QLICKVIEW

Created by:
Nivedita Kundu
Contents
• 1.Introduction
• 2.Overview & Features
• 3.Pros & Cons
• 4.Special features
• 5.Tool Roadmap
Introduction
• 1.QlikView is a Business Intelligence tool or Reporting tool which is
currently leading in the market.
• 2.QlikView is one of the most flexible yet simple Business Intelligence
platforms and leading Business Discovery Platform.
• 3.It is very powerful in visually analyzing the relationships between
data.
• 4.Qlik is a software company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, United
States. Qlik is the provider of QlikView .
• 5.QlikView is a leading Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform in
Gartner Magic Quadrant
Overview
• 1.It does in-memory data processing and stores the data in the report
itself that it creates.
• 2.It can read data from numerous sources including files and
relational databases.
• 3.It is used by businesses to get deeper insight by doing advanced
analytics on the data they have. It even does data integration by
combining data from various sources into one QlikView analysis
document.
• 4.As a data analysis tool, it always maintains the relationship between
the data and this relationship can be seen visually using colors. It also
shows the data that are not related. It provides both direct and
indirect searches by using individual searches in the list boxes
Features
• 1. Data Association is maintained automatically
• 2.Data is held in memory for multiple users, for a super-fast user
experience.
• 3.Aggregations are calculated on the fly as needed.
• 4.Data is compressed to 10% of its original size
• 5.Visual relationship using colors.
• 6.Direct and Indirect searches
 Pros
• User-driven Approach : QlikView utilizes user-driven approach to Business Intelligence. The intuitive interface is easy to use and builds charts with negligible coding
• BI Agility : BARC's BI Survey 10 gave highest score to QlikView for its ‘Agile BI’ ability. Agile Business Intelligence delivers faster and better results to help business grow more effective.
• Implementation : QlikView is committed to bring the fastest and smooth implementation in a very short span of time.
• Simplicity and Ease of Use : The software is extremely simple and easy to use. It is extremely fast and requires very little time and effort of staff members. This adds to the general
productivity of the entire management and administration. The dashboards and reports can be easily navigated and understood even by non-IT users.
• Flexibility : Every organization has its own unique data and different set of requirements. QlikView offers incredible flexibility to its users. They can set and tweak the various objects to the
minutest levels keeping even the smallest aspect in consideration. It also incorporates ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) Engine. Though there is a cost to it, yet this is extremely helpful in
cleansing ordinary data.
• Architectural Strength : QlikView utilizes the recent developments of IT, viz. multi-core processors, faster and cheaper memory and higher bandwidth. This advancement has given them the
architectural strength which helps in reducing the cost, infrastructure resources and overall team size involved in offering BI Solutions.
• Dashboard : Based on avant-garde prebuilt dashboard applications, QlikView offers an intuitive and innovative set of dashboard which is customizable. Its associative dashboards along with
advanced search capabilities make it a perfect fit for business intelligence and data visualization requirements.
• Data Consolidation : The QlikView tools consolidate data in a highly effective manner. Manual reporting and analysis has scope for error. This eliminates the scope of human error. It also
shows up as good saving in terms of money and time.
• Filtering of Data : The filtering tools of the application are so powerful that they render the graphs and tables very fast. It is easy to set up filtering of all sorts to get data in useful visual form.
• Use of RAM of the server : QlikView handles data input very smoothly. It keeps the data in memory stored in the RAM of the server. This data is simultaneously available for multiple users.
This makes the queries faster and the user experience with data exploration and amelioration is faster.
• Identification of operational inefficiencies : After utilizing the front-end information available for the organization, it can process the information and help in identifying the areas of
operational inefficiencies. When the organization gets present to these facts, it is able to take significant steps for improving the efficiency of the system.
 Cons
• Expansive Product Strategy : No product can survive without having a sustainable approach to win the competition. Despite offering great features, the roadmap for
expansive product strategy lacks clarity. Hence it will be a challenge to sustain itself within competition.
• Considerably Expensive : As part of user survey, a significant one-third customers felt the price to be on the higher side. The pricing model lacks flexibility when the larger
organizations have more users. Also the pricing is quite complicated and confusing. This may lead to novice users feeling trapped in its ‘Document License’ which cites the
work conditions in slightly vague manner. When the cost factor seems to be rising beyond your expectations, this may be an unpleasant surprise.
• Performance with respect to Speed : The captivating features of QlikView are not sufficient to keep the users happy. Around 11.6% customers have shown dissatisfaction on
the poor performance with respect to its ‘blistering speed’. Being better than the competitors is still accountable for the customer dissatisfaction.
• Reporting on Email : When it comes to sharing and reporting on emails, the entire functionality is terribly designed.
• Automated combination of filters : Some of the data aspects which are automatically combined during filtering are completely unintended.
• Usability : QlikView is highly sophisticated yet can be easily used by an ordinary user. But, it can be tedious for a non-technical person to build reports which add value in
decision-making. This requires high level coding skills, good working knowledge of SQL and a formal training for using QlikView’s proprietary query language.
• Upgrade of Server RAM : Using the RAM of the server is a great advantage in case of multiple users. Yet there are no visible plans for the upgrade of the RAM of the server.
With increasing number of users because of the value it offers, the RAM limitation can raise a question on the effectiveness of the product.
• Not designed for non-technical staff : Although QlikView exhibits great value to organizations, but in case a non-technical user wants to extract some relevant information
out of the available data, it is impossible for that person to avail self-service and view the results.
Special features/Uniqueness of Qlikview
• THE QLIKVIEW ASSOCIATIVE
EXPERIENCE
Users can gain unexpected insights
because QlikView:
1.Works the way peoples’ minds
work
2.lluminates the power of gray
3.Delivers direct – and indirect –
search.
4. Delivers answers as fast as users
can think of questions.
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QLIKVIEW’S CORE TECHNOLOGY
• QlikView does with in-memory
technology that really makes a
difference:
• Holds data in memory for
multiple users, for a super-fast
user experience
• Maintains associations in the
data automatically
• Calculates aggregations on the
fly as needed
• Optimizes the power of the
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THE BUSINESS DISCOVERY ADOPTION PATH
• The third major QlikView differentiator is the
customers’ Business Discovery adoption path
QlikView penetrates enterprises by solving
significant business problems that traditional
BI can’t address .
• Typically they are:---
• It all begins with the personal edition.
• The new user gets value immediately.
• A workgroup or team expands its deployment
• As more departments adopt, IT supports an
enterprise deployment
Qlikview Roadmap
Version Release date Features
QlikView version 9 June 10 2009 1.Enterprice Managebility
2.Cloud availability
3.Qlikview mobile
4.QlikView Personal edition
5.Usability & SimpQlikView licity
QlikView version 10 Oct 15,2010 1.QlikView UI Extensions
2.Associate search
3.Qlikview server user console
4.New Qlikview UI objects
5.Qlikview Managementy API
Qlikview version 11 Apr 13,2012 1.The service release 2 of version
11 has the new Qliokview offline
capability.
Qlikview version 12 Dec 12,2015 1.Improved QlikView Server
clustering and scaling
2.QlikView Server cluster can now