Learning Qlik Sense : the official guide : get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense team /: the official guide : get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense team. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense team
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Ilacqua, James Richardson, Henric Cronström.
• Authors: Ilacqua, Christopher; Cronström, Henric; Richardson, James
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewer; www.packtpub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Qlik Sense® and Data Discovery; Continuing disruption; Qlik Sense® and the QlikView. Next project; Making sense of modern business; What is data discovery?; The empowered user; Interaction with data; Traditional business intelligence architecture; The Qlik® way; Color coding; Freedom of data navigation; Calculation on demand; Data discovery-the evolution of BI; Summary; Chapter 2: Overview of a Qlik Sense® Application's Life Cycle. Overview of an application's life cycleStarting application authoring; What makes up a Qlik Sense® application?; Sharing an application; Continuing the application's life cycle; Summary; Chapter 3: Empowering Next Generation Data Discovery Consumers; Data discovery consumption requirements; Introducing the hub; Introducing streams; Exploring the components of the application; Sheets; Bookmarks; Data storytelling; Navigating and leveraging the associative experience; Navigation; Smart visualizations; Global search; Global filtering; Extending with Library; Summary. Chapter 4: Contributing to Data DiscoveryRealities of the data discovery contributor; Creating private bookmarks; Creating and sharing private sheets; Creating a private sheet; Creating a new sheet; Creating and sharing stories; Defining a story; Creating snapshots; Adding text; Adding shapes; Media library; Publishing your story; Summary; Chapter 5: Authoring Engaging Applications; Preparations and requirements; The requirement specifications; The communication problem; A step-wise implementation; The process; Getting started with the app creation; Creating a new app; Loading your data. Loading additional tablesUsing the Data load editor; Creating a database connection; Data connectors; The analysis interface-sheets and visualizations; Creating a sheet; Adding visualizations; Adding dimensions and measures; Defining bar charts; Storytelling; The application library; Which fields should be exposed?; Defining KPIs; Creating library entries; Best practices in data visualization; Dashboard; Analysis; Reporting; Structuring a sheet; Graphs and other visualizations; Dimensions and measures; The bar chart; The pie chart; The line chart; The KPI object; The gauge; The scatter chart. The tree mapThe geographical map; Tables; Sorting and colors; Migrating applications from QlikView® to Qlik Sense®; Changes to the script; Changes to the user interface; Publishing your apps; Summary; Chapter 6: Building Qlik Sense® Data Models; The QIX engine; The Qlik Sense® data model; Creating a multitable data model; Linking tables; Structuring your data; Normalization; Star schema and snowflake schema; Pitfalls in the data model; The data model viewer; Using preview mode; Summary; Chapter 7: Qlik Sense® Apps in the Cloud; Why use the cloud?; Cloud sharing; Cloud content.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.472; COMPUTERS -- Databases -- Data Warehousing; Management information systems; Business intelligence -- Computer programs; Information visualization; Data mining; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; COMPUTERS -- Data Modeling & Design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785884054; 1785884050
• Related ISBNs: 9781785887161; 1785887165
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed January 21, 2016).
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