QlikView: Simplifying analytics for everyone

But the industry of BI (business intelligence) passes a stage of fundamental changes thanks to several companies innovators. The most significant progress in comparison with traditional BI technologies was connected with emergence of technologies of information processing in RAM (in-memory processing). It allowed to analyze data, to build dashboards for the management and reports without creation of difficult and expensive data warehouses of a traditional OLAP cubes or use of the expensive ETL tools. The in-memory processing technology brought simplicity, flexibility and scalability in deployment of a BI system. More rapid implementation at project cost 10 times less than at implementation of traditional BI solutions became result.

QlikView is the leader in the field of in-memory processing technologies and the most fast-growing BI platform in the world. QlikView is in the lead in a new class simple in use, fast and flexible analytical applications which allow each employee to make the contribution to increase in efficiency of all company. QlikView uses patent technology of associative data processing that allows to build quickly advanced analytical queries and at the same time, considerably simplifies processes of implementation, use and support of a system. In QlikView it is possible quite just to unroll powerful analytics. Thanks to effective use of modern 64-bit multinuclear hardware platforms of QlikView provides instant access of users to thousands to billions of lines of data. QlikView offers integrated approach to creation of the analytical solution – dashboards of data, the analyst and reports – all on a single platform.

Overview of the QlikView platform

In-memory Processing combines simplicity and power

In the solution QlikView all data model is stored in RAM that allows to analyze information and in total and at the detailed level without taking-away a lot of time and expensive stage of creation of multidimensional OLAP cubes. One more advantage of data storage in RAM that time of carrying out any calculation is flash-like even on extremely large volumes of the data analyzed by at the same time large number of users.

Uniform architecture for dashboards, analytics and reports

QlikView is the embodiment of simplicity. QlikView allows to take, transform and load data from one or several data sources (for example, ERP, the text, Excel, XML, etc.). Solution development is significantly facilitated by a wide choice of previously configured scenarios. For work with QlikView upravlyaetsyav the majority of cases it is enough only a mouse, for manipulations with data, and dashboards. Users quickly find the necessary information and can share the received result with colleagues by the built-in mechanism of kolelktivny work with the uniform document or printing of reports and using a full integration with Microsoft Offce. Including all BI tools in uniform architecture, QlikView pozvopozvolyat to configure different user roles without need of setup of additional panels, the analyst and reports. This approach does QlikView implementations incredibly fast. Most of users of QlikView begin to receive notable results less, than in 30 days. Such single solution and universality of architecture does QlikView simple in improvement and support that considerably reduces total ownership cost.

Flexible analytics

QlikView maintains thousands of analytical signs and any units of measurements, any analytics can become the main for creation of a request. Changes are made to applications for read seconds that allows to react to changes in requirements of the company quickly. End users are insured from obtaining the incorrect, previously calculated data as all data are in memory and calculations happen directly at the moment of a request. As data are not aggregated, users can analyze them at all levels, up to transactions.

Rapid implementation

The platform organically fits into the existing infrastructure of the organization that does QlikView implementation extremely fast. Implementation can be performed within several weeks, and training of end users - several minutes. QlikView adapts to technical requirements of the organization. Creation of difficult analytical reports became more available thanks to the most advanced web technologies providing interactivity, flexibility and speed of the user interface QlikView.

Ease in use

Thanks to highlighting and intuitive point-and-click for the user interface, QlikView it is very easy in training for any user. Changes in QlikView are made for read seconds that allows to react to the changing requirements of the analysis of the company quickly.

Interactive user interface

QlikView offers hundreds of possible charts and types of tables. Each element of the user nterfeys can be active for requests and data analysis. Thanks to the interactive user interface, QlikView it is simple, both in training, and in further use and allows the user to receive deeper understanding of data.

Providing reliable information to the necessary people and in due time

QlikView Server and QlikView Publisher create information center of the enterprise, providing reliable information to the necessary people in due time. QlikView provides uniform analytics that guarantees the uniform version of information for all enterprise. Users are easily and safely connected to QlikView and operate with the freshest and exact information "on finger-tips". Through the automated, timely and safe distribution personified the analyst and reports, users have access only to those data to which it is resolved.

Providing reliable information to the necessary people and in due time

QlikView Server and QlikView Publisher create information center of the enterprise, providing reliable information to the necessary people in due time. QlikView provides uniform analytics that guarantees the uniform version of information for all enterprise. Users are easily and safely connected to QlikView and operate with the freshest and exact information "on finger-tips". Through the automated, timely and safe distribution personified the analyst and reports, users have access only to those data to which it is resolved.

Active analytics

QlikView has unique capability to enter data directly in an associative data model. It allows users to reproduce scenarios "that if?" or to perform budgeting and planning directly in QlikView. QlikView also allows to display arrays, close to real time, to define trends in often changing data. The optional data entered into QlikView are safely and correctly used, along with the available data.

Cooperation of users

QlikView quickly adapts to needs of users, and not vice versa. It develops users, stimulating creativity and creative approach. QlikView supports joint work of users to reach mutual understanding and to separate this understanding between all participants of process. Tables, reports and specialized diagrams can be personified and available to certain user groups on QlikView Server.

Easily scalable deployment

Distribution of 64-bit platforms and multi-core processors along with reduction of prices of RAM allowed QlikView to satisfy requirements of a mashtabiruyemost and performance even of the biggest companies. Today QlikView is capable to operate with billions of records for thousands of users up to the transaction service layer with close to instant answer time on normal equipment. Such performance level allows to have the powerful platform for the analysis not only data of the enterprise, but also and for all network of his clients, partners and suppliers in all areas, including sales, marketing, logistics, production, finance and personnel management.

Updating of analytics with light speed

Use of technologies of information processing in RAM changes rules of the BI industry. Accomplishment of analytics "on the fly" at the amounts of data of billions lines imposes high requirements to loading processes and updates. QlikView performs loading, using special QlikView data files (QVD) that does loading process by 10 – 100 times to faster. Such architecture reduces load time from o'clock to minutes. It also reduces load of the main operating or accounting systems.

Providing reliable information to the uniform version

The QlikView Publisher and QlikView Server interfaces provide to users information detailed and constantly renewed in real time, reducing response time. Capability of QlikView Publisher to distribute loading taking into account task allocation between locations access to the freshest analytics guarantees providing to users that provides the uniform version of reliable information for all company.

Set of options of deployment

The QlikView BI platform provides a wide choice of clients from Windows - focused, to Java and AJAX. On a one click of the QlikView key it can be set on any of these clients. Employees, suppliers, distributors and clients of the company can be connected to QlikView Server, using any standard web browser without losing the rich functionality inherent to QlikView. Using the most modern web technologies, the client of QlikView under AJAX provides the interactive and fast-unrolled analytical environment. QlikView Java client offers integration of analytics with Java portals or intranet-applications. QlikView is also delivered with ActiveX a plug-in for integration with Microsoft Office.

On-line and analyst's off-line

For the traveling employees of off-line of capability of QlikView are faultless. After synchronization of data of QlikView at office, the user has full access to mobile in-memory to analytics and the reports providing detailed information, so far it in way.

Various advantages to various needs of users

The QlikView platform is very powerful, but at the same time simple. QlikView covers all specific needs of users integrated in single solution and architecture.

QlikView Enterprise for developers

Users of Enterprise can be connected and integrate data from any sources using scripts of loading of ETL. Scripts of QlikView support more than 200 functions for management, binding, and cleanings of initial data to create in-memory QlikView data model. Users can easily load data from any ERP system, the data warehouse, the operational database of a system, or any other data source, type of text files, documents of Excel, XML files or data from web sources.

QlikView Professional for experienced users

QlikView Professional allows users to create or modify data model in-memory. With its help users can create applications on the local computer including mobile applications for the employees working with off-line.

QlikView Analyzer for end users

QlikView Analyzer allows users to be connected to any QlikView to the server, according to access rights and to use analytics and reports. Users can be trained in a few minutes and having once studied the QlikView interface they can use in full any QlikView application, obtaining information which is necessary for them in daily work. Results can be easily distributed between users by means of tabs or as the reports printed by PDF. Easy integration with Microsoft Office allows to export diagrams, tables and data from QlikView to documents of Office. QlikView Analyzer also supports off-line work for the traveling employees.

Qlik-View information center

QlikView Publisher and QlikView Server provide automatic, safe and timely providing personal reports for authorized users.

QlikView Publisher – for distribution

QlikView Publisher guarantees that reliable information will be delivered to the necessary users in due time. As BI is more and more widely applied in the organizations, control over exact distribution of reports becomes more and more important. QlikView Publisher provides full control over application of QlikView of applications, data-refresh automation. Besides, it guarantees that applications will be distributed between users through QlikView AccessPoint.

QlikView Server – for security

QlikView Server is the central source of information in the company, considering today's distribution of labor power. QlikView Server provides the simple solution to be sure that all get access to latest given and to account, irrespective of their location. Regardless of the selected client – Ajax, Windows ActiveX, or Java – QlikView Server provides secure access to the latest version of each QlikView of the application.

Lack of risk

You can test QlikView nothing without risking. Most of clients simply downloaded the demonstration version of QlikView from the website www.qlikview.com and tested it on own data. The full-function application can be unrolled and started within few hours. Actually, most of clients begin to use results of the first project no more than in 30 days, proving that QlikView really simplifies analytics for everyone.