Preface

The data is growing at a higher pace so does the need to understand data. There are many applications that perform data analysis and design, but QlikView takes Business Intelligence to the next level. The ability of QlikView to extract and present the data in a way that the human mind thinks, has made QlikView hugely popular. The associative nature of the QlikView data model has made business discovery fairly simple.

This book is being designed in a way that provides equal value to a novice BI developer and a seasoned practitioner. This book starts with the basics of QlikView, data warehousing and works through creating data models and visualizations. This book covers all the topics for the QlikView designer and developer and can be used as a reference guide in new or ongoing implementations.

Each chapter in the book follows a structure:

• Each chapter will cover the essentials of the topic in the chapter.
• This book covers both QlikView developer/Data model and QlikView designer/visualization topics.
• Each topic is explained first and then followed by a step–by-step exercise. Readers can follow these exercises to create their own data model and dash boarding application.
• This book uses the Adventure Works database; most readers will have familiarity with this database. There is tons of information available online on this database, so users will easily understand.
• This book also comes with data in MS Access, Excel, and text files. It is also accompanied with QlikView solutions/qvw's that the reader can download and follow.