[...]... storage requirements for a data set and how to best deal with date and time information Chapter 9, Basic Data Transformation, focuses on how to deal with unstructured data and how to transform it for use in our QlikView data model We will learn about basic data transformation subjects, such as cleansing data and how to restructure pivoted and hierarchical tables for inclusion in the QlikView data model... recommended for this book and QlikView development in general For best understanding, a general knowledge of Business Intelligence and its terminology is required Basic understanding of databases and SQL is preferred, but not compulsory for this book Who this book is for This book is aimed at developers and power users who want to learn how to develop Business Intelligence applications with QlikView Developers. .. specifically, we will look at: • What is QlikView? • Exploring data with QlikView • The technology and components behind QlikView • HighCloud Airlines, and why QlikView might be just the tool they need First, let's look at what QlikView is, what we can do with it, and how it differs from other solutions that are available on the market Meet QlikView What is QlikView? QlikView is developed by QlikTech, a... Facebook page Dedicated to our families Miguel García Barry Harmsen Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Meet QlikView What is QlikView? How does QlikView differ from traditional BI? 1 7 8 8 Associative user experience Technology Adoption path 9 11 11 Exploring data with QlikView Getting QlikView Navigating the document Slicing and dicing your data 13 13 14 15 List-boxes Selections in charts Search... applications with QlikView Developers who have already been using QlikView for some time may find that this book contains useful tips and best practices to make more effective use of QlikView This book only covers QlikView Desktop Deployments to QlikView Server and Publisher are beyond the scope of this book The book is not aimed at QlikView Server Administrators Conventions In this book, you will... Up 109 Design requirements The Document Properties window The Sheet Properties dialog Setting the object properties Caption colors and style 110 112 115 117 117 Changing the caption colors Setting the caption font Setting the content font Setting the global font 117 120 121 121 Propagating the object appearance Setting the default Sheet Object Style Hiding captions Working with listboxes Adding listboxes... knowledge required to understand how QlikView works, and the skills needed to build QlikView documents from start to finish: from loading data to building charts Even if you have worked with QlikView before, you will find that the exercises presented in each chapter, and the recommended practices we discuss, will help you extend your knowledge and become more proficient with QlikView Among other features... and build a QlikView application to analyze flights, enplaned passengers, cargo, and many others across multiple dimensions such as carriers, airports, cities, aircraft types, and so on Congratulations on taking a step towards learning to develop Business Intelligence applications with QlikView Are you ready for take off? Qlik On! What this book covers Chapter 1, Meet QlikView, introduces QlikView and... design a basic user interface for navigating through the QlikView document Chapter 3, Data Sources, will help us learn how to load data from different sources and how to extract data using the built-in wizards We will also take a closer look at QlikView' s proprietary data files [2] Preface Chapter 4, Data Modeling, explains which type of data model is best suited for QlikView We will see which "rules"... shares tutorials, examples, and insights about QlikView Read it at http://www.quickintelligence.co.uk/ I would like to thank Barry and Miguel for writing this book and the publishers for making it possible I honestly believe it fills a vital gap in the QlikView universe Stephen Redmond is the CTO of CapricornVentis Limited (http://www capventis.com), a QlikView elite partner He is the author of several .