Creating snapshots

Snapshots are an exciting feature in Qlik Sense that enable users to capture the point-in-time state of the data object. Snapshots work as insights for a story, which will be discussed in later recipes.

Getting ready

For the sake of this exercise, we will make use of the Automotive.qvf Qlik Sense application. This application is downloaded as a sample file with the default Qlik Sense desktop installation and can be accessed through the Qlik Sense hub.

The sample files may differ by region. If the Automotive.qvf application is not available in the Qlik Sense hub, it can be downloaded from the Packt Publishing website.

Perform the following steps once you download the application from the Packt Publishing website (https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/qlik-sense-cookbook-second-edition):

1. Copy the .qvf file to the C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Apps folder
2. Open the Qlik Sense desktop and the app will appear in the hub

How to do it…

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