Master Items (MI) are a new feature in Qlik’s product offering that have been introduced with Qlik Sense. They are intended to support the self-service environment by allowing the developer or app owner to create a set of predefined and reusable measures, dimensions, and visualizations. These items found on the asset panel on the left-hand side panel in a Qlik Sense app when in Edit mode, can be reused to build new sheets and visualizations.
The most substantial advantage of MKI is that they can be highly customized and become very bespoke: Measures can be defined as complex aggregations, Dimensions as drill-down groups, and charts as 100 percent built visualizations ready to be used straight away:
Master Items in the left-hand asset panel:
- Master Dimensions
- Master Measures
- Master Visualizations
Because of their central governance and re-usability...
