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Hands-On Business Intelligence with Qlik Sense

You're reading from   Hands-On Business Intelligence with Qlik Sense Implement self-service data analytics with insights and guidance from Qlik Sense experts

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789800944
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kaushik Solanki Kaushik Solanki
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Jerry DiMaso Jerry DiMaso
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Pablo Labbe Pablo Labbe
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Qlik Sense and Business Intelligence FREE CHAPTER
2. Getting Started with Qlik Sense 3. Section 2: Data Loading and Modeling
4. Loading Data in Qlik Sense 5. Implementing Data Modeling Techniques 6. Section 3: Building an Analytical Application
7. Working with Application Structure 8. Creating a Sales Analysis App Using Qlik Sense 9. Interacting with Advanced Expressions 10. Creating Data Stories 11. Section 4: Additional Features
12. Engaging On-Demand App Generation 13. Creating a Native Map Using GeoAnalytics 14. Working with Self-Service Analytics 15. Data Forecasting Using Advanced Analytics 16. Deploying Qlik Sense Apps for Mobile/Tablets 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating Master items

When we create a chart, we select fields as the source for the dimensions and measures within the chart. For measures, we need to select the aggregation function. This process is repeated for each chart that we create in the sheet. Changing a measure in one chart doesn't affect the measures defined in other charts, even if they are related to the same field. Let's consider the SalesAmount example. Similar to when we change a field in a dimension, changing a dimension field in one chart doesn't affect the dimension defined in other charts.

It could become difficult to set the same business rule each time we create a new chart. It's also difficult to review and update all of the charts in an app when a measure expression changes. The best practice to overcome this situation is to create Master items.

Master items allow us to define a set...

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