Comparative analysis with alternate states

In addition to time-based comparisons, there are other scenarios in which the comparison of two different sets of data can help enhance the analytical capabilities of a QlikView document. In this section, we will present a feature available in QlikView since version 11 which makes it easy to create highly dynamic comparative scenarios that enables business discovery in an entirely new way.

A comparative analysis example

Let's discuss one of these scenarios by using our Airline Operations document. Suppose we want to compare how the number of international flights arriving at the city of Chicago, IL, and performed by US carriers, compares to the number of domestic flights departing from Chicago and bound to the State of California, performed by US Carriers as well. If we were to see this comparison in a bar chart and over time, we would have the following:

In the preceding example, the total flights in Group A (represented by the blue bars) correspond...