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Generating Test Data In Qlik Load Scripts

Sometimes you need to create test data to ensure that a Qlik function behaves the way you expect it should. Recently I had just that requirement to prove that the Correl function gave good results over semi-predictable data. This post shows how you can create data on the fly for these kind of purposes. […]

By |2023-11-19T21:32:39+00:00November 20th, 2023|Back To Basics, Qlik Sense Tutorials|0 Comments

Use IFTTT and Webhooks to Send Data from Qlik Sense

Webhooks are a glue that can hold many different services together. This post shows how they can be used to call IFTTT from the Qlik load script, which then opens up a whole world of possibilities, such as writing to a Google Sheet. […]

By |2021-05-12T15:37:15+00:00May 12th, 2021|Qlik Sense, Qlik Sense Tutorials|0 Comments

Monitor and Notify Sense Capacity Licence Usage in Qlik Cloud

Capacity licences are a great way of granting many, infrequent, users access to your Qlik apps. Monitoring usage of available capacity is critical though and is not immediately straightforward in Qlik Cloud (SaaS). This tutorial, and sample app, show how you can monitor usage and alert when usage is exceeding what is expected. […]

By |2023-08-18T15:54:05+00:00May 5th, 2021|Qlik Sense Tutorials|2 Comments

Analysing Sense Session Logs

There are a number of monitoring apps that ship with Qlik Sense Enterprise on Premise, some of which you need to upload to your site. All of these are black-boxes to an extent though. What if you want to build your own analysis over the Sense log files? Well, this blog post has you covered. […]

By |2023-02-26T16:51:04+00:00August 20th, 2020|Instant App, Qlik Sense Tutorials|4 Comments

Reading RSS Feeds with Qlik REST Connector

Qlik Sense can consume data from just about any data source and present it visually. One rich source of data you may not have considered though is the RSS feed for a blog. This can, however, be loaded by Sense just like any other source. This blog post describes how and gives the code for reading from WordPress (and perhaps other) RSS feeds. […]

By |2023-02-26T16:52:44+00:00July 15th, 2020|Instant App, Qlik Sense Tutorials|4 Comments

Instant Qlik Sense Application

Over the years I’ve gathered a number of bits of code that I have reused, across both QlikView and Sense. Something that is always helpful is allowing users to pick expressions and/or dimensions in their applications. Recently I decided to pull the most useful techniques into a single app, which you can download and use. This post introduces the QI Instant Sense Application and describes a bit about how it works. […]

By |2023-04-12T14:41:42+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Instant App, Qlik Sense, Qlik Sense Tutorials|0 Comments

Triggering events with Qlik, IFTTT and Webhooks

Something I often say is that a Qlik dashboard is only worthwhile if it causes someone to take an action. But what if that action could be taken automatically? IFTTT (If This Then That) is a platform that allows different services to talk to each other and trigger events. In this post I look at how a Qlik load script can start an action. Specifically, it defines how you can play We Are The Champions on the office stereo when a new customer is won. Obviously. […]

By |2020-01-02T10:46:07+00:00January 2nd, 2020|Qlik Sense Tutorials|1 Comment

Signing Up For a Free Trial of Qlik Sense Business

Qlik Sense Business is the new Cloud offering from Qlik. It is a fully featured BI platform, with a low cost of entry. Here is an extract from our Sense Training Course which describes signing up for a trial of Qlik Sense Business. After following these simple steps you will be ready to drag some data into your browser and get analysing. […]

By |2021-06-04T13:25:35+00:00November 12th, 2019|Qlik Sense Tutorials|2 Comments

Prior Period Comparison Using Qlik Set Analysis

One of the most powerful features of the Qlik expression language is Set Analysis. This syntax allows you to build visualisations to compare sets, most notably delivering prior period comparisons. This blog post pulls together some previous posts and examples which use Set Analysis. […]

By |2023-04-08T13:08:47+00:00September 3rd, 2019|Qlik Sense Tutorials|0 Comments
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