The Indexed Time Series Chart – The Forgotten Technique (At Least by Most Qlikview Developers)
I really should have posted about Indexed Charts earlier as they’re something I’ve long wanted to promote in the Qlikview world and always wondered why I’ve never before seen them deployed; with the right data they’re nigh on essential to deliver the insight users need. Why are Indexed Line Charts so useful, surely a normal … Read more
Qlikview Shared Dimension Charts a la Tableau (*With FREE Multi-Expression Trellis Chart!)
As promised in my recent ‘Upcoming Chart Types Inspired by Tableau’ post this is a detailed ‘How To’ for one of the shown chart types / techniques; displaying several charts with a shared Dimension. The original post can be seen here: http://qvdesign.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/upcoming-new-qlikview-chart-types-inspired-by-tableau I’m sure a good number of you will already know how to do … Read more
Qonnections 2012 – The Insights, Rumor and Assumptions & What They Mean for the Future
Qonnections 2012 came to a close in South Beach Miami on Wednesday bringing to an end what seemed to be a break from the normal Qonnections affair; there seemed to be little concrete announced but there were many pointers to the future direction of Qlikview which made a welcome change. Firstly it should be said … Read more
New Qlikview Timeline Spread Analysis (aka ‘Ribbon Chart’)
What better way to celebrate the arrival of the Qonnections 2012 event inMiami(where hopefully lots of new ‘Front End’ possibilities are going to be unveiled) than with a new Qlikview chart. This chart is based on a similar principal to my recent replication of the Windows Defragmenter chart that can be found here: http://qvdesign.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/qlikview-contiguity-chart-aka-that-chart-from-the-windows-disk-defragmenter/ However … Read more
Book Review: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Edward Tufte
So here we have it; a book review of one of the two Qlikview recommended ‘must reads’ (the other being Stephen Few’s ‘Information Dashboard Design’ which I’ll cover at a later date), many of you will have already heard of the work of Edward Tufte so this review is perhaps aimed more at those new … Read more
Qlikview Contiguity Chart (aka ‘That Chart From the Windows Disk Defragmenter’)
If you’re thinking: “Wow! – The Windows Defragmenter Chart in Qlikview…nigh on useless.” then don’t be too hasty; there’s far more value here than first meets the eye, this can potentially be a very useful chart as I’ll hopefully show. Of course we aren’t using this chart in the same way as Windows does, in-fact … Read more
10 Ways Charts Can Lie, Cheat & Lead Astray
Charts; they’re like photographs: they never lie, they just show the data as it is right? – wrong. In the wrong hands they can be some of the most cunning and conniving creations ever conceived by man, they’re regularly put to work to lead the gullible astray and hide the all important information held within. … Read more
A Radio Program About Qlikview on the BBC? – Not Quite, But Still Very Relevant
Obviously a regular BBC radio show about Qlikview is a little ways off yet but in the meantime there is ‘More or Less: Behind the Stats’ on BBC Radio 4 (and also Podcasts via iTunes); a thoroughly entertaining regular series of 30min programs that looks at something all Qlikview Developers should be interested in: the … Read more
Infinite Qlikview Icons Expansion Pack
For as long as I can remember (within my Qlikview career at least) there have been the same set of icons built-in to Qlikview, personally I’ve not really used them as I find them a bit limited and I usually prefer to show movements etc through colour highlights of the value in question not an added column … Read more
Qlikview Data Solider Essentials Part 2 – API Guides
Yes it ships with Qlikview so everyone should have it but not everyone is aware of it…and the API’s can be really useful when it comes to getting the last drop of functionality out of Qlikview so I’m giving them a promotion here. Download the v11 Guide here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0nQ9tZcY4wzN2E1WjgtRGNSTEtsTHhoX1RuN1l4Zw Download the v10 Guide here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0nQ9tZcY4wzSU1kWmtnR2tTUDJXMDhsSE11MjE0UQ And … Read more
