Chapter 2. Seeing is Believing

As we've seen in the previous chapter, HighCloud Airlines has a particular need: to be able to analyze the US airline market from different perspectives, be able to create reports that help them better understand what the situation is, and evaluate if entering that market is a good strategy. Sara took the risk and showed the CEO what they could potentially do with QlikView and he was impressed by what he saw. After their meeting, Sara was asked to arrange a formal proof-of-concept session.

This chapter will not only follow a QlikView team working on the Seeing is Believing (SiB) phase of the pre-sale process, along with the HighCloud Airlines executives evaluating it, but it will also help us learn some basic concepts about developing QlikView documents.

So, let's get our hands on the subject and start creating. There is no better way to learn than by doing, and this chapter will be the initial platform on which we will base our QlikView development experience...