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Qlik enjoys positive feedback after awards and Qlik Sense
Qlik recently announced the winners of its annual global and regional partner awards. The awards were presented at the company’s global customer and partner event Qonnections 2017 in Florida in the US.
Senior vice president Toni Adams said their partners are the most critical component of Qlik’s go-to-market strategy and help them extend their leadership in delivering high-value solutions that meet customer’s business intelligence requirements from a single platform. “We are proud to acknowledge the achievements made in 2016 by Qlik partners, and look forward to continuing our mutual success in 2017,” he concluded.
Cleaning up Temp Tables and Fields in QlikView and Qlik Sense.
Most of the time we use temporary fields and tables in our load scripts in Qlik.
Usually we have some sort of a naming convention like temp_TableName or TableName_temp.
I quite like the way a temp table is identified in SQL with a #-prefix, so I adopted this naming convention for my temp fields and tables in Qlik.
Is there a difference between Business Intelligence and Business Activity Monitoring?
The least intelligent business decisions would be to dismiss change. We can’t force today’s competitive environment not to be hot on our heels all the time, so we must accept change as a constant.
Business Intelligence (BI) has been adapting since day one. BI’s evolution grew from being a simple support system for a single manager, to becoming the master of data mining, analytical processing, querying and reporting. It’s evolution also introduced interactive online platforms with high security that large groups of decision-makers can access at any time.
Big, Fast And Smart Data
Do you know how many e-mails are sent, videos are uploaded onto YouTube and tweets are sent out per day? All types of data is generated and sent around every millisecond and it is very important that we try our best to understand this data.
Many organisations strive to leave a very big digital footprint, but if they do not make sense of the fast paced data that is constantly generating and evolving, they will not benefit from the crucial insights that could be crucial to their success.
How Incremental Analysis Can Be Used To Improve A Business’s Effectiveness
What is incremental analysis? If you’ve studied either macroeconomics or managerial accounting after high school, you are probably very familiar with the term. According to Investopedia,
An incremental analysis is a decision-making technique used in business to determine the true cost difference between alternatives. Also called the relevant cost approach, marginal analysis or differential analysis, incremental analysis disregards any sunk cost.
How to impress your client in 7 ways
It’s important to treat each one of your clients like the individuals that they are. If you incorporate these 7 tips into the way you handle business, your relationships with your clients will soar!
How Big Data Can Determine “What Customers Want!”
With the copious amounts of digital data that passes through companies, there’s no mystery as to why “Big Data” has been an ongoing business buzzword. However, all the data in the world may be absolutely useless if it cannot be interpreted for others to understand.
Optimise Your Business with QlikView
Making the right decisions is a business owner's most important responsibility. To ensure that the right decisions are made, all important data and information is required; however, sometimes this still isn't enough. With the vast amount of data that accumulates...
5 Business trends to follow in 2017
1. Embrace the power of the internet
This is the number one trend to follow. It’s not exactly new per say, but lots of companies are not taking full advantage of the internet’s benefits. Companies in South Africa must focus more on:
· Remote employees
This especially includes specialists. Since people can work from just about anywhere, there is no need for all tasks to be done in the office. Outsource important work to professionals, wherever they are.