Introduction to Qlikview
Introduction to the concepts of Business Intelligence, learning about QlikView, the unique features of QlikView that make it the market leader, comparison to other BI tools, the complete overview and architecture of QlikView, studying the various file types and extensions.
Qlikview Products
Learning about the various QlikView products, understanding about the QlikView Desktop, Server, Access Point, Publisher, the Management Console and NPrinting reporting platform.
Introduction to Data and Scripting
Understanding the data warehouse architecture, the concept of dimensional model, fact tables and dimensions, learning about Star and Snow Flake schema, QlikView data model comparison to other data models, understanding the data source files.
Loading Data From The DataBase
Learning about loading data from various databases, generating script, loading of text files, delimited text files, loading data from multiple data sources, various types of data loads like incremental, binary, resident, buffer, preceding, mapping load types, understanding how to load inline table, generic tables, media content and image inclusion, web page data loading, semantic load, various examples to simplify the concepts.
Structuring the Script
Learning to create tabs in the scripts, debugging of scripts, inclusion of variables and comments in the scripts.
Basic Data Model and Table Viewer
Understanding the basic data model of QlikView, learning to work with the Table Viewer, the System Table and System fields.
Data Relationships
Introduction to the various data relationships – Join, Concatenation, Join, and the different options available in each.
Data Modelling Considerations
The rules of data modeling in QlikView, introduction to circular references, synthetic key tables, resolving synthetic keys and circular references.
Qlikview Data (QVD) Files
Understanding what is QVD file in QlikView, the way to create QVD file, the standard structure of a QVD file, its various components, the various types and uses of QVD files, learning what is optimized and unoptimized load.
Creating a Master Calendar
Creating a master calendar in QlikView, extracting the highest and lowest data, deploying scripts to create variables, working with arbitrary date ranges.
Qlikview Security
Understanding the various concepts of QlikView security, defining the access controls, levels of access, maintaining the access control database, section access addition and other concepts.
Handling Null Values
The various types of null values in QlikView and the different methods to handling them.
Sheets and Sheet Objects
Working with QlikView sheets and sheet objects, learning about the sheet basics, cross tables, the data transformation in QlikView, transposing a physical table.
The List Box
Understanding a list box, most basic sheet object, the various actions in List Box, its properties, the example of a list box.
The Table Box
A sheet object that shows several fields simultaneously, learning to create a table box, sorting in table box, understanding table box formatting options, printing the data from table box, exporting to a text file.
The Multi Box
Representation of value from multiple fields, learning to create a multibox, the various selection features, formatting and resizing of multiboxes.
The Button & Text Object
Working with text and button objects, learning to create them, formatting, resizing, copying and moving of text objects, understanding of action scripts in button and text objects.
Charts
Learning the basics of QlikView Charts, graphical representation of numerical data, various types of charts like bar, pie, grid, funnel, combo, learning to create charts, selections in charts and exporting of charts.
Multi Dimensional Charts, Pivot Tables
Introduction to multidimensional charts, setting up multiple expressions in straight table and pivot table, learning about straight table and pivot table, table box and deploying visual cues.
Gauges
Learning about Gauge Chart in QlikView, the various types of Gauges, understanding how to build Gauges, the various types of Gauge Charts.
The Other Sheet Objects
Introduction to the other sheet objects like Statistics Box, Slider/Calendar Object, Current Selections Box, Bookmark Object, Container Object, and Input Box.
Additional Editing in The Layout
The additional editing like settings of type legend, title, fast change chart type, text in chart and reference lines, caption settings and drilldown, cyclic functionality.
Uses Of Expressions
Learning about the various expressions like chart attribute, colour, working with calculated fields, labels, and dynamic text in text objects, calculated fields and dimensions in list boxes and charts.
The Settings Menu
Learning about the settings menu in QlikView, the various options like user preferences, document properties and sheet properties.
Qlikview Functions
The various QlikView functions like ApplyMap, Lookup, Previous, Value List, Interval Match, Class, Value Loop, Peek, Pick, Match, Wild Match, Statistical Functions,Range Functions, etc.
Adhoc Reports and Bookmarks
Learning about ad hoc report creation and editing, introduction to QlikView bookmarks, the various types of bookmarks, creating and managing bookmarks.
Layout Themes
Understanding QlikView themes, creating, applying and working with dynamic themes.
Extensions
Learning about QlikView extensions, visualizing of data with extensions, creating a simple HTML extension, HTML table, working with interactive extensions and external libraries with extensions.
Set Analysis
Understanding set analysis, defining data values that are different from set definition, working with modifiers, identifiers, operators, example of expressions, indirect set analysis, YTD & MTD and rolling 12 months, various examples.
Alternate States
Understanding alternate states for performing comparative analysis on sets of multiple data items, working with market basket analysis, examples of various alternate states.
What-IF Analysis
Understanding what-if analysis in QlikView, working on creating variables, slider objects, assigning variables to sheet and slider objects.
Server Installation & Deployment
The process of installation, various types of licenses, types of CALS, learn to deploy the application on the server, working with server bookmarks, annotations.
Qlikview Project
Project – QlikView Dashboard creation using 3 principles of DAR
Topics – This project involves understanding the concepts of the QlikView Dashboard, Analysis, Reporting (DAR) methodology to creating and building of QlikView applications. This way you can reuse your earlier QlikView Worksheets with minimal changes thus saving you time and effort. You will have hands-on experience in designing the Dashboard, creating Analysis Page and ultimately develop the QlikView Reports with DAR implementation. You will learn about the business overview, deploying user-driven controls for data filters and reporting of specific details in this QlikView Dashboard project.