Most programming languages you can go out and learn, but it occurs to me that a QlikView developer is something you have to be. By that I mean that you have to have skills in a large number of areas – and a failing in one can negate brilliance in another. On a number of occasions I have been asked to assist with the recruiting of a QlikView developer and would like to share my thoughts here. […]
Today saw the unveiling of the new QlikCommunity and my first impressions of it are very positive. There are a lot more ways to interact with other users and the whole experience seems far more fluid than its predecessor. There are handy history links to show where you have been looking or posting. When looking at content you are prompted with links to other content that may be of interest to you. Apart from a glitch with uploading an image using IE9 (which I have experienced on other sites too) everything has seemed very solid. […]
It was a long time strap line for QlikView, and an enticing proposition, but does it actually stand true? The answer, as often is the case, is it depends. There is a long running thread on QlikCommunities with the subject “I Thought QlikView Was Supposed To Be Easy To Learn”. As you may guess the thread was started by someone who felt mislead by the marketing line and was struggling to use the tool. Many comments have been added, some echoing the sentiment and many others offering help and links to the many excellent resources out there. It makes for an interesting read. […]
As with any software product there is a lot of internet traffic out there declaring there are QlikView jobs to be had. My phone is also increasingly being rung by recruitment consultants with their latest contracts. This is an excellent sign that the QlikView space is growing – but it is a subtly different space to that of some other tools? Should it be treated differently? […]
This week saw the Premier Episode of QlikTV live from Qonnections in Miami. The first broadcast was an interview with Doug Laird, QlikTech VP Marketing. The intention is that this will become a series of half hour broadcasts of interviews with QlikView experts. Certainly something to watch for in future. […]
QlikTech has recently shifted their marketing message very slightly to position QlikView as a Data Discovery tool, moving away from the Business Intelligence tag. This comes at a surprising time – as QlikTech have recently arrived in the top quartile of Gartners’ Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. So, why the shift? […]
There are many people blogging about QlikView from many points of view, from marketing messages from QlikTech to in depth technical articles. With the Quick Intelligence blog being added to the QlikView Blog Roll recently I felt it was time to provide a run down of the other great blogs that are out there. So, without further ado and in no particular order here are some of the best. If yours has been omitted please accept my apologies and feel free to post a comment and a link below. […]
The gauntlet was thrown down in a LinkedIn discussion to find 101 Uses for QlikView. It quickly became the most active discussion on the group by a substantial margin. The target was reached and exceeded in no time. This is an excellent indicator of both the breadth of QlikView’s applications and the enthusiasm of it users to sing its praises. […]
As a QlikView consultant I am often expected to give hard and fast answers to questions that don’t necessarily have them. Perennial favourites are ‘how big a server do I need’, ‘should I bring in all columns’ and ‘should we build one big document or many smaller ones’. The answer to the first two are ‘show me the data’ and ‘almost certainly not’ respectively. The third question warrants a bit more discussion. […]
Often being on a small island it is easy to feel overlooked by goings on in the USA (or indeed Sweden). However it has been proven again this week that this is not the case. QlikTech have this uploaded a promotional video to YouTube – a video case study of how QlikView has been used in the NHS. Whether you are ever likely to use the UK’s health service or not I reccomend watching it, it is a great success story. […]
