On-Demand App Generation (ODAG)
8 Oct 2018
What is ODAG? How do you implement it? Can I borrow your script? Of course you can!
Tag: Qlik
Making Sense of the Birthday Paradox
2 Apr 2018
How many people do you need to gather together before it becomes more likey than not that two people share a birthday? 150? 200? The answer is surprising and counter-intuitive… just 23! Let’s use Qlik to break it down.
The Problem With Section Access in Sense (With Workarounds)
11 Mar 2018
We’ve all experienced pain when using section access. Qlik Sense addressed one of the headaches by allowing you to right-click on an app and “open without data” in order to access your script if you lock yourself out. However, Sense has introduced a problem that never existed in QlikView; that omitted fields cause visualisations to fail. Continue reading “The Problem With Section Access in Sense (With Workarounds)”
A Catch Up With Qlik Guru Rob Wunderlich
28 Nov 2017
We can now genuinely call Rob Wunderlich a Qlik guru! We’ve always known he was one but recently Rob was announced as one of the speakers at the Qlik Guru Event in London. The event will see a host of talent hit the stage to enlighten us all in Qlik techniques and talk about the road map for future Qlik development. It takes place on the 15th of February 2017 so please take a look at the link above. My company – Catalyst IT Solutions – will be there as sponsors so please look out for me and come and say hello!
Rob is a legend in the Qlik community and not without good reason:
Spotify – REST – Qlik
12 Nov 2017
I’ve been itching to do this one ever since I upgraded my Spotify account to premium and started using it on an almost daily basis! What better data set could you hope for than all your favourite music?
When writing blog posts on Qlik and BI in general it’s often handy to have a data set to hand; to connect to, transform and visualise. This is why sites with APIs are so useful and the rich variety of sites and companies now offering them makes for a playground of possibilities. The Spotify API is free and available for anyone with a Spotify account (free, premium or family). I’ll talk you through how I created my app…
A Trip to Qlik HQ
19 Sep 2017
2017 has been a disastrous year, politically and environmentally, but something I will always cherish about the year will be my trip to Qlik in Lund, where the company was founded back in 1993.
Qlik Luminary Award
25 Jan 2017
It’s a huge honour to be invited onto Qlik’s Luminary programme for 2017. I can’t wait to get going. Congratulations to everyone who made the cut and I hope to see you at a Qlik event soon.
For Qlik’s post and for a full list of 2017’s luminaries Continue reading “Qlik Luminary Award”
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – Analysis of Metrics Via Scatter Charts
8 Jan 2017
Since it was announced in the 2015 Conservative party manifesto the TEF (a measurement of excellence that will allow high performing colleges and universities to increase tuition fees) has caused quite a stir in the world of higher education. There has been a lot of opposition, non more so than the National Union of Students (NUS) which has discussed encouraging a boycott. Despite this, it is set to go ahead and institutions are preparing by trying to predict their scores. Beyond these first results they will have to decide how to improve their scores and which metric to target first. However, which metric should they start with and are all the metrics related so that a positive impact on one will have a positive impact on the others? Using Scatter Charts in QlikView we take a look using UNISTATS data.
Continue reading “Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – Analysis of Metrics Via Scatter Charts”
Driving Home for Christmas
22 Dec 2016
I’ve finished work for Christmas so I’ll be taking a short break from the blog to eat, drink and be merry with my friends and family. Driving back home from work earlier today Chris Rea’s dulcet tone came floating out of the car speakers with his aptly named song ‘Driving Home for Christmas.’ Continue reading “Driving Home for Christmas”
