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Why It Is So Hard to Unlock Your SAP Data

By: Erica Driver on 08/30/2010

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9.0 SR5 Now Available

By: John Trigg on 06/23/2010

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By: Jason Long on 07/21/2010

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A collection of third-party QlikView and Business Intelligence-related blogs from around the world.

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I forget: what’s in memory?

By: RSS Feed on 09/02/2010

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I forget: what’s in memory?

I’ve came across an excellent post by Boris Evelson on his blog: http://blogs.forrester.com/boris_evelson/10-03-31-i_forget_whats_in_memory (thanks to @vizubi) it’s an old one, but it makes perfectly clear what are the differences between...

Posted to The QlikView Blogroll by Quick - Qlear - Qool on Thu, Sep 2 2010

Filed under: QlikView, Articles, comparison, nice read, Nice Reads
Listbox or Multibox for Group of Things That Satisfy a Condition

The expressions that I wrote about in my last blog post can also be used in a listbox or multibox . For example, the expression =If(aggr(rank(sum(SHIPMENTS)),ITEM) Which lists the 15 top ITEMs by shipment volume, can be put into a listbox where it will...

Posted to The QlikView Blogroll by QlikView Maven on Wed, Sep 1 2010

Filed under: chart, expression, selection
Why It Is So Hard to Unlock Your SAP Data

We consistently hear from QlikView customers and consultants in the field that accessing data in SAP systems is significantly more difficult than accessing data in other kinds of back-end systems. To try to understand what’s so hard about it, I...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Mon, Aug 30 2010

Filed under: SAP, connector, integration
QlikView Supports a Build to Think Approach to BI

Decision support systems should support a “build to think” approach by enabling people to run tests and create prototypes with their data (see last week’s related blog article ). I recently spoke about this with QlikTech technical advisor...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Wed, Aug 25 2010

Filed under: associative experience, build to think, Design thinking
Build to Think: Applying Design Thinking to BI

In today’s competitive business environment, organizations have to remain nimble, relevant, and responsive. Constant change is inevitable. Everything is dynamic. Business decision makers are challenged with coming up with ideas no one else has,...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Wed, Aug 25 2010

Filed under: build to think, Design thinking
How a Skeptical SAP Architect Becomes a QlikView Fan

We get lots of questions from current and potential customers about how QlikView works with SAP―and why. After all, SAP offers business intelligence software of its own (SAP BW and SAP BI). I recently spoke with QlikTech principal pre-sales consultant...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Tue, Aug 24 2010

Filed under: Seeing is Believing, SAP
Calculated Dimensions to Show Things Satisfying a Condition

We often use a Cycle Group for the dimension on our charts. That allows the report user to switch between different dimensions easily. I’ve found it useful to add a few extra calculated dimensions that only show a particular group of things – a group...

Posted to The QlikView Blogroll by QlikView Maven on Mon, Aug 23 2010

Filed under: chart, selection, dimension
Unpredictable Questions and the Power of Gray

Most business intelligence tools are good at answering the first question someone might ask, such as “What are my best selling products?” or “Who are my top customers?” or “What are the sales trends for my products or customers...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Wed, Aug 18 2010
QlikView Is Associative to Its Very Core

One thing we’re trying to do a better job of at QlikTech is communicating the associative nature of QlikView. I’ve seen lots of conversations taking place online (for example on the QlikCommunity site as well as Donald Farmer’s blog...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Mon, Aug 16 2010

Filed under: associative experience, associative architecture
The Car Engine Analogy

In an earlier post , I wrote about why QlikView users have an emotional attachment to our software. In that post I gave a sneak peek into a white paper I’m working on with my colleague Dan English , QlikTech’s Global Product Manager for OEM...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Fri, Aug 13 2010

Filed under: associative experience, associative architecture
It All Comes Down to Simplicity

Tim Brain , our market intelligence manager, shared some insights with me about the business intelligence software market. He’s head the nail on the head about a couple of key points, and I thought I'd share them with you. Erica Driver: What...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Thu, Aug 12 2010

Filed under: simplicity
Installation ended prematurely because of an error

I had started having this problem recently and decided to blog the solution because I couldn't find it elsewhere. This was happening when I went to install QlikView 9 SR5 but it is actually an issue with the Wise installer rather than QlikView specifically...

Posted to The QlikView Blogroll by Qlik Tips on Tue, Aug 10 2010
QlikView Users Have an Emotional Attachment to the Associative Experience

I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about in-memory business intelligence lately. To shed some light on the topic, I am working on a QlikView technology white paper with my colleague Dan English , QlikTech’s Global Product Manager for OEM and...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Fri, Aug 6 2010

Filed under: associative experience, associative architecture
Commenting out an entire Load or Select statement

Rather than using double slashes (//) on all lines of a Load or Select statement or opening and closing comments (/* */) before and after, typing rem comments the script until it reaches a semicolon. For instance: SalesFact: LOAD Date, CustID, Amount...

Posted to The QlikView Blogroll by BI Commons » QlikView on Wed, Aug 4 2010

Filed under: QlikView
The Consumer Enterprise: I Want My Home Technology Experience at Work

Get ready to sing along, folks. Pull up the tune of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing." Swap out "MTV" with "iPhone here" and you'll be all set. Here we go. "I want my, I want my, I want my iPhone here."...

Posted to The QlikView Blog by Erica Driver on Tue, Aug 3 2010

Filed under: consumer enterprise, ease of use, BI for the people