QlikView

• Associative• Thought driven• Natural• Freeing• Flexible• Collaborative• Personal • Empowering

Patented In Memory Associative Technology

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Traditional Cube OLAP“Pre-processing”

QlikView Real-time OLAP“Real-time processing”

In Memory• Fast• Light impact• Visually Interactive• Summary and Detail• Portable• Simple• Inexpensive• Integrative

The power of simplicityHow

Our Value Proposition: 1/4 the time, 1/2 the cost, 2x the valueOur Value Proposition: 1/4 the time, 1/2 the cost, 2x the value

QlikView New Rules

•Everyone Else•“Fast Deployment”

•“Easy-to-Use”

•Powerful”

•“Flexible”

•“Revolutionary”

Source: IDC whitepaper by Dan Vesset and Brian McDonough, “QlikTech’s Approach to Business Intelligence: Keep It Simple and Flexible”

Within two days of downloading a trial version of QlikView, Shell Sweden had a prototype application for analyzing financial data. It became a customer and later expanded QlikView usage to sales and operations functions.

Within two days of downloading a trial version of QlikView, Shell Sweden had a prototype application for analyzing financial data. It became a customer and later expanded QlikView usage to sales and operations functions.

A Nacka kommun representative emphasized how user friendly QlikView was, stating, "It is so easy to work with it seems like fun."A Nacka kommun representative emphasized how user friendly QlikView was, stating, "It is so easy to work with it seems like fun."

Dakota Healthcare built an application to allow users to navigate through massive amounts of related data to each insurance claim. The 200GB database was compressed into 500MB and loaded into the RAM of a 64-bit Windows Server 2003.

Dakota Healthcare built an application to allow users to navigate through massive amounts of related data to each insurance claim. The 200GB database was compressed into 500MB and loaded into the RAM of a 64-bit Windows Server 2003.

Zurich, a Swiss insurance firm, was able to reduce the workload of report development and maintenance from seven full-time dedicated staff to two people working over a two- to three-day period every month.

Zurich, a Swiss insurance firm, was able to reduce the workload of report development and maintenance from seven full-time dedicated staff to two people working over a two- to three-day period every month.

IDG Denmark chose to download a trial of QlikView and had some initial skepticism about the low cost of the solution. However, due to the ease of implementation and functionality, IDG soon became a satisfied, paying customer.

IDG Denmark chose to download a trial of QlikView and had some initial skepticism about the low cost of the solution. However, due to the ease of implementation and functionality, IDG soon became a satisfied, paying customer.

Deluca Homes, a manufacturer of homes turned to QlikView to provide: applications that enable monitoring of the performance of contractors involved in the building and inspection of homes, provision of KPIs to management, and analysis of financial data.

Deluca Homes, a manufacturer of homes turned to QlikView to provide: applications that enable monitoring of the performance of contractors involved in the building and inspection of homes, provision of KPIs to management, and analysis of financial data.

What makes QlikView special, on need to know basis?

QlikView is a « new generation » tool:All data are stored in memory and processed from there faster! Traditional generation BI tools working with views

Makes associative connections like human brain:no top-down, no data structure knowledge required ...

PC: 3 versions 8.5 very recent update to 9Analyser (only consult reports)Professional: also creation of reports, chart, etc (advanced users)Developer: also create datawarehouse etc (IT)

Server: on a windows serverServerPublisher (most expensive license, not for SMEs)

What can you do met QlikView?

• Create flexible end user interface for DW • View on relations between data• Make presentations, based on your data• Cretae dynamic graphs and tables• Perform statistical analysis• Link descriptions and multimedia to data• Sert up your own expert system• Create new tables and merge information from different sources• Build your own BI system

Communities etc

• www.qlikcommunity.comLinks to qlikacademy

with videos, courses, etc

• demo.qliktech.comSeveral applications

• Belgian distributor: Credon (Tessenderlo)www.credon.be

Using QlikView Professional

• Starting QlikView

• Basic Layout and NavigationRemember, a QlikView file contains everything the user needs to perform

meaningful data analysis, including the data itself and all the layout information, objects and sheets defined by the Professional developer

Using QlikView Professional

Wat strikes you?

Colors:

selected data green

associated data white

unrelated data grey

Context help Help topics

View Toolbars menus tabs

Toolbar: design table relations (data structure)

Sheet is the basis: right click sheet objects

Using QlikView Professional

Sheets and Sheet Objects

Sheets and Sheet Objects

• Sheet BasicsA QlikView document uses at least one sheet on which sheet objects are

displayed.

Even if a number of sheet objects have been placed on several different sheets, all sheet objects are still fully connected by the QlikView logic.

• Sheet Objects Include:List Boxes Statistics BoxesMulti BoxesTable BoxesChartsInput Boxes Current Selections BoxesButtonsText ObjectsLine/Arrow ObjectsSlider/Calendar ObjectsBookmark ObjectsCustom ObjectsSystem Tables

Sheets and Sheet Objects

Add sheet (via Layout) (or button)

Sheet properties

List box: select fields: Layout – Select fields

Shift click

Ctrl click

Activate a sheet object: click caption

Move a sheet object on a sheet: click and drag

Resize sheet object: like windows

Copy on same sheet: ctrl click and keep caption -- drag – loose ctrl and mouse

Move to another sheet: click hold and drag to tab

Delete: via right mouse click or click caption and press delete button

First exercises

1 Open file Film and save as Film2

2 Create a new tab, copying Qvgids and name it « IP »

3 Create a box « current selections»

The List Box

The List Box

• The List Box is the most common QlikView object.List of all possible distinct values of a field

one value represents multiple rows in source data

• It provides one of the simplest ways of making a query and can also be used to navigate in QlikView

The List Box: Additional Functionality

• Performing a simple searchA value: green other table’ values whit or grey

• Performing an advanced searchSearch String: click in caption (hoofding) – wildcards * and ?

Select excluded (e.g. all customers without “er”) right mouse click

• Create new list box: right mouse click • CTRL-Click: multiple selections• Simultaneous selections in multiple list boxes like AND• Locking (= clear proof; blue, yellow) and Unlocking Selections

Lock button

• Beacons: green blue red dot: indicates selection in other tab

List Box Properties: The General Tab

List Box Properties: The Presentation Tab

List Box Properties: The Sort Tab

List Box Properties: The Number Tab

List Box Properties: The Font Tab

List Box Properties: The Layout Tab

List Box Properties: Layout Tab - Advanced Caption

List boxes exercise

1 Create a list box for movie title and another for year

2 Experiment with the settings

The Table Box - Tabelobject

The Table Box is a sheet object that shows several fields simultaneously

It is a combination of list boxes. Instead of placing each field in its own object separately, however, the Table Box combines them. The content of every row is logically connected. The columns may be fetched from different input tables, letting the user create tables from any possible combination of input tables.

When you want to present the contents of several list boxes in one table, you need a Table Box

to view data on detailed level

not really for graphs or selections

The Table Box

•A series of List Boxes presented in comparison with the Table Box

Table box

Make table wider

Widen a column

Select in table

selection in other tab green dot (beacon)

click in table: one column, a second one, etc

Sort

drag caption: sequence columns

on a column value: right click and sort

Or via properties sort

Export

to Excel

To QV export file

The Table Box: Advantages

Some advantages of Table Boxes include:

Making selections

Sorting

Printing

Exporting

Table box exercises

1 Make a table box with actor, director and year

2 Sort decreasing on year and change sequence actor-director

3 Give it style « pyjama green »

4 Make a listbox of rating

5 Pick rating 6 and search in table box which movies from Donald Sutherland have that rating;

6 Export the result to QVO file and try to open from Excel

The Multi Box

The Multi Box offers the ultimate solution to the problem of displaying a large number of list boxes on the same sheet.

The Multi Box is a set of dropdown list boxes gathered within the same frame. As the picture illustrates, every field is represented by a row in the multi box.

Multiple fields can be combined into a single Multi Box.

Compare the space used for the list boxes with the Multi Box

The Multi Box: Advantages

Less space is required in the layout. Less clutter

Possible to display a large number of fields in a single Multi Box

Displays the result of selections that result in a one-to-one relationship, since no data is shown until the selections define a single result in a Multi Box field

Multi Box

1 Make a multibox with Reference, language and title

2 Experiment with the settings

The Text Object

Text objects are used for adding information to a QlikView document. They can be used to show text information or an image in the layout. They can be moved and positioned anywhere on a sheet, just like any other sheet object.

Text objects can also be used effectively for displaying the results of calculations, and to create backgrounds.

Think of a Text object as a blank object for content. You can use it to create an introduction page for your QlikView application, or simply to display the data model that supports your analysis. Text objects can also be used for pictures and can also contain calculations

The Text Object

Examples

The Text Object

Don’t exagerate because higher visual complexity

1 Create a text object in purple with your name as a header and in the object a picture of a turtle

2 Make a second text object containing the data model of the tables

Charts

1. Close Film2 and open OnlineSales

2. Create a new tab « grahs » and make the background white

3. Create two list boxes: CustomerName and SalesAmount

Charts

Charts are a collection of graphical objects that can display one or several expressions plotted over one or several dimensions, such as ”Orders Per Year."

In QlikView, you will recognize the most common chart types: bar, line and pie charts, but several other types, including two kinds of tables, are also included as charts.

Icon Quick chart wizard or right click new sheet object chart

Charts

Dimension: customer x-axe

Expression: sales y-axe

Fast type change

e.g. sales person line sales amount

Statistical trend lines (in expressions)

Max visible number (presentation tab)

Reference (France, then Canada)

Drill down: click on bar

Charts: Common Types

Chart Types:Bar

Line

Combo

Radar

Gauge

Scatter

Grid

Pie

Funnel

Block

Pivot (table)

Straight (table)

Charts: Set Reference

In many cases, it is useful to compare chart data for different selections. For this purpose, you can use chart reference

The reference in the example shows the sales of men’s footwear in light blue behind the currently selected women’s footwear sales

Drilldown

Chart with product drilldown, region drilldown, etc

Powerful!

Charts exercises

1 Create a pie chart with a legend for total sales per product

2 Ensure the legend has %

3 Provide a suitable title and ensure that it can switch to bar chart

4 Only display top 5

5 Put the Y-value in the chart

Multidimensional Charts, Tables

Multidimensional charts contain, as the name implies, more than one dimension.

In a multidimensional chart, we might combine Year (the time dimension) with Country to analyze sales from year-to-year.

We will also explore an as yet unexplored chart-type, the Pivot Table.

Multidimensional Charts, Tables

Pivot Table Straight Table Table Box

Type of Sheet Object Chart Chart Table Box

Type of data in the table

Dimension + expression values *

Dimension + expression values

Field values(dimensions)

Making selections in field?

Dimension values only

Dimension values only

Yes

Sorting of values? Limited to changing the settings for dimension values

in Properties: Sort.

Yes, dimension + expression values

Yes

Quick sorting in columns?

No Yes, dimension + expression values

Yes

Calculations/expressions?

Yes Yes No

Grouping of data? Yes No No

Partial sums? Yes No No

Total sums? Yes Yes No

Pivot Tables may also be used without any expressions to show a hierarchy of fields.

Example with straight table and then pivot table

Dimension country

Expression sum salesamount

extra expression avg salesamount

Only 2 countries

Summary per year and quarter extra dimensions

First pivot table conversion

Only sum, deactivate avg

In presentation show partial sums for three dimensions

Other sequence: drag and drop

Multidimensional Charts, Tables

• Visual Cues (like conditional formatting in Excel)

Multidimensional Charts, Tables: Exercises

1 Create a multidimensional table: per year the number of orders, nr of customers and total sales

Use cilinders in the chart, values on top of each cilinder and change colors. Use a title in a nice layout

2 Create a pivot table with total sales per customer, product group and year and make it in style « pivot1 »

3 Make a straight table for sales, cost and margin and use two decimals for margin. Use visual cues for margin

Gauges

Gauges represent a dimensionless expression, and reflect the selection status (what has been clicked) in the QlikView application.

They are most commonly used in QlikView dashboards. (KPI)

A Gauge is a Chart Object.

Gauges

There are six types of gauges in QlikView

Gauges

Expressions in Tables can be displayed as gauges

Gauge chart creation

No dimension

Sum(SalesAmount) / Sum(All SalesAmount)

Per country

tekstvak (tekst in grafiek) toevoegen en dat slepen (ctrl shift)

Exercise

Gauge chart for margin (%) and change types, segments, style, …

Buttons

Buttons can be used to execute various commands in QlikView.

Buttons

ExamplesButtons may look quite different. In the

Background group, you have the choice between a Plain background, Aqua, which gives the button a glassy look, and Image. If you decide to use an Image option you can either use a single image or a combined image consisting of three pictures (for the active, the pressed and the inactive button) in a horizontal row. QlikView supports the image formats bmp, jpg, jpeg and png.

The Other Sheet Objects

Some of the other objects in QlikView applications include Statistics Box

Current Selections Box

Slider/Calendar Object

Input Box

Bookmark Object

Custom Object

Other Chart Types

The Other Sheet Objects

Statistics Box

Current Selections Box

Slider/Calendar Object

Input Box (wisselkoers bvb)

Bookmark Object

Custom Object

Combo Chart

Radar Chart

The Other Sheet Objects

Scatter Chart

Grid Chart

The Other Sheet Objects

Exercise

Create a calendar object and an input box (for euro – dollar rate)

Desktop Data

• Edit Script Dialog

Desktop Data

• The Table Wizard: loading files

Desktop Data

• Table WizardDeleting a Field

Renaming a Field

Assignment: exercise

Use Excel files Employee and Sales