Idea: Distributed Resources for Development

This is not the common iQlik post, in which I try to share a particular technique, but it is something I would like to share with you and know what you think about it. I’ve been working with large Apps and I detected a possible feature that would be nice to have on QlikView desktop. Read on…

Continue Reading October 25, 2011 at 8:55 am 3 comments

Power Up your Big Apps with Binary Index Expansion

When dealing with Mega Apps (Qlikview applications in the order of 100+ Million rows), it is important to have a good user perception in calc times. Use this technique to improve performance using the server Cache.

Continue Reading September 11, 2011 at 12:16 am 2 comments

A New Choice of Armor: The Flag Matrix

As you know already, I’m a big fan of using Set Analysis in my QlikView applications, especially for Point In Time Reporting. However, there might be some specific situations in which Set Analysis just won’t cut it and you need an alternative… Continue Reading to discover it! (Demo Script included…)

Continue Reading May 22, 2011 at 2:51 pm 9 comments

QlikView mobile: AJAX Touch Client

It’s time for a new post, and today it is a very special one. QlikTech has released a beta version of the new “AJAX Touch Client” and I think it is major news and will give QlikView a big bump in the mobile filed.

Continue Reading April 2, 2011 at 3:46 pm 3 comments

Point In Time Reporting Out Of The Box

Today we continue with ‘The Magic of Set Analysis’ Series and, in this post I will share with you a “goodie”. Something that has helped me speed up the Development process on new projects, and is specially useful when creating SiB’s (Seeing Is Believing) or Prototypes for prospective clients, where the time is often short.

Continue Reading January 1, 2011 at 9:39 pm 14 comments

The Magic of Set Analysis – Point In Time Reporting

I have always believed that Set Analysis’ Raison d’être is to satisfy a basic need in any BI Tool: the ability to perform “Point In Time” Analysis. But, needless to say, it is also amazingly useful for the fulfillment of a bunch of other special needs. In this post, I will cover the specifics of Point In Time Reporting with Set Analysis.

Continue Reading November 27, 2010 at 2:14 pm 13 comments

The Magic of Set Analysis – Part III

In Part II of The Series, I wrote about the general syntax of a Set Expression and provided some basic examples using Set Modifiers with explicit field value definitions. Now, our next step will be about making our desired record set dynamic and based on the user’s current selections, that is, using an Implicit field value definition.

Continue Reading November 21, 2010 at 3:11 pm 11 comments

Reading iPhone’s Database

This week’s post is really not something you will come accross when developing a business application with QlikView, but rather it is a bit random, and somwhat fun. We will go through the required steps to read data stored in your iPhone, such as Call History, SMS Messages, Contacts list, Notes, etc.

Continue Reading September 26, 2010 at 8:46 pm 1 comment

The Magic of Set Analysis – Syntax and Examples

In this new Post of The Series, I will go over the details for creating a correct Set Expressions. Also, I will provide some useful examples for you to get your Hands On right away.

Continue Reading September 11, 2010 at 4:23 pm 7 comments

The Magic Of Set Analysis. Introduction

This is the First Part of a Series called ‘The Magic of Set Analysis’ which is intended to serve as a guide for those newcomers to the subject that want to take full control of their chart expressions.

Continue Reading August 14, 2010 at 10:58 am Leave a comment

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