIKVIEW DOCUMENTS.

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GLOBAL SEARCH

• IN A SIMILAR WAY TO THE CURRENT SELECTIONS THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE QUESTION OF THE SEARCH OBJECT FOR EXAMPLE:

WHERE TO LOCATE?WHICH FIELD TO INCLUDE?

• THIS HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED BY THE GLOBAL SEARCH OBJECT WHICH IS ACCESS FROM THE SAME BAR AS THE CURRENT SELECTIONS.

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUTQLIK SENSE ?

• GO TO WWW.TECHSTUFFYBOOKS.COM

LEARN MORE ABOUT ‘QLIK SENSE FOR BEGINNERS’ FOR

• A STEP BY STEP INTRODUCTION TO QLIK SENSE.

• FROM INSTALLATION AND FIRST APPS TO ADVANCED TOPICS.

• LOTS OF SCREENSHOTS – SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS.

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