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QlikView for Developers

You're reading from   QlikView for Developers Design and build scalable and maintainable BI solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786469847
Length 546 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Miguel  Angel Garcia Miguel Angel Garcia
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Barry Harmsen Barry Harmsen
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Meet QlikView FREE CHAPTER 2. What's New in QlikView 12? 3. Seeing is Believing 4. Data Sources 5. Data Modeling 6. Styling Up 7. Building Dashboards 8. Scripting 9. Data Modeling Best Practices 10. Basic Data Transformation 11. Advanced Expressions 12. Set Analysis and Point In Time Reporting 13. Advanced Data Transformation 14. More on Visual Design and User Experience 15. Security Index

The Table Viewer window

We already had a small peek at the Table Viewer window in previous chapters. As this feature is very useful when analyzing our data models, let's take a more in-depth look. To illustrate, consider the data model seen in the following Table Viewer window:

The Table Viewer window

The Table Viewer window can be opened by selecting File | Table Viewer from the menu bar, or by pressing Ctrl + T.

The table viewer shows the tables (boxes) and their associations (connectors). When more than two tables are associated via the same key, it will be indicated with a small blue dot in the connector line.

The layout of the tables and connection points can be changed by clicking and dragging the header and connection point, respectively. Tables can also be resized when hovering over and dragging their edges. Of course, it is not mandatory to create a clean layout for your data model, but it is recommended as it makes a diagram easier to understand.

A lot of information about our data model can be learned...

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