Qlik according to HIC

Analyze data using Qlik analytics

This book is for anyone that develops Qlik Sense or QlikView apps - either entire apps, or individual visualizations in existing apps. Developers will be helped by the numerous scripting examples, and power users will find many ways to improve their Qlik skills. All longer scripts can be downloaded from HIC's web site.

Book description

This book contains all of the HIC's previously published blog posts and white papers, ranging from descriptions of the Qlik history to solving advanced data modelling problems. It also contains several previously not published articles. The book will help you

1. Write better code - both load scripts and expressions that define complex metrics
2. Solve complex data modelling challenges, for example: Hierarchies, slowly changing dimensions, or multiple fact tables
3. Optimize your apps
4. Define calendars with bespoke time and date fields
5. Create complex visualizations, for example bucketing or Pareto analysis
6. Understand how the Qlik engine works internally
7. Understand concepts specific to the Qlik engine, for example set analysis and the Aggr function

About the author

Olik is a leader in analytics and business intelligence. Its products Qlik Sense and QlikView have simplified analytics for millions of users and continues to do so. QlikView was introduced thirty years ago and was designed to provide fast and flexible analytics of complex multi-table data models.

The author Henric Cronström - known in the Qlik universe as "HIC" - belonged to the Qlik products core team from the beginning and has worked with requirement specification and documentation, as well as implementation of customer solutions. He has a deep knowledge of the Qlik analytics engine and has had a major influence on the design of the product.