it’s all about QlikView
Posted by Gilles on 29/07/2009 under Articles, Nice Reads | 
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N ice read at computerweekly.com. About where BI will be heading in the coming years and how Qlikview (and other not big 4 players) are competing against the big 4. With comments from Anthony Deighton. Read it: here
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There is a new article titled “QlikView the Brainiac” in which QlikTech’s CEO Lars Bjork is interviewed. It’s nice to see how QlikView starts to make it to the headlines. I think this will be just the first of many media coverages for this “disruptive new” player. Check it out:
Posted by William on 24/07/2009 under How To | Be the First to Comment
This how to will describe how to setup user defined buckets. The biggest difference with predefined buckets (last how to post) is the flexibility for the end-user who can choose a variable bucket width.
I will stick with the same example: a database contains a table with data of people. The table contains an age field. The thing we want to do is divide all ages in groups with a variable bucket width:
Posted by William on 22/07/2009 under How To | 5 Comments to Read
This how to explain how to create predefined buckets. For example: a database contains a table with data of people. The table contains an age field. The thing we want to do is divide all ages in the following predefined groups:
Posted by Gilles on 15/07/2009 under Articles, Nice Reads | Be the First to Comment
There is a nice article to read on www.silicon.com about the question wether small businesses need a BI solution. There are a few nice points in this article:
Anyway, just a nice, easy short read here!
Posted by William on 09/07/2009 under Articles, Nice Reads | 9 Comments to Read
A couple of days ago, someone pointed me to an article about the (non)sense of pie charts. This article (written by Stephen Few) gave me some very nice insights which I want to share with you. (you can read the whole article here)
The pie chart, its simple charm is beloved by all but a few, welcomed almost everywhere, but did you know it is by far the least effective? Why? Check the following examples:
Posted by Gilles on 08/07/2009 under Articles, Nice Reads | Read the First Comment
There is a nice article on www.dashboardinsight.com from Anthony Deighton. You can read the article here, but due to the fact that the article will be there for only a few weeks I will publish the complete article below. The article is about Anthony’s vision on BI for mobile users.
There is another nice read on ZDNet Asia where Henrik Been, executive director product marketing, comments on the chances for qlikview with Cloud computing and again with the mobile devices bringing BI to the shop floor. You can read it here.
Posted by Gilles on 07/07/2009 under Articles, Nice Reads | Be the First to Comment
There is a nice blog post, very positive about qlikview. Which mentions a bit of the history of qliktech, but mainly points at the chances given to (and taken by) qliktech and the new chances that lie ahead, next to that it talks about features that make Qlikview a winner and a disruptive BI leader. You can visit the blog from Merv here: Market Strategies for IT Suppliers and the post here: Bet Big, Time Right And Become A Disruptive BI Leader.
Posted by Gilles on 03/07/2009 under Articles | Read the First Comment
There has been a lot of talking about the Qlikview 9 release. This post is based on a sheet from Qliktech wich tells you about the majority of the more than 100 new features. This post will tell you about changes in licensing, server and document administration, accesspoint, collaboration, performance, dynamic data update, integrated reporting, new script features, layout and charting features and new AJAX client capabilities Read more of this article »
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There is a nice read on a new feature in Qlikview 9 by Jay Jakosky. It’s about “Set Modifiers with Implicit Field Value Definitions” where he gives a nice explanation of how this feature can be used. You can read it here