Creating stunning dashboards with QlikView : bring real business insights to your company through effective and engaging dashboards in QlikView / Julián Villafuerte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villafuerte, Julián, author.

Contributor:

Lay, Bill, writer of foreword.

Series:

Packt enterprise.

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dashboards (Management information systems).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham [United Kingdom] : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Bring real business insights to your company through effective and engaging dashboards in QlikView About This Book Build outstanding dashboards that respond to your company's information needs Present the data in efficient and innovative ways to promote insights Unleash the true power of QlikView by creating engaging visualizations Who This Book Is For This book is focused on QlikView developers with basic knowledge of scripting and layouts who want to improve their designing skills and build effective, eye-catching dashboards that deliver tangible value to their business. What You Will Learn Build a comprehensive library of QlikView components to speed up your developments Define a practical roadmap that will help you build business-driven dashboards Explore the most effective and engaging ways to present data Apply the best practices in the field of data visualization Avoid common pitfalls when creating bar, line and pie charts Create robust visualizations such as heat maps, histograms and scatter plots In Detail QlikView is one of the most powerful analytical tools in the market. Based on an in-memory associative model, it lets users freely navigate through the data, spot trends and make better decisions. This platform is capable of integrating a wide range of data sources like ERP systems, data warehouses or spreadsheets into a single application in order display dashboards with state-of-the-art visualizations. Creating Stunning Dashboards with QlikView is an easy to follow handbook that guides you through the process of creating an effective and engaging dashboard that delivers tangible value to the business. It starts with the identification of the business needs and the definition of the main KPIs, and takes you all the way to the application rollout. Throughout the book, you will learn how to apply some of the best practices in the field of data visualization, create a robust navigation schema, chose the best chart types for each scenario and many other things that will help you create effective dashboards that uncover all the stories behind the data. Style and approach This easy-to-follow compilation of best practices, tips, and tricks will help you leverage your QlikView developments. Each section presents practical guidelines to help you create dashboards that are not only functional, but also engaging and compelling.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Know Your Battlefield, Devise Your Strategy; Dashboards in perspective; Step 1 - define your audience; Step 2 - spot the business need; Step 3 - choose the right KPIs; Metrics that matter; Step 4 - get to know your data sources; Step 5 - tell a story; Step 6 - enjoy the process; Creating the perfect dashboard; Don't overdo it; Embrace simplicity; Timely feedback; Summary; Chapter 2: All about Dashboard Design Best Practices; Dashboard design best practices

Gestalt principlesGiving context to the data; Data-Ink Ratio; Avoiding chart junk; Balance; Excessive precision; 3-D charts; Sorting; Alignment and distribution; Animations; Avoid scroll bars; Consistency; White space; Applying makeup; Meaningless variety; Choosing your weapon; Level of accuracy; Types of analysis; Bar charts; Dot plots; Line charts; Stacked area charts; Combo charts; Slope charts; Radar charts; Pie charts; Other area charts; Stacked bar charts; Scatter plots; Tables; Gauges and other forms of display for KPIs; Other representations; Summary

Chapter 3: First Things First - The Dashboard StructureDashboard style; Document style; Fonts; Colors; Backgrounds; Design resolution; Layout and distribution; Filter panes; Filter presentation; Hidden Filter Pane; Current selections; General navigation; Tab row; Showing and hiding objects; Logos; Summary; Chapter 4: It's Not Only about Charts; Text objects; More than simple labels; Displaying KPIs; Creating hierarchies; Selection prerequisites; Controlling variables; Transparent buttons; Creating switches; Interactive KPI display; Unconventional visualizations; Handcrafted dashboards; Tables

Enhancing the classics: tips and tricksTwin bar chart; Completion chart; Dot plot; Waterfall chart; Waterfall chart - Vol. 2; Control chart; Slope chart; Variance highlight; Line styles; Bar heat map; Summary; Chapter 6: Creating Complex Visualizations; Histograms; Scatter plots; How to read this chart; Color highlight; Gauges, gauges, gauges!; Geographic representations; Is that a table?; The waffle chart; Table infographics; Heat maps; Overlapping objects; Range charts; Overlapping charts - other examples; Crusted line chart; Pie gauge; Area infographics; Extensions; Summary

Chapter 7: Enhance Your QlikView Experience

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 31, 2015).

ISBN:

9781785288579

1785288571

OCLC:

928712448