Introduction to Qlikview

Introduction to the concepts of Business Intelligence, learning about QlikView 12, 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Practice 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.

Hands-on Exercise – 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Load data from a database, Generat script, Load a delimited text file, Load data from excel file, Load inline table, generic tables, media content,Include image, Load a web page data

Structuring the Script

Learning to create tabs in the scripts, debugging of scripts, inclusion of variables and comments in the scripts.

Hands-on Exercise – Create tabs in the scripts, debug a script, Include 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.

Hands-on Exercise – 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Use Join, Concatenation

Data Modelling Considerations

The rules of data modeling in QlikView, introduction to circular references, synthetic key tables, resolving synthetic keys and circular references.

Hands-on Exercise – Resolve 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create QVD file

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create a master calendar in QlikView, Extract the highest and lowest data, Deploy scripts to create variables, Work 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create the access controls rules, Create different levels of access, Access and Edit the access control database

Handling Null Values

The various types of null values in QlikView and the different methods to handling them.

Hands-on Exercise – Handle null values in QlikView

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Perform a data transformation in QlikView, Transpose 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Use a list box and assign actions to it

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create a sheet object that shows several fields simultaneously, Create a table box, Sort data in table box, Format data in a table box, Print the data of table box, Export data 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create a multibox, Select data using different criteria, Format and Resize a multiboxe

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create text and button objects, Format, Resize, Copy and Move text objects, Run 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Plot charts like bar, pie, grid, funnel, combo, Make selections in charts and export 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Plot multidimensional charts, Set up multiple expressions in straight table and pivot table, Deploy 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Build Gauge chart in QlikView

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Set up type legend, title, captions

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create chart attributes, Assign colour, Work with calculated fields,Create dynamic text in text objects

The Settings Menu

Learning about the settings menu in QlikView, the various options like user preferences, document properties and sheet properties.

Hands-on Exercise – Use settings menu in QlikView to set 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Use functions ApplyMap, Lookup, Previous, Value List, Interval Match, Class, Value Loop, Peek, Pick, Match, Wild Match, Statistical Functions,Range Functions

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Create ad hoc report, Edit the report, Create and manage bookmarks

Layout Themes

Understanding QlikView themes, creating, applying and working with dynamic themes.

Hands-on Exercise – Create, apply and work 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Use QlikView extension for data visualization, Create a simple HTML extension, Work with interactive 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.

Hands-on Exercise – Work with modifiers, Identifiers, Operators, Expressions, Implement YTD & MTD and rolling 12 months

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Perform comparative analysis on sets of multiple data items, Do market basket analysis

What-IF Analysis

Understanding what-if analysis in QlikView, working on creating variables, slider objects, assigning variables to sheet and slider objects.

Hands-on Exercise – Do what-if analysis in QlikView

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.

Hands-on Exercise – Deploy an app on the server

What projects I will be working on this Qlikview training?

Project 1 – QlikView Dashboard creation using 3 principles of DAR

Industry : General

Problem Statement: How to successfully build QlikView applications using 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.

Highlight :

Getting high level overview with dashboard

Deploying QlikView analytics

Designing QlikView Reports.

Project 2 – Create a mini chart in QlikView application

Domain – Human Resource

Objective – To see the current values of salaries in one column and historical values in another cell in a mini chart that would contain a bar chart and a trend chart

Requirements :–

Import data from an excel file using the Edit Script and Table Files options in QlikView

Configure properties of the table to select the columns to be shown in the chart

Display the data in a bar chart for current values of salaries

Display the historical values of salaries in another cell

Project 3

Domain – Healthcare

Objective – Visual Mapping between Vaccination rate and Measles outbreak

The description of the dataset is mentioned below

The data contains the vaccination records of each US state and the measles cases

Problem statement: