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Pover Consulting: a blog about data discovery

  • Let the Chain of Inpirations Continue

    As Qlik Sense comes of age, I anxiously wait for the day when we will talk about the good ol’ QlikView days when we used to make map charts using a background image and a scatterplot chart.  In the meantime, I’ve been finishing up one last, great QlikView adventure with Mastering QlikView Data Visualization and seeing how…

  • Data Visualization for Accounting and Unicorns

    Recently, I’ve been reviewing the financial analysis part of my new book and I’m reminded how hard it is to create data visualization for an area obsessed with calculating every amount to the exact cent.  When we develop our visual analysis it is so easy to get trapped in this labyrinth of detailed tables and numbers.  We…

  • Data Discovery in QlikView – Part 2 – Easier Data Integration and Modeling

    Qlik Sense and QlikView are two data discovery tools that make it easy to go from raw data to data visualization.  This in contrast to Tableau that is limited to combining data tables with joins.  If your data source is, for example, an OLTP system that contains a long list of table with complex relationships, you…

  • QlikView Grid System Tool

    When we work with data visualization in Qlik Sense, we work within a grid system.  Even though Qlik Sense gets some slack because it does not allow you the freedom to escape the grid, using a grid system a good practice to follow.  We should even apply the same practice when we design QlikView applications.

  • Data Discovery in QlikView – Part 1 – Agile Implementation

    Lately, consultancies with little QlikView experience have asked me to review the feasibility of using QlikView for a variety of projects.  It was obvious after only a quick glance of the projects’ goals that they did not take into consideration the strengths and necessities of QlikView.  I had come to believe people understood the concept of data…

  • Learning QlikView Data Visualization – SVG Map Extension Download Update

    Since Learning QlikView Data Visualization was published, the url to download the SVG map extension created by Brian Munz and highlighted in chapter 7 has changed to https://github.com/brianwmunz/svgReader-QV11. If you have any questions about the content of the book, don’t hesitate to ask. See you around, Karl

  • Command line statement from QV Publisher

    Steve Dark has recently created askQV.com where you can search several QlikView blogs and the QlikCommunity.  It’s a great resource and I congratulate Steve for his initiative. It’s not uncommon that I found a solution to a problem only to forget it and then not know where to find it again when I need it…

  • Quick Set Analysis Tip – Selecting Current Selections

    Wow! I think it’s about time to post something new since the post about Packt has been the latest post for two months now.  I’ve been quite busy lately trying to launch new initiatives in the company and I’ve recently decided to write a follow-up book about more advanced QlikView data visualization and analysis.  If you have any…

  • Great Opportunity to Stock Up on Qlik Books from Packt Publishing

    Packt Publishing is celebrating its 2000th title, so if you were waiting for a reason to buy all those Qlik books from Packt Publishing, here’s a great opportunity to buy one and get another one free. Of course, there’s my book Learning QlikView Data Visualization and I’m going to take this opportunity to buy QlikView Server and…

  • Advanced Functions – Exhaustive DSO using dollar-sign expansion with parameters

    As everybody probably knows by now, the book “QlikView 11 for Developers” by MIguel Garcia and Barry Harmsen is an excellent resource.  Other than the cover photo and the title that could lead someone to think developing Qlik involves hardcore programming; and the space wasted on showing the pie, grid, and funnel chart, I enjoyed…

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