QlikView is one of those products that is quick to get started with, but takes years of putting things into practice to really get skilled in. So, how can you boost your skills to become a Qlik Expert?
There are a number of great resources for learning Qlik products, both on-line and off. This post aims to point you towards some of those resources.
Qlik Provided Resources
As you would expect, Qlik themselves provide a number of different routes to bring yourself up to speed with their products. A good place to start with these is https://www.qlik.com/training/ . Qlik also run two blogs, one for technical and design advice and another for broader insights into the BI market space. Qlik also host the Community forum at https://community.qlik.com/, this can be cluttered with misleading responses at times, but is great if you want to get involved or ask a question.
The Qlik Blogosphere
If you are a subscriber to this blog you will know that many of the posts are tutorials. There are a number of other blogs maintained by experts and enthusiasts which are well worth keeping up with. I have listed previously some of what I considered to be the best blogs out there. For a comprehensive list, news feed and search capability over all good Qlik blogs you should get over to https://askqv.com/ – a site which aggregates them all.
Books
Whilst there is no official manual for QlikView there are a number of excellent books out there which can help with building your QlikView skills. The one that provides the broadest and most comprehensive coverage is Barry Harmsen and Miguel Garcia’s excellent QlikView 11 For Developers. Other books look at specific areas or take a deeper dive into one area. The most prolific publisher of these books is Packt Publishing, but there are others available.
Q-On Training
If you like your learning on-line and interactive then you should take a look at the sessions offered by Q-On training. These are web hosted sessions with some of the most respected people in Qlik circles. Rather than just being a one way presentation delegates have the opportunity to put questions to the trainers. These sessions are the next best thing to having these guys sat next to you as you learn.
Tutorial Videos
The Internet is a great place to find how-to information on just about everything (as my children proved when they took up loom banding). QlikView is, of course, well catered for. We have produced a number of YouTube videos, and contributors like Alan Farrell and Qlik themselves have produced many more. These videos can be great for getting to grips with a single concept. Shilpan Patel has taken this one step further with an entire course on Udemy. With an expanding Qlik ecosystem the number of these videos is only going to expand.
Classroom Training
There is no better way of learning something than being shown it first hand by someone who really know what they are doing. That is why we run regular classroom training sessions and bespoke on-site training. Our next open course is later this month, do get in touch if you would like to join me for this. If the UK is a bit of a distance from you then you should be able to find local providers offering similar courses. Alternatively, if you already have a reasonable level of QlikView skill, but want to take it to the next level, you could well benefit from attending one of the QlikView Masters Sessions.
Hire A Consultant
You may be looking to learn QlikView in order to avoid the need to hire a consultant. If this is the case then you may well be missing out. Having an expert on site will allow you to have your immediate needs met, whether that is with regards to an installation or development. You are then left with a codebase you can learn from, and the phone number of someone who should be able to assist you in the future. Whenever we engage with a client we aim to ensure the greatest level of knowledge transfer possible and always ensure customers are looked after post engagement. I’m sure we are not alone in this. Finding a good consultant may well put you on the road to learning Qlik products for yourself.
However you choose to learn QlikView or Qlik Sense you can be assured that you will be learning skills that will help you in your current role, or open doors to your next opportunity.
Thanks for the mention Steve
Steve,
Thanks for the mention.
I would also warmly recommend the mindmaps made by Roland Vecera at blog.heldendaten.net:
How to become a QV Design Expert
How to become a QV Script Expert
How to become a QV Infrastructure Expert
The blog is in German, however the mindmaps are in English and provide a good structured overview of topics of expertise. Google for “blog.heldendaten.net mindmap” to find the posts with the mindmaps.
Cheers
Andrey
Hi Andrey,
Thanks for the tip. The mindmaps seems quite expansive, and back up what I have always said – which is that you need to be competent with a whole lot of skill sets to be a decent QlikView developer.
Hi Steve,
I am happy with the QlikView’s acquisition of Nprinting as it makes perfect sense to add pixel perfect reporting capabilities to an already fantastic tool like QlikView.
Also I would like to know whether in the coming days it would be good for QlikView to acquire data blending tool like Alteryx as performing the integration and manipulation data visually through rapid and easy data integration tool will be more efficient and easy for the users to understand. QlikView already has excellent scripting component but adding a drag and drop of visual nodes (with the nodes having qlikview scripting features) onto the scripting/Data integration layout would make the application development very quick. I know there is QlikView expressor, I havent used it but I heard that its not that good from various customers who used it. What are your thoughts on this?
Best Regards,
RK
As you say, NPrinting coming under the Qlik umbrella made sense all round. The difference with Alteryx is that it is a product that can be used with many different platforms. For instance it is much more crucial to have it with a tool like Tableau as the amount of cleansing that can be done in the load script is much less. Qlik seem to be getting very friendly with Alteryx, and this is a good thing, but I would not expect to see an acquisition in the near future. I’ve also not had a chance to play with Expressor, but it must be reasonably good for Qlik to have taken it on.
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Great post Steve, I have been looking for information some months ago, on of the best on QlikView.
Congrats. Regards
Thanks, Washington.
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Hi Steve ,I am Ranjan Kumar and want to learn qlik view and qliksense .And one thing I am beginer of about these two topics . Kindly suggest me which one is better and how I start learn.
This post contains the best information I have on learning both products. Which is best is a matter of personal preference (mostly), each has things that it is slightly better at than the other. I would recommend, as you are starting from scratch, that you should focus on Sense – this is the way things are going.