In QlikView grid charts are those kind of charts which you don’t see very often. One of the reasons, I think, is because they need relevant use cases. A time dimension for example is a good one for visualizing points in time and average measures that correspond. In this chart I chose to visualize the […]
The associative model (Green, White and Grey) within QlikView is really an important component. Combined with objects and charts from a ‘point-and-qlik-analysis’ perspective, apps can add substantial business benefits! Giving users this power is key for every application that is going to be developed. Keep that in mind. Simplicity comes with a few principles which […]
Almost two years ago, I was curious what I could really do with QlikView and especially with the design piece of any app. I sat down for a week and came up with what I call the ‘Star Qlothing’ application. On a few occasions I was lucky enough to do a few sessions covering design […]
Sometimes short articles are the best. You don’t need lots of time to get a nice idea or concept. Do you want to load multiple QVD’s from a folder? Here is the code: Set vFolder = ‘.’; FOR each File in filelist(vFolder& ‘\*.qvd’) LOAD * FROM [$(File)] (qvd); NEXT File For a more simple solution […]
Nowadays we see the rise of the scatter-charts. I begin to believe this chart is now more accepted than it used to be. One of the reasons is because of the general understanding people are getting for this chart. I think the scatter-chart is a very effective way to visualize multi-dimensional data over two or […]
Everybody who loves QlikView will every now and then experiment with useless solutions. We do this because it is fun and to see what is really possible with this lovely piece of software. Now i’ve been following and watching the rise of d3.js for a while now, I really like its power and possibilities. In […]
Users (!) really like clean and simple user interfaces (UI). So knowing this should make us feel bad if we don’t come up with something that does just that, right? Okay. Designing layouts for your UI then, is really key! Turns out we do have a lot of tools and techniques, even in QlikView, for […]
Time……….. We never have enough of it and when we do we only get one chance to spend it. Next to that time is one of our primary dimensions used throughout most QlikView applications. Building consistency and creating reusability into your workflow can be very convenient. In most datawarehouses you’ll find a time table that […]