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QlikView for Developers: Design and build scalable and maintainable BI solutions

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QlikView for Developers

Chapter 2. What's New in QlikView 12?

Since the previous version of this book was published in 2012, the Qlik ecosystem has expanded significantly. In this chapter, we will bring you up to speed with the changes over the past few years.

If QlikView 12 is your first entry into the world of Qlik then you might be tempted to skip this chapter. However, we highly recommend that, even as a new developer you, at least read the What is new in the Qlik product portfolio? section.

We will start with a look at some of the most important changes in QlikView 12. Although QlikView 12 Desktop is the main focus of this book, we will also discuss the changes and improvements in QlikView 12 Server and Publisher.

Next, we will take a look at the broader picture and see how the Qlik product portfolio has changed in the past few years. We will learn what these new products do and how they might fit into your Qlik deployment.

Finally, as this book is itself an update, we will finish this chapter...

How is QlikView 12 different from QlikView 11?

Apart from a restyled application icon, at first glance QlikView 12 looks remarkably similar to its predecessor. Under the hood, however, many improvements and fixes have been realized, and in this section we will take a high level view at some of those changes.

Common QIX Engine

The main difference compared to previous versions is that the underlying engine of QlikView has been replaced with the updated QIX Engine 2.0. This is the same engine that powers the other products in the Qlik portfolio (Qlik Sense Enterprise and the Qlik Analytics Platform, discussed later). Besides performance improvements over the previous version, this common engine makes it easier to share data models between QlikView and the other Qlik products, notably Qlik Sense. The shared code base of the engine also ensures that future investments that Qlik does in features, performance, security, and connectivity can be easily back ported to QlikView.

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Where previously...

What is new in the Qlik product portfolio?

Since the publication of the previous version of this book in 2012, the Qlik product suite has changed and expanded significantly, both through acquisitions and the introduction of new products. In this section, we will look at some of the most important changes and we will look at how these fit into the bigger picture.

Qlik Sense Enterprise and the Qlik Analytics Platform

Initially billed as QlikView.Next and anticipated to be an update of QlikView, Qlik Sense was launched as a new, separate product in September 2014. Regular users of QlikView will immediately notice that the frontend of Qlik Sense looks very different from QlikView:

Qlik Sense Enterprise and the Qlik Analytics Platform

With the introduction of Qlik Sense, Qlik suddenly had two similar products out in the market, which they dubbed the two product strategy. This strategy positions Qlik Sense not as an updated version of QlikView, but rather as a separate self-service visualization solution that co-exists with QlikView. At the same time...

How do the products in the Qlik product portfolio fit together?

We have seen that the Qlik product portfolio has expanded significantly in the past few years. At the time of QlikView 11 for Developers, there was only QlikView. Nowadays there is a complete range of products and add-ons.

The following diagram gives a high-level overview of how all the products fit together. The base is QlikView and the QAP, both of these use the same QIX Engine. The QAP underpins Qlik Sense Enterprise, which adds a frontend client and collaboration features. NPrinting can be used for static reporting on either QlikView or Qlik Sense. The Qlik Web Connectors, Rest Connector, and DataMarket let both QlikView and Qlik Sense ingest external, web-based data. Geographical analysis in both QlikView and Qlik Sense can be done with the Qlik GeoAnalytics add-on.

How do the products in the Qlik product portfolio fit together?

What is new in QlikView 12 for Developers?

The previous version of this book, QlikView 11 for Developers, has been out since 2012. The book has been very well received and we know that you should not change a winning formula. Besides this chapter and Chapter 4, Data Sources which introduces some new data sources, little has been changed other than correcting the various errata that have been collected through the years.

We also decided to change the book's title to be version-agnostic, since most of the concepts we aim to teach in the book apply for the software in general and are not dependent on the version (11, 11.2, 12, and so on). We also made sure the exercises are also relevant not only for QlikView 11 or QlikView 12, but for QlikView in general. However, there may be small UI changes between versions, but from what we've experienced those UI differences are not very significant at the time of writing.

Since QlikView and Qlik Sense share the same QIX Engine, this also means...

Summary

A lot has happened in the world of Qlik since the previous version of this book was published in November 2012. In this chapter, we've caught up with the most important changes in QlikView 12. We have learned how the Qlik ecosystem has expanded and how all of these products fit together in the bigger picture. We have also gotten a high level overview of the changes that were made in the revised version of this book.

In the next chapter, we will get hands-on with QlikView 12 and we will develop a small proof-of-concept document.

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  • Develop your own scalable and maintainable QlikView applications
  • Learn time-saving techniques for making your QlikView development more efficient
  • A one-stop guide to developing BI applications with QlikView

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QlikView is one of the most flexible and powerful Business Intelligence platforms around. If you want to build data into your organization, build it around QlikView. Don't get caught in the gap between data and knowledge – find out how QlikView can help you unlock insights and data potential with ease. Whether you're new to QlikView or want to get up to speed with the features and functionality of QlikView, this book starts at a basic level and delves more deeply to demonstrate how to make QlikView work for you, and make it meet the needs of your organization. Using a real-world use-case to highlight the extensive impact of effective business analytics, this book might well be your silver bullet for success. A superb hands-on guide to get you started by exploring the fundamentals of QlikView before learning how to successfully implement it, technically and strategically. You'll learn valuable tips, tricks, and insightful information on loading different types of data into QlikView, and how to model it effectively. You will also learn how to write useful scripts for QlikView to handle potentially complex data transformations in a way that is simple and elegant. From ensuring consistency and clarity in your data models, to techniques for managing expressions using variables, this book makes sure that your QlikView projects are organized in a way that's most productive for you and key stakeholders.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone interested in working with QlikView or who has attended QlikView Developer training. The book caters for all QlikView developers, beginners and experts alike, and anyone who wants to improve their QlikView skills.

What you will learn

  • • Understand important changes made in QlikView 12
  • • Learn the techniques and best practices to transform data in QlikView via scripts
  • • Load data from disparate sources to build an associative Data Model
  • • Build robust data models and overcome common modeling challenges
  • • Designing data visualization objects to present performance measures with charts and tables
  • • Learn to use dimensions and expressions in QlikView objects
  • • Utilize QlikView s built-in aggregation functions to achieve complex calculations
  • • Create Point In Time reporting and achieving complex calculations using Set Analysis
  • • Create a consistent and interactive user interface
  • • Ensure your QlikView applications and data are protected
  • • Optimize the QlikView Data Model
  • • Constructing a data architecture that supports scalable QlikView deployments
  • • Learn time-saving techniques for making your QlikView development more efficient

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Table of Contents

16 Chapters
1. Meet QlikView Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. What's New in QlikView 12? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Seeing is Believing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Data Sources Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Data Modeling Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Styling Up Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Building Dashboards Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Scripting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Data Modeling Best Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Basic Data Transformation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Advanced Expressions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Set Analysis and Point In Time Reporting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Advanced Data Transformation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. More on Visual Design and User Experience Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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This is the only book you can rely for qlikview development.It is also useful for qlikview certification.
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