Chapter 4. It's All About Understanding the Data
In this chapter, we will cover the following key topics:
- Understanding the data you're working with
- Even a few list and table boxes tell you and the user a lot
- Exciting users with a prototype, then throwing it away
- Dirty data and what to do about it
- Is this the right place for this data?
- Building a structure of QVD layers
- Incremental loads and performance
Understanding the data you're working with
Having a general understanding of the data and where it comes from is of vital importance for any QlikView application.
Background
QlikView is nothing without data, and without at least a reasonable understanding of the data needed, you will be missing a vital part of the development process. The data may come from ...
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