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QlikView Essentials

You're reading from   QlikView Essentials Want to solve your Business Intelligence headaches? Learn how QlikView can help, and discover a powerful yet accessible BI solution that lets you harness your data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
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ISBN-13 9781784397289
Length 166 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chandraish Sinha Chandraish Sinha
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The story of two tables


In QlikView, tables are also a part of charts. There are two types of tables, straight table and pivot table.

Straight and pivot tables are used to display data in tabular format. In a pivot table, data is grouped by dimensions. Pivot tables show partial sums or sub-totals. Straight tables cannot show sub-totals. Straight tables have the dimension limits property. Pivot tables do not have dimension limits. Straight tables have the option for interactive sort.

Creating a straight table

To create a straight table, perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on any empty space on the sheet and choose New Sheet Object and select Chart. You can either create a straight table on the same Dashboard sheet or create a new sheet by navigating to the Layout menu and select Add Sheet.

  2. On the General tab, specify the Windows Title as Orders by ProductLine. From the Chart Type, select Straight Table on the bottom right. Click on Next.

  3. Set ProductLineDesc as Dimension and click on Next to...

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