In this tutorial you will learn about the creation and value of a distribution bar chart. To be able to develop this chart we advice you to download the necessary QlikView file, it can be found at: http://qlikshow.com/Qlik/Exercise app.qvw Introduction A distribution bar chart should show you the distribution of products / customers / etc […]
Search is hot, it’s been around for a while, but still this is a huge topic. Searching is something we do everyday not only digital. I search for my pen every day, often I think colleagues stole it 😉 When searching for data in QlikView, the default setting for this is ‘normal search’, […]
Designing your dashboard application isn’t something you do in an hour, at least that is what I think. The main reason for this is the fact that gathering and organizing all information that should get attention takes time to address. This is called the ‘information architecture‘ part of your dashboard application. But before we do […]
Ever walked against a glass door? It most likely had something to do with missing affordances. According to Wikipedia the definition should be something like: An affordance is a property of an object, or an environment, which allows an individual to perform an action. For example, a knob affords twisting, and perhaps pushing, while a cord affords […]
Now, most of us will do testing of new user interface (UI) elements upfront, I guess. Therefore we always want some test data to experiment with. A nice shortcut in QlikView’s script editor is the one for adding a script for some sample data. The shortcut will work if you press: CTRL – QQ […]
In the previous two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) about using scatter charts I tried to give some interesting use cases for how and when to use them. Next to that I wanted to give some insight in how to design these charts for a better user experience. In this post I wanted to […]
Since the last post about useless solutions I did not post anything else in this category again. It’s about time I should. This one is for the user who is really bored and wants some useless time qlikking around and actually build a nice network chart with his own qliks. I hope you like it. […]
How does performance look compared to last month? This could be a typical question in which analysis plays an important role. Looking into variance over time is something we do in lots of business reviews. Giving insight into these kind of questions can be hard, because there are lots of categories and dimensions in which […]
As we all know navigation within applications or the web is very important. It’s our backbone of finding the right information. Text links as we know them on the web are a simple way of navigating, everybody knows intuitively what they are meant for. Using this intuitiveness in QlikView can be very effective. But we […]
Infographics are a hot topic these days. According to wikipedia this is a definition of what infographics are: Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see […]